Instagram Scraper Live on Apify

🔌 Instagram API Scraper

Instagram scraper as an API — sync endpoints, Python/JS clients, and MCP for AI agents.

What it does

Paste any public Instagram post or reel URL and get clean JSON: views (videoPlayCount), likes, comments, caption, hashtags, owner and media — no login, fast and cheap.

🔌 Sync API — `run-sync-get-dataset-items` for request/response agents
🐍 Python client — `apify_client` one-liner
🟨 JavaScript client — Apify JS client supported
🤖 MCP — Wire into Cursor / Claude tool calling
🔐 Token auth — Apify API token from Integrations

Example output

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbDp7T4olyC/",
  "shortCode": "DbDp7T4olyC",
  "ownerUsername": "cristiano",
  "likesCount": 3229072,
  "commentsCount": 39236,
  "videoPlayCount": 43620580,
  "caption": "Greatness takes many forms...",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-21T12:35:36.000Z"
}

Actor ID: social_developer/instagram-post-link-scraper

Get started in 30 seconds

Open the live Instagram Scraper on Apify
Paste one or more Instagram post/reel URLs
Click Start
Download JSON / CSV / Excel — or call the API / MCP

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