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📸 Instagram Post & Video Scraper, Video Post Downloader 🎬 – Advanced Media & Metadata Extractor

📥 Overview

Need to download videos from Instagram posts and carousels with complete metadata? Your search ends here!

This Instagram Post & Video Scraper efficiently extracts videos, thumbnails, and comprehensive metadata from public Instagram posts at impressive speeds. Supports high-quality video downloads with detailed technical analysis, engagement metrics, and post information!

🎯 Perfect for digital marketers, content creators, researchers, or social media analysts who need reliable Instagram data extraction and media archiving.

🚀 Instant Results: Direct video download links within minutes
📊 Rich Metadata: Extraction of likes, comments, descriptions, and technical video specs
🛠️ Advanced Analysis: Optional detailed video stream metadata with codec information
🔒 Secure Access: No Instagram login required for public content
📦 Flexible Storage: Toggle between Apify storage or direct links

🎥 Key Features

🌟 Multi-Content Support

✅ Download videos from Instagram posts and carousels
✅ Extract multiple videos from single posts when available

📊 Comprehensive Metadata Extraction

✅ Engagement metrics: Likes, comments counts
✅ Post information: Description, upload date, author details
✅ Technical data: Hashtags, viewport, app links, and social metadata
✅ Advanced video metadata: Codec details, dimensions, duration, bitrates (when enabled)

🛠️ Advanced Output Options

✅ Separate video and thumbnail download links
✅ Structured JSON output with organized metadata hierarchies
✅ Configurable storage options (Apify KV Store or direct links)

⚙️ Smart Configuration

✅ Additional Metadata Toggle: Enable/disable detailed video technical analysis
✅ Key-Value Store Toggle: Control where your files are stored
✅ Batch Processing: Support for multiple URLs in single run

⚙️ Input Configuration

Simply provide your Instagram post URLs and preferences:

{
"post_urls":[
{
"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link",
"method":"GET"
}
],
"use_key_value_store":true,
"additional_video_metadata":true
}

📋 Input Fields

📤 Output Examples

Get structured data with download links and comprehensive metadata:

🔐 Apify Storage Mode (With Additional Metadata)

[
{
"original_url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link",
"author_username":"nba",
"likes":"162K",
"comments":"155",
"upload_date":"August 5, 2025",
"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!.",
"feedback":"Congrats, video found.",
"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_18574.........",
"shortcode":"DM-qZyuxRpf",
"hashtags":[],
"author_username":"nba",
"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_185.......",
"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":"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!.",
"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_.....",
"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",
"likes":"162K",
"comments":"155",
"upload_date":"August 5, 2025"
},
"videos":[
{
"video_url":"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/FuBbj98gng55khSCm/records/video_fd.......",
"thumbnail_url":"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/FuBbj98gng55khSCm........"
}
],
"video_metadata":{
"video_1_metadata":{
"video_url":"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/FuBbj98gng55khSCm/records/video_fd7e..........",
"streams":[
{
"index":0,
"codec_name":"h264",
"codec_long_name":"H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10",
"profile":"High",
"codec_type":"video",
"codec_tag_string":"avc1",
"codec_tag":"0x31637661",
"width":720,
"height":900,
"coded_width":720,
"coded_height":900,
"closed_captions":0,
"film_grain":0,
"has_b_frames":2,
"pix_fmt":"yuv420p",
"level":31,
"color_range":"tv",
"color_space":"bt709",
"color_transfer":"bt709",
"color_primaries":"bt709",
"chroma_location":"left",
"field_order":"progressive",
"refs":1,
"is_avc":"true",
"nal_length_size":"4",
"id":"0x1",
"r_frame_rate":"30/1",
"avg_frame_rate":"30/1",
"time_base":"1/15360",
"start_pts":0,
"start_time":"0.000000",
"duration_ts":363008,
"duration":"23.633333",
"bit_rate":"2024308",
"bits_per_raw_sample":"8",
"nb_frames":"709",
"extradata_size":50,
"disposition":{
"default":1,
"dub":0,
"original":0,
"comment":0,
"lyrics":0,
"karaoke":0,
"forced":0,
"hearing_impaired":0,
"visual_impaired":0,
"clean_effects":0,
"attached_pic":0,
"timed_thumbnails":0,
"captions":0,
"descriptions":0,
"metadata":0,
"dependent":0,
"still_image":0
},
"tags":{
"language":"und",
"handler_name":"VideoHandler",
"vendor_id":"[0][0][0][0]",
"encoder":"AVC Coding"
}
},
{
"index":1,
"codec_name":"aac",
"codec_long_name":"AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)",
"profile":"HE-AAC",
"codec_type":"audio",
"codec_tag_string":"mp4a",
"codec_tag":"0x6134706d",
"sample_fmt":"fltp",
"sample_rate":"44100",
"channels":2,
"channel_layout":"stereo",
"bits_per_sample":0,
"id":"0x2",
"r_frame_rate":"0/0",
"avg_frame_rate":"0/0",
"time_base":"1/44100",
"start_pts":0,
"start_time":"0.000000",
"duration_ts":1045378,
"duration":"23.704717",
"bit_rate":"57558",
"nb_frames":"511",
"extradata_size":4,
"disposition":{
"default":1,
"dub":0,
"original":0,
"comment":0,
"lyrics":0,
"karaoke":0,
"forced":0,
"hearing_impaired":0,
"visual_impaired":0,
"clean_effects":0,
"attached_pic":0,
"timed_thumbnails":0,
"captions":0,
"descriptions":0,
"metadata":0,
"dependent":0,
"still_image":0
},
"tags":{
"language":"und",
"handler_name":"SoundHandler",
"vendor_id":"[0][0][0][0]"
}
}
],
"format":{
"filename":"temp_61af3ad3-5b3c-409a-932e-e8180051c971.mp4",
"nb_streams":2,
"nb_programs":0,
"format_name":"mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2",
"format_long_name":"QuickTime / MOV",
"start_time":"0.000000",
"duration":"23.705000",
"size":"6171340",
"bit_rate":"2082713",
"probe_score":100,
"tags":{
"major_brand":"isom",
"minor_version":"512",
"compatible_brands":"isomiso2avc1mp41"
}
}
}
}
}
]

