Instagram Scraper API

Get user data and posts by scraping Instagram's user page. Without any API keys or oAuths!

• API key NOT required!
• Not any registration needed
• Browser + Node.js (SSR) support
• 100% TypeScript

Demo

Here is the live example!

Install

via yarn

yarn add instagram-scraper-api

via npm

npm install instagram-scraper-api --save

Usage

Get latest posts from Will Smith

import { instagram } from 'instagram-scraper-api';

instagram
  .user('willsmith')
  .then((user) => console.log(user))
  .catch((err) => console.error(err));

Results

{
  id: '3132929984',
  category: null,
  fullName: 'Will Smith',
  bio: 'New playground. Same kid from West Philly.⁣⁣⁣',
  website: 'https://fb.me/RTTWillTakeover',
  followersCount: 50410933,
  followingsCount: 185,
  isPrivate: false,
  isVerified: true,
  avatar: 'https://scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/s320x320/126947726_281263379986327_6281262352239007520_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=47FwFhMeHegAX_G_Efc&tp=1&oh=cb0674289129567814e591e1256131d2&oe=5FE33AAD',
  fbPage: null,
  postsCount: 1052,
  posts: [
    {
      id: '2447030206582756101',
      shortcode: 'CH1mQIKBBMF',
      photo: 'https://scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/126151383_156030889537953_5358114580816397186_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=SQAb3GhyBBwAX-KcYjc&tp=1&oh=07d2403de4db567647310872a81ab83f&oe=5FBB2897',
      isVideo: true,
      description: 'This is why nobody lets me cook. #FreshPrinceReunion',
      commentsCount: 6217,
      likesCount: 1334788,
      time: 1605928764,
      location: null
    },
    {
      id: '2446931950146244085',
      shortcode: 'CH1P6TuBU31',
      photo: 'https://scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/p1080x1080/126838948_202552767996560_4560560924720673_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-prg1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=doGn1dkB44gAX84lb7d&tp=1&oh=4c68a21d7f75a808b9ca21dac476554d&oe=5FE070D8',
      isVideo: false,
      description: 'Can’t Viv with ‘em, can’t Viv without ‘em! :-) #FreshPrinceReunion',
      commentsCount: 6396,
      likesCount: 1320494,
      time: 1605917041,
      location: null
    }
  ]
}

Here is the demo!

More

Work in progress...

Development

I welcome you to customize this according to your needs ;)

Pull requests for any improvements would be great!

Developing and debugging this library

git clone [email protected]:bartholomej/instagram-scraper-api.git
cd instagram-scraper-api
yarn
yarn start

Run demo locally

You can find and modify it in ./demo.ts file

yarn demo

Donation

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Privacy Policy

I DO NOT STORE ANY DATA. PERIOD.

I physically can't. I have nowhere to store it. I don't even have a server database to store it. So even if Justin Bieber asked nicely to see your data, I wouldn't have anything to show him.

That's why, with this library, what happens on your device stays on your device till disappear.

License

Copyright © 2021 Lukas Bartak

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All contents are licensed under the MIT license.