Instagram

The API uses GraphQL targets which return data in JSON.

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Specific target templates listed below are available with Advanced plans.
You can scrape Instagram target with Coreplans as well by providing page URL (it does not support parsing or target specific parameters). Both solutions can be tested in the Playground in Dashboard.

Read more about Coresolution here.

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While the targets in this page use GraphQL under the hood, they are interfaced with via REST.

The following Instagram targets are available:

Instagram GraphQL User Posts

Returns information about a specific Instagram user.

Pagination

When making an initial request:

{
    "target": "instagram_graphql_user_posts",
    "query": "nba"
}

The response will contain an end_cursor:

{
    ...
    "page_info": {
        "end_cursor": "3547611165414990351_1067259270",
        "has_next_page": true,
        "has_previous_page": false,
        "start_cursor": null
    },
    ...
}

This cursor can be user to fetch the next page of results:

{
    "target": "instagram_graphql_user_posts",
    "query": "nba",
    "cursor": "3547611165414990351_1067259270"
}

Instagram GraphQL profile

Returns information about a specific Instagram user.

Return value JSON:

• Basic information (name, description, follower count).
• 12 most recent posts.

Instagram GraphQL post

Returns information from a specific Instagram post.

Create callback for Instagram post

  POST https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v2/task

Payload type: JSON

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.decodo.com/v2/task -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/\", \"target\": \"instagram_graphql_post\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

Retrieve parsed results via callback

GET https://scraper-api.decodo.com/v2/task/{Task_ID}/results?type=parsed

Retrieve raw HTML results via callback

GET https://scraper-api.decodo.com/v2/task/{Task_ID}/results?type=raw