# Instagram Profile Scraper & Insights API (`receptional_blender/instagram-profile-insights`) Actor

Fetch complete public Instagram profiles as structured JSON — bio, external links, follower/following/post counts, verification status, category and profile pictures — for any list of usernames.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/receptional\_blender/instagram-profile-insights.md
- **Developed by:** [Assia Fadli](https://apify.com/receptional_blender) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 profile scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Instagram Profile Insights

**Instagram Profile Insights** turns any list of Instagram handles into clean, structured
profile data. Point it at one username or thousands and get back the complete public profile —
bio, external links, follower / following / post counts, verification status, category and
profile pictures — ready to drop into a spreadsheet, database or downstream workflow.

Built for marketers, analysts, agencies and developers who need reliable Instagram profile data
without maintaining scraping infrastructure.

### What you get

For every handle you provide, the actor returns a single dataset record containing:

- The full public profile object exactly as Instagram serves it (bio, biography links, category,
  verification, business flags, profile picture URLs, and more).
- Three convenience totals flattened onto the record for quick use:
  - `follower_count`
  - `following_count`
  - `media_count`
- `scrapedUsername` — the handle that produced the record.

If a handle can't be read (invalid, private-only, or temporarily blocked), the actor still writes
a row — `{ "username": "...", "error": "..." }` — so no requested handle is ever silently dropped.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `usernames` | array of strings | ✅ | Instagram handles, with or without `@`, or full profile URLs. |
| `sessionCookie` | string (secret) | — | Your Instagram `sessionid` cookie. Optional, but greatly improves success rates. |
| `proxyCountry` | string | — | Two-letter residential-proxy country code (e.g. `US`, `GB`, `DE`). Defaults to `US`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "usernames": ["cristiano", "leomessi", "nasa"],
  "proxyCountry": "US"
}
```

### How it works

The actor calls Instagram's public `web_profile_info` endpoint directly over HTTP (no headless
browser), sending the same application headers instagram.com's own web client uses. Requests are
routed through Apify residential proxies for reliability, and each profile is fetched independently
so one failure never affects the rest of the batch.

### Running

1. Provide your `usernames` list (and optionally a `sessionCookie` / `proxyCountry`).
2. Run the actor.
3. Collect results from the default dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the API.

### Tech

Written in **TypeScript** on the Apify SDK. HTTP-only, so builds are fast and runs are cheap.

### License

MIT © Assia Fadli

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

One or more Instagram handles (with or without @, or full profile URLs). Each is returned as a full profile: bio, links, follower/following/post counts, verification, category and more.

## `sessionCookie` (type: `string`):

Value of your Instagram 'sessionid' cookie. Optional, but it significantly increases success rates and unlocks profiles that are otherwise blocked.

## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code for the residential proxy (e.g. US, GB, DE). Best matched to the country of the session/account you use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "cristiano",
    "leomessi"
  ],
  "proxyCountry": "US"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "instagram",
        "nasa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("receptional_blender/instagram-profile-insights").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "instagram",
        "nasa",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("receptional_blender/instagram-profile-insights").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "instagram",
    "nasa"
  ]
}' |
apify call receptional_blender/instagram-profile-insights --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=receptional_blender/instagram-profile-insights",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rbgohlYiWvCcVb8O0/builds/Jd0WS8dHKcb1uWIrq/openapi.json