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📸 Instagram Profile Scraper – Followers, Bio, Posts, Verified

Get real‑time Instagram profile data – username, full name, bio, followers, following, posts, verified badge, business account flag, profile picture, external URL – using Instagram’s internal API.
No login required. Residential proxy ready. Pay per successful result. Perfect for influencer marketing, competitor analysis, lead generation, and social listening.

💡 What is the Instagram Profile Scraper?

The Instagram Profile Scraper extracts public profile information from any Instagram account using Instagram’s own web_profile_info API endpoint (the same one used by the official website). It returns clean, structured JSON with:

• Username and full name
• Bio (biography text)
• Follower count, following count, post count
• Verified badge and business account flag
• Profile picture URL (high resolution)
• External link (if provided)
• Scraped timestamp

No Instagram login, no password, no cookies required. The actor respects Instagram’s public data policies and uses residential proxies to avoid IP bans. You are charged only for successful profile retrievals – failed or private accounts incur no cost.

🚀 Key Features

📥 Input Parameters

The actor accepts a JSON object with the following fields:

Example Input (Single)

{
"usernames":"cristiano"
}

Example Input (Bulk)

{
"usernames":"cristiano\nleomessi\ninstagram",
"proxyConfiguration":{
"useApifyProxy":true,
"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]
}
}

📤 Output Fields

Each successful profile returns an object with the following fields:

Failed profiles (private, blocked, not found) return an error object:

Example Output (Success)

[
{
"username":"cristiano",
"full_name":"Cristiano Ronaldo",
"bio":"Athlete ⚽️ | @cr7 | @cr7museum",
"followers":612000000,
"following":500,
"posts":3800,
"is_verified":true,
"is_business":true,
"profile_pic":"https://instagram.f...jpg",
"external_url":"https://www.cristianoronaldo.com",
"status":"success",
"scraped_at":"2026-04-26T12:00:00Z"
}
]

Example Output (Failed)

[
{
"username":"private_account",
"status":"failed",
"error_code":404,
"error_message":"Could not retrieve profile data. Account may be private or blocked.",
"scraped_at":"2026-04-26T12:00:01Z"
}
]

💰 Pricing

• You are charged only when a profile is successfully retrieved (HTTP 200 with valid user data).
• Failed requests (private, blocked, not found, network errors) are free.
• Minimum charge per run is $0.0008 (one profile).
• Example: 1,000 successful profiles = $0.80.
• Example: 10,000 successful profiles = $8.00.

Spending limit protection: The actor automatically stops when your Apify spending limit is reached.

🛠 How to Use on Apify

1. Create a task with this actor.
2. Enter usernames in the usernames field (one per line).
3. Enable residential proxies – go to Proxy Configuration → Selected proxies → Residential.
4. Run – the actor scrapes each profile and pushes results to the Dataset.
5. Export – download as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab.

Running via API

curl-X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~instagram-profile-scraper/runs"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-H"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"\
-d'{
 "usernames": ["cristiano", "leomessi"],
 "proxyConfiguration": {
 "useApifyProxy": true,
 "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
 }
 }'

🎯 Use Cases

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I need an Instagram account?
No. The actor uses Instagram’s public API endpoint. No login required.

2. Can I scrape private profiles?
No. For private accounts, the actor returns a failed status and does not charge you.

3. Why do I need residential proxies?
Instagram blocks most datacenter IPs after moderate usage. Residential proxies avoid 429 Too Many Requests errors.

4. How accurate is the follower count?
It is the exact count shown by Instagram, updated in real time. No approximations.

5. What is the rate limit?
Instagram’s unofficial API is not documented. We recommend using residential proxies. The actor does not add artificial delays – you can modify the code to add time.sleep() if needed.

6. Am I charged for failed attempts?
No. Only HTTP 200 responses with valid user data incur a charge. Private, blocked, or non‑existent accounts are free.

7. Does it work with Instagram’s new API restrictions?
The actor uses the same endpoint as the Instagram website (/api/v1/users/web_profile_info/), which remains accessible for public profiles.

8. What happens when my spending limit is reached?
The actor detects charge_result.event_charge_limit_reached and stops processing further usernames, preventing overspending.

9. Can I extract followers or following lists?
No, this actor only retrieves counts, not the actual list of followers/following. For that, you need a different actor.

10. How are you bypassing Instagram’s 401/403 errors?
The actor uses curl_cffi with Chrome 124 impersonation, appropriate headers (including x-ig-app-id), and Apify residential proxies to mimic a real browser session.

📝 Technical Notes

• Endpoint used: https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username={username}
• Headers required: x-ig-app-id: 936619743392459, x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest, referer, user-agent
• Library: curl_cffi (handles TLS fingerprinting to resemble Chrome 124)
• Proxy: Uses Apify’s proxy configuration – you must select residential proxies for reliability.
• Error handling: If the HTTP status is not 200, the actor logs an error item and continues (no charge).
• Charging: Uses Actor.charge(event_name='result-scrape') – works within Apify’s built‑in monetization system.
• Spending limit: The actor checks charge_result.event_charge_limit_reached and exits early to respect user budget.
• Private accounts: Instagram returns an empty data.user field; the actor treats this as a failure.

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Start scraping Instagram profiles today – only $0.80 per 1,000 successful profiles. Residential proxy ready.