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🌟 Instagram Video Downloader — High-Quality, Privacy-Safe Actor

🚀 Instantly fetch, analyze, and download Instagram videos in your chosen resolution — secure, fast, and Apify-ready.

📖 Summary

This Actor lets you download or extract metadata from Instagram videos in seconds. Designed for creators, analysts, and automation professionals, it provides ready-to-use results without unsafe scraping or manual effort.

✨ Runs securely on Apify Cloud — no setup, no risks, just results.

💡 Use Cases

• 📹 Download Instagram videos for research or archiving
• 🔍 Extract video metadata (title, uploader, duration)
• 📊 Build content analysis pipelines
• 🧠 Automate media intelligence workflows

⚡ Quick Start (Apify Console)

1. Open the Actor on Apify Console
2. Paste one or more Instagram post URLs into the Input field
3. Click ▶️ Run Actor
4. Get your dataset instantly — ready to export in JSON, CSV, or Excel

⚙️ Quick Start (CLI & API)

Using CLI

$apify run username~instagram-video-downloader --input'{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/xyz/"}]}'

Using Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('<APIFY_TOKEN>')
run = client.actor('username~instagram-video-downloader').call(
 run_input={
'startUrls':[{'url':'https://www.instagram.com/p/xyz/'}],
'desired_resolution':'1080p',
'download':True
}
)
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

📝 Input Schema

📄 Example Input (Console)

{
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/xyz/"}],
"desired_resolution":"1080p",
"download":true
}

📊 Example Output

{
"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/xyz/",
"title":"My Instagram Clip",
"uploader":"example_user",
"duration":12,
"requested_resolution":"1080p",
"download_links":{
"merged_video":"https://cdn.instagram.com/...",
"thumbnail":"https://cdn.instagram.com/thumb.jpg"
}
}

🔑 Environment Variables

▶️ How to Run

• From Console: one-click “Run”
• From CLI: apify run username~instagram-video-downloader
• From API: Use your client library or cURL command

🕒 Runs in seconds — results appear instantly in your dataset.

⏰ Scheduling & Webhooks

You can schedule this Actor for hourly/daily runs or trigger it via webhook for automation pipelines.

🕾️ Logs & Troubleshooting

If a video fails to process:

• Verify the post URL is public
• Re-run with proxy enabled
• Check the log tab for retry messages

🔒 Permissions & Storage

All files and datasets are stored securely in your Apify account. Use Apify Key-Value Store or Dataset tab to view results.

🔟 Changelog / Versioning

v1.0.0 – Initial release with video extraction, download, and merging support.

🖌 Notes / TODOs

• 🧩 TODO: Verify resolution limits (some posts <1080p)
• 🔐 TODO: Consider proxy rotation for heavy use

🌍 Proxy Configuration

If you need to use a proxy:

1. Enable Apify Proxy under Proxy Configuration → useApifyProxy: true

2. Or use a custom proxy:

   {"proxyUrls":["http://<PROXY_USER:PASS@HOST:PORT>"]}

3. Environment setup example:

   $exportHTTP_PROXY="http://<PROXY_USER:PASS@HOST:PORT>"

📘 TODO: Consider proxy rotation for larger scraping tasks.

📚 References

• Apify Actor README Guidelines
• Apify Input & Output Schema
• Apify CLI Documentation

🤔 What I Inferred from main.py

• Extracts and downloads Instagram videos securely.
• Supports custom resolutions and merging audio/video.
• Uses retry logic, headers, and optional proxy for reliability.

🏁 Run this Actor on Apify Console — get instant, secure results in seconds.