Social::Instagram::Profile - Instagram scraper. Collecting data from Instagram profiles

Scraper overview

Social::Instagram::Profile – scrapes profile data from Instagram. The Instagram scraper allows you to organize mass scraping of data from user profiles. Collected data includes nickname, name, biography, website, number of posts, etc. The full list of collected data is located in the corresponding section.

A-Parser functionality allows you to save scraping settings for the Social::Instagram::Profile scraper for future use (presets), set a scraping schedule, and much more.

Saving results is possible in the form and structure you need, thanks to the built-in powerful Template Toolkit which allows applying additional logic to results and outputting data in various formats, including JSON, SQL, and CSV.

note

The scraper uses data from an authorized account. To operate the scraper, you must specify a value for the cookie option.

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Scraper use cases

Collecting links to posts

1. Override the Result format option, setting the value to $posts.format('$link\n').
2. Override the Posts pages count option, selecting All from the list.
3. Specify profile links as queries.

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How to import an example into A-Parser

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Collected data

• Nickname
• Full name
• Biography
• Website
• Number of posts
• Number of followers
• Number of followings
• Link to author's profile
• Channel
• Whether the profile is a business profile
• Whether the profile is private
• Whether the profile is verified
• Link to avatar
• Link to facebook page
• Information about posts
• Number of video views
• Profile email
• Profile location
• Phone numbers (from profile bio)
• Author's publications
  • Type
  • Link
  • Text
  • Time
  • Number of comments
  • Number of likes
  • Link to media
  • Publication height
  • Publication width
  • Link to publication author
  • Location
  • Number of views (video)
• Followings and followers
  • Identifier
  • Link to profile
  • Nickname
  • Full name
  • Whether the profile is private
  • Whether the profile is verified
  • Link to avatar
  • Whether the user is a possible scammer
• Attached links
  • Title
  • Link
  • Type

Use cases

• Collecting profile information
• Collecting publications
• Collecting followers
• Collecting followings
• Scraping links to posts for use in Social::Instagram::Post

Setup

Obtaining the mandatory option for authorization

Spoiler: how to find the cookie?

Go to any profile after opening debug mode by pressing F12. Using the string graphql/query (json type), search for the required request where the values for the scraper are stored. Go to the request and copy the value from the cookie parameter.

Queries

You must specify the profile nickname as queries, for example:

cristiano 
kyliejenner

Output results examples

A-Parser supports flexible result formatting thanks to the built-in Template Toolkit template engine, which allows it to output results in any form, as well as structured ones like CSV or JSON

Default output

Result format:

$query: $full_name, followers: $followers_count, following: $following_count\nPosts:\n$posts.format('$link\n')

Result example:

cristiano: Cristiano Ronaldo, followers: 579975336, following: 558
Posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmIE7tNddZ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Crg1arRNXvX/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrUE3a6tRs4/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrK_zvLAofv/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrGMggNq1Cb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrEHoMbK0_C/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8QZGDIix1/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqxINLiOCPK/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqoZ8pRo91y/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqjQjCII98k/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqeFZMFotaH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqcihSbAxaH/

Links to following and followers profiles

Result format:

Followers:\n$followers.format('$link\n')\nFollowings:\n$followings.format('$link\n')

Result example:

Followers:
https://www.instagram.com/madhu55745/
https://www.instagram.com/akoy4615/
https://www.instagram.com/kiiitank/
https://www.instagram.com/erzhi19/
https://www.instagram.com/na898poli/
https://www.instagram.com/omronnmaaj/
https://www.instagram.com/abhishak8474/
https://www.instagram.com/karankumarkaran110/
https://www.instagram.com/engin_altannnn/
https://www.instagram.com/biel.full/

Followings:
https://www.instagram.com/rafanery.hrpz/
https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab/
https://www.instagram.com/insparya_italy/
https://www.instagram.com/gerson_rodrigues_11/
https://www.instagram.com/bernardorsousa/
https://www.instagram.com/eminem/
https://www.instagram.com/spl/
https://www.instagram.com/toto.restaurants/
https://www.instagram.com/thetoolsbook/
https://www.instagram.com/rauwalejandro/
https://www.instagram.com/francisngannou/
https://www.instagram.com/sultan_alghannam/

Possible settings

note

Common settings for all scrapers

Parameter	Default value	Description
cookie		Cookie must be specified beforehand
x-csrftoken		Ability to specify x-csrftoken (if necessary)
x-ig-app-id	936619743392459	Ability to specify x-ig-app-id (if necessary)
Posts pages count	1	Number of pages with posts
Followers pages count	1	Number of pages with followers
Followings pages count	1	Number of pages with followings