G2

4.7/5

Excellent

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Turn Instagram
into structured data

Scrape public Instagram profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, and places: captions, likes, comments, media URLs, and owner details, without logging in.

Try Instagram API

01-Integration

Integrate Instagram API your way

Connect to Scrape.ly using Python, JavaScript, HTTP, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP and start extracting Instagram data in minutes.

from scrapely_client import ScrapelyClient

client = ScrapelyClient('YOUR_TOKEN', api_url='https://api.scrape.ly')

run = client.actor('echofield/instagram-scraper').call(

run_input={

'directUrls': ['https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/'],

'resultsType': 'posts',

'resultsLimit': 20,

}

)

for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():

print(item)

02-Input & Output

Send a profile or hashtag, get structured posts and profiles

Pass profile URLs, post URLs, hashtags, and result types into Scrape.ly. Get structured outputs with captions, hashtags, and mentions, likes, comments, and views, image and video URLs, post timestamps, and profile details and follower counts, and more.

Input

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{
 "directUrls": [
  "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/"
 ],
 "resultsType": "posts",
 "resultsLimit": 20
}

Output

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{
 "type": "Image",
 "shortCode": "C9xYz12AbcD",
 "caption": "A snow leopard pauses on a ridge in Ladakh. #wildlife",
 "hashtags": [
  "wildlife"
 ],
 "likesCount": 412893,
 "commentsCount": 1874,
 "timestamp": "2026-10-17T14:02:11.000Z",
 "ownerUsername": "natgeo",
 "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xYz12AbcD/"
}

Step 1

Create your Scrape.ly account

Create your account and get access to ready-made APIs, scrapers, and automation tools.

Step 2

Get your Scrape.ly API token

Copy your API token from the Scrape.ly dashboard and use it to authenticate your requests.

Step 3

Connect Instagram API

Choose Python, JavaScript, HTTP, or MCP and connect Scrape.ly to your app or workflow.

Step 4

Fetch Instagram data

Send your profile URLs, post URLs, hashtags, and result types, then receive clean structured data ready for analysis.

Step 1

Create your Scrape.ly account

Create your account and get access to ready-made APIs, scrapers, and automation tools.

Step 2

Get your Scrape.ly API token

Copy your API token from the Scrape.ly dashboard and use it to authenticate your requests.

Step 3

Connect Instagram API

Choose Python, JavaScript, HTTP, or MCP and connect Scrape.ly to your app or workflow.

Step 4

Fetch Instagram data

Send your profile URLs, post URLs, hashtags, and result types, then receive clean structured data ready for analysis.

04-Why Scrape.ly

Everything you need to extract data reliably

Scrape.ly gives you ready-made APIs, proxy support, monitoring, exports, integrations, and scalable infrastructure in one platform.

Never Get Blocked

Use built-in proxy support to reduce blocks, rate limits, and failed requests.

Export Any Format

Get results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS, or other workflow-friendly formats.

Monitor Every Run

Track scraper status, performance, failures, retries, and outputs from one dashboard.

Built-In Integrations

Connect with webhooks, APIs, automation tools, cloud apps, and internal systems.

Scalable Infrastructure

Run small tests or high-volume extraction jobs without rebuilding your scraping stack.

Developer-Friendly

Use clean APIs, SDKs, docs, examples, and structured outputs built for real workflows.

Never Get Blocked

Use built-in proxy support to reduce blocks, rate limits, and failed requests.

Export Any Format

Get results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS, or other workflow-friendly formats.

Monitor Every Run

Track scraper status, performance, failures, retries, and outputs from one dashboard.

Built-In Integrations

Connect with webhooks, APIs, automation tools, cloud apps, and internal systems.

Scalable Infrastructure

Run small tests or high-volume extraction jobs without rebuilding your scraping stack.

Developer-Friendly

Use clean APIs, SDKs, docs, examples, and structured outputs built for real workflows.

05-AI-Ready Data

FeedInstagramdata into your tools instantly

Connect Scrape.ly with your apps, dashboards, sheets, agents, and automation workflows to turn Instagram data into action.

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06-Explore APIs

More Instagram APIs on Scrape.ly

Browse ready-made Instagram scrapers and APIs available inside Scrape.ly and choose the one that fits your workflow.

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Official APIs, where they exist, usually need approval, keys, or paid tiers and limit which public data you can pull. Scrape.ly's Instagram API collects the public data shown on Instagram and returns it as structured JSON, with no approval process.

G2

4.7/5

Excellent

Trustpilot

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