Scrape Instagram Posts

Get posts from an Instagram profile in a MindStudio workflow

Configuration

Username

Enter the username or profile URL of the user whose posts you want to scrape.

Output Variable

Specify the name of the output variable that will store the results. Example: Posts_result

Advanced Settings

Result Limit: Set the max amount of posts you want to scrape. The default is set to 100.

Only Posts Newer Than: Set a date/time to limit for how far back the scraper should go. For example, if you want to only scrape posts 2 months old or newer you can type in 2 months. To add a specific date you must use the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Sample Output

[{
  "queryUsername": "example_username",
  "position": 1,
  "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "type": "Image",
  "shortCode": "example_code",
  "caption": "Sample caption text with obfuscated details.",
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [
    "example_mention"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/example_post/",
  "commentsCount": 96,
  "firstComment": "",
  "latestComments": [],
  "dimensionsHeight": 720,
  "dimensionsWidth": 1080,
  "displayUrl": "https://example.com/sample_image.jpg",
  "images": [],
  "alt": null,
  "likesCount": 5000,
  "timestamp": "2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "childPosts": [],
  "locationName": null,
  "locationId": null,
  "ownerFullName": null,
  "ownerUsername": "example_username",
  "ownerId": "xxxxxxxxxx"
},
{
  "queryUsername": "example_username",
  "position": 2,
  "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "type": "Sidecar",
  "shortCode": "example_code",
  "caption": "Sample caption text with obfuscated details.",
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/example_post/",
  "commentsCount": 2000,
  "firstComment": "",
  "latestComments": [],
  "dimensionsHeight": 498,
  "dimensionsWidth": 750
}]