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📊 Instagram Post Metadata Scraper 🔍 – Extract Rich Post Data Instantly

📋 Overview

Need to extract rich metadata from public Instagram posts without the hassle of scraping yourself? You've found the perfect tool!

This Instagram Post Metadata Scraper is a powerful Apify actor designed to grab detailed information from any public Instagram post URL. Get everything from likes, comments, and descriptions to advanced Open Graph tags, app links, and post identifiers—all in a clean, structured JSON format.

🎯 Perfect for social media managers, marketers, researchers, and developers who need reliable Instagram data for analysis, auditing, or integration into their applications.

🚀 Instant Results: Structured metadata delivered in seconds.
🔒 Privacy-First: No login required; scrapes only public data.
📦 Rich Data: Goes beyond basic info to extract OG tags, app links, and more.
⚡ High Performance: Built on Apify for speed and reliability.

✨ Key Features

🌟 Core Metadata Extraction

✅ Author Details: Username and owner user ID.
✅ Engagement Metrics: Like and comment counts (formatted).
✅ Content Data: Full description, caption, and upload date.
✅ Media URL: Direct link to the post's image.

🛠️ Advanced Technical Data

✅ Open Graph Tags: (og:title, og:image, og:description, etc.)
✅ Twitter Card Tags: For social sharing compatibility.
✅ App Links: Deep links for iOS and Android Instagram apps.
✅ Meta Tags: Viewport, theme-color, robots, and more.
✅ Post Identifiers: Shortcode and other internal IDs.

⚙️ Robust Performance

✅ Batch Processing: Handle multiple post URLs in a single run.
✅ No Media Download: Focuses purely on metadata, ensuring speed and simplicity.
✅ Built on Apify: Leverages Apify's scalable infrastructure and proxy management.

⚙️ Input Configuration

Simply provide one or more public Instagram post URLs. The actor handles the rest!

🎯 Basic Input Example

{
"post_urls":[
{
"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
"method":"GET"
}
]
}

📋 Input Fields

📤 Output Example

The actor returns a structured array of objects, each containing a wealth of metadata for the corresponding post.

🔍 Full Output Example

[
{
"original_url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
"author_username":"nba",
"description":"A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama through the lens of @natlyphoto 👽🗽 Is this your pick for Photo of the Year? Use your NBA ID to vote for Wemby’s picture-perfect dunk, now on the NBA App!.",
"likes":"162k",
"comments":"155",
"upload_date":"August 5, 2025",
"feedback":"Post metadata extracted.",
"Post_Metadata":{
"caption":"NBA on Instagram: \"A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama through the lens of @natlyphoto 👽🗽\n\nIs this your pick for Photo of the Year? Use your NBA ID to vote for Wemby’s picture-perfect dunk, now on the NBA App!\"",
"owner_user_id":"20824486",
"image_url":"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/528648978_18574920988024487_1677596648401538578_n.jpg?stp=c216.0.648.648a_d.....",
"author_username":"natlyphoto",
"bingbot":"noarchive",
"robots":"noarchive, noimageindex",
"apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style":"default",
"mobile-web-app-capable":"yes",
"viewport":"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover",
"theme-color":"#ffffff",
"og:type":"article",
"medium":"image",
"twitter:card":"summary_large_image",
"twitter:site":"@instagram",
"twitter:maxage":"86400",
"twitter:image":"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/528648978_18574920988024487_1677596648401538578_n.jpg?stp=c216.0.648....",
"twitter:title":"NBA (@nba) • Instagram photos and videos",
"al:ios:app_name":"Instagram",
"al:ios:app_store_id":"389801252",
"al:ios:url":"instagram://media?id=3692575234902530655",
"al:android:app_name":"Instagram",
"al:android:package":"com.instagram.android",
"al:android:url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
"fb:app_id":"124024574287414",
"instapp:owner_user_id":"20824486",
"description":"162K likes, 155 comments - nba on August 5, 2025: \"A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama through the lens of @natlyphoto 👽🗽\n\nIs this your pick for Photo of the Year? Use your NBA ID to vote for Wemby’s picture-perfect dunk, now on the NBA App!\". ",
"og:site_name":"Instagram",
"og:title":"NBA on Instagram: \"A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama through the lens of @natlyphoto 👽🗽\n\nIs this your pick for Photo of the Year? Use your NBA ID to vote for Wemby’s picture-perfect dunk, now on the NBA App!\"",
"og:image":"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/528648978_18574920988024487_1677596648401538578_n.jpg?stp=c216.0.648.648a_dst-jpg_e35_....",
"og:url":"https://www.instagram.com/nba/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
"og:description":"162K likes, 155 comments - nba on August 5, 2025: \"A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama through the lens of @natlyphoto 👽🗽\n\nIs this your pick for Photo of the Year? Use your NBA ID to vote for Wemby’s picture-perfect dunk, now on the NBA App!\". ",
"application-title":"Instagram",
"color-scheme":"light",
"shortcode":"DM-qZyuxRpf"
}
}
]

🧾 Primary Output Fields Explained

🔬 Post_Metadata Deep Dive

The Post_Metadata object contains dozens of valuable data points, including:

• image_url 🖼️: The high-resolution URL of the post's image.
• owner_user_id 🆔: Instagram's internal user ID for the author.
• shortcode #️⃣: The unique identifier for the post.
• og:title, og:image, og:description 🌐: Open Graph data for social sharing.
• twitter:image, twitter:title 🐦: Twitter Card data.
• al:ios:url, al:android:url 📱: Deep links to open the post in the native Instagram app.

🎯 Use Cases

📈 Social Media Analysts: Track engagement metrics and content performance across posts.
🤖 Developers: Feed data into applications, dashboards, or automated reporting tools.
🔍 Market Researchers: Analyze post trends, captions, and audience engagement for competitive analysis.
📰 Content Creators: Audit your own post performance and get direct URLs to your images.
🧠 AI/ML Projects: Gather large datasets of Instagram captions and metadata for training models.

🔒 Privacy & Ethical Use

🔐 Public Data Only: This actor only scrapes data from public Instagram profiles. It cannot access private data.
🚫 No Login Required: It does not require Instagram credentials, respecting platform terms.
📜 Compliance: Users are responsible for complying with Instagram's Terms of Service and local data privacy laws (like GDPR). Use this tool ethically and for legitimate purposes.

📧 Need Customization?

Require additional fields, higher volume scaling, or a different platform?

✉️ Email scrapearchitect@gmail.com for custom scraping solutions tailored to your needs!

🚀 Try It Now!

Launch the Instagram Post Metadata Scraper on the Apify platform and start extracting valuable data in minutes!