🧾 Output Fields Explanation

📊 Basic Post Information

• original_url: The source Instagram post URL
• author_username: Instagram username of the post author
• likes, comments: Engagement metrics
• upload_date: When the post was published
• description: Post caption/description
• feedback: Status message about the extraction

📝 Post Metadata (Post_Metadata)

• caption: Full post caption with mentions and hashtags
• owner_user_id: Instagram's internal user ID
• image_url: URL to the primary post image
• shortcode: Instagram's unique post identifier
• hashtags: Extracted hashtags from the caption
• Various Open Graph and Twitter metadata tags

🎥 Video Information (videos)

• video_url: Download link for the video
• thumbnail_url: Download link for the video thumbnail

🔍 Video Metadata (video_metadata) - When Enabled

• Stream information: Technical details for each video/audio stream
• Format information: Container details and overall file specifications
• Technical specs: Codec, dimensions, framerate, bitrate, duration

🎯 Use Cases

👨‍💻 Digital Marketers: Analyze competitor content and engagement strategies
📊 Researchers: Study social media trends and video performance metrics
🎬 Content Creators: Archive and repurpose content across platforms
📱 Social Media Managers: Monitor brand mentions and campaign performance
🤖 Developers: Integrate Instagram data into applications and dashboards
🏢 Brands: Monitor user-generated content and brand mentions

🔒 Privacy & Ethics

🔐 Public Content Only: Only accesses publicly available Instagram content
🚫 No Login Required: Doesn't require Instagram credentials
📜 Compliance: Designed to respect Instagram's Terms of Service for public data access
👁️ Transparency: Clear documentation of what data is collected

📊 Dataset Views

The actor provides multiple organized views of your extracted data:

🎥 Videos Overview

• Post URL, username, video links, and processing feedback
• Perfect for quickly accessing your downloaded media

🕵️‍♂️ Video Metadata

• Technical details about video streams and formats
• Essential for developers and technical analysts

📬 Post Metadata

• Comprehensive social media metadata and engagement metrics
• Ideal for social media managers and marketers

📧 Need Customization?

Need additional fields, different platforms, or specialized metadata?

✉️ Email scrapearchitect@gmail.com for tailored solutions!