# Pinterest Scraper - Pins, Images, Creators & Search (`flash_scraper/pinterest-scraper`) Actor

Pinterest keyword search scraper: search Pinterest by keyword and export clean rows - pin title, description, alt text, full-resolution image URL, outbound link, domain, creator username and followers, board name and URL, created date and dominant colour. Public pins only, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/flash\_scraper/pinterest-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Flash Scrape](https://apify.com/flash_scraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, For creators, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.80 / 1,000 pins

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Pinterest Keyword Search Scraper - Pins, Images & Creators

A **Pinterest creators scraper**: search any keyword and get the pins, their images and destination links, plus the creators behind them.

Search Pinterest by keyword and export pins with image URLs, titles, descriptions, creator handles and board context - 26 columns per pin. No login required from you.

- **Keyword search at scale** - the same results the search page shows, as data
- **Full-size image URLs** on every pin
- **Creator context** - username, full name where Pinterest exposes it
- **26 stable columns** per row

### Quick start

Open the actor, keep the defaults, press **Save & start**. The reference run below is exactly that. Then adjust the input for your own search and export **CSV, JSON or Excel** from the dataset tab - or call it from the API and read the dataset programmatically.

### A real row

Straight from a reference run, trimmed to the highlights:

```json
{
  "pin_id": "613474780539670508",
  "pin_url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/613474780539670508/",
  "title": "Color Harmony Palettes \ud83c\udfa8 | Curated Whole House Paint Palettes for Timeless & Trendy Homes | Perfect",
  "description": " ",
  "alt_text": "a large kitchen with wooden cabinets and counter tops, along with two stools that match the wood flooring",
  "image": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/a8/b9/49a8b949c941c0de8eb648b4596fca68.jpg",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.pinimg.com/236x/49/a8/b9/49a8b949c941c0de8eb648b4596fca68.jpg",
  "image_width": 474,
  "image_height": 624,
  "link": "https://www.etsy.com/listing/1750710895/traditional-armhouse-home-paint-palette",
  "domain": "etsy.com",
  "is_video": false
}
```

### How it works

The actor maintains its own anonymous session and calls Pinterest's internal search resource the way the site does, then flattens each pin's nested payload into a row with full-size image URLs.

### Every column, with measured fill

| Column | Filled on the reference run |
|---|---|
| `pin_id` | 100% |
| `pin_url` | 100% |
| `title` | 92% |
| `description` | 100% |
| `alt_text` | 100% |
| `image` | 100% |
| `thumbnail` | 100% |
| `image_width` | 100% |
| `image_height` | 100% |
| `link` | 14% |
| `domain` | 100% |
| `is_video` | 100% |
| `is_user_uploaded` | 100% |
| `dominant_color` | 100% |
| `created_at` | 100% |
| `creator_username` | 100% |
| `creator_name` | 100% |
| `creator_followers` | 100% |
| `creator_url` | 100% |
| `board_name` | 100% |
| `board_url` | 100% |
| `board_pin_count` | 100% |
| `search_query` | 100% |
| `scraped_at` | 100% |
| `actor_build` | 100% |
| `actor_run_id` | 100% |

*A missing value is null; the column set never shifts, so your CSV import is stable across runs.*

### Input reference

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | array | \['minimalist kitchen'] | Keywords to search Pinterest, e.g. 'minimalist kitchen', 'wedding centerpiece'. maxItems is split evenly acros |
| `maxItems` | integer | 50 | Maximum number of pins to return across all search terms. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | {'useApifyProxy': Fals | Optional. Route requests through Apify Proxy. Recommended for larger runs: this site throttles or blocks datac |

### Pricing

**Pay per result** - charged only for rows delivered; the current rate is on this page's Pricing tab. Zero results cost zero, and failed fetches are never billed.

### Use cases

- **Trend & aesthetic research** - What ranks for a style keyword, with images ready to review
- **Creator sourcing** - Which accounts dominate a niche's search results
- **Content planning** - Top-performing pin formats and titles for your keywords

### Honest limits

We would rather say it here than have you find out on a paid run:

- Search returns what Pinterest ranks for the term - typically dozens to a few hundred pins per keyword, not the whole platform
- Engagement counts are not part of Pinterest's search payload and are not invented here

### Scheduling & integrations

Every input works identically from the API, so this actor drops into schedules and pipelines: run it on an Apify **Schedule** for a recurring export, point a **webhook** at the finished run to push rows into Slack, Google Sheets (via Zapier/Make/n8n) or your warehouse, and page through the dataset with the standard Dataset API. Saved tasks keep your configuration one click away.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Pinterest account?**
No - the actor manages its own session.

**Can it scrape a specific board?**
Keyword search is the supported path today; boards surface through their pins.

### Related actors from this account

- [Creator Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/creator-leads-scraper)
- [Shopify Store Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/shopify-store-scraper)
- [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/google-play-scraper)

***

*Built by [Flash Scrape](https://apify.com/flash_scraper) - measured claims, stable columns, no API keys. Something missing? Open an issue on this actor and ask.*

***

### More from Flash Scrape

Same publisher, same rules: no API keys, pay per row, filters run before billing.

- [Multi Job Board Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/multi-jobboard-scraper) - LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor and 9 more boards in one deduplicated table
- [Local Business Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/local-business-leads) - local businesses in any category and city with MX-verified emails, phones and socials
- [Remote Jobs Aggregator](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/remote-job-aggregator) - 10 remote job boards in one feed, only-new-jobs monitoring
- [Creator Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/creator-leads-scraper) - YouTube, TikTok and Instagram creator emails in one run

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Pinterest, e.g. 'minimalist kitchen', 'wedding centerpiece'. maxItems is split evenly across the terms.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pins to return across all search terms.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Route requests through Apify Proxy. Recommended for larger runs: this site throttles or blocks datacenter IPs, and residential proxies avoid that.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "minimalist kitchen"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "minimalist kitchen"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("flash_scraper/pinterest-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchTerms": ["minimalist kitchen"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("flash_scraper/pinterest-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "minimalist kitchen"
  ]
}' |
apify call flash_scraper/pinterest-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,flash_scraper/pinterest-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AX8qkSTz4cm9EHpAj/builds/Hq76ngPVqgvGd3dbi/openapi.json