Instagram Hashtag Scraper

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A robust Instagram hashtag scraper built for Apify that extracts posts from Instagram hashtags with complete metadata including engagement metrics, captions, media info, and author details.

Features

• Multiple Hashtag Support: Scrape posts from one or multiple hashtags in a single run
• Smart Pagination: Automatically scrolls and loads more content
• Anti-Block Strategies:
  • Cookie rotation via MongoDB
  • Smart delays with jitter
  • Human-like behavior simulation
  • Stealth browser configuration
  • Automatic retry with exponential backoff
• Multiple Data Extraction Methods:
  • GraphQL API interception
  • Direct API calls
  • HTML parsing with embedded JSON
  • DOM-based fallback extraction
• Comprehensive Data Output: Extracts all available post metadata

Input Parameters

Output Data Structure

Each post in the output dataset contains:

{
"post_id":"1234567890",
"shortcode":"ABC123xyz",
"post_url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123xyz/",
"username":"example_user",
"user_id":"987654321",
"user_url":"https://www.instagram.com/example_user/",
"full_name":"Example User",
"is_verified":false,
"profile_pic_url":"https://...",
"caption":"Amazing sunset! #travel #photography",
"posted_date":"2024-01-15T18:30:00",
"timestamp":1705340400,
"location":"Bali, Indonesia",
"location_id":"123456",
"media_type":"image",
"media_count":1,
"thumbnail_url":"https://...",
"display_url":"https://...",
"media_urls":["https://..."],
"video_url":null,
"is_video":false,
"video_view_count":0,
"hashtags":["travel","photography"],
"mentions":["friend_account"],
"likes_count":1234,
"comments_count":56,
"is_ad":false,
"is_carousel":false,
"search_hashtag":"travel",
"scraped_at":"2024-01-20T10:00:00",
"source":"instagram_hashtag_scraper"
}

Cookie Setup

Instagram requires authentication for hashtag scraping. You have several options:

Option 1: Provide cookies directly in input

1. Install a browser extension like "EditThisCookie" or "Cookie-Editor"
2. Log into Instagram in your browser
3. Export the cookies as JSON
4. Paste the JSON string in the cookies input field