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Social::Instagram::Tag - Instagram post scraper by tags

Social::Instagram::Tag

Scraper overview​

Social::Instagram::TagSocial::Instagram::Tag – scrapes posts by tags from Instagram. Automated collection of all data: post type, text, publication date, number of comments, number of likes, and much more. Along with the comment text, it also collects the author's profile link, the number of likes on it, and the time it was created.

You can use automatic query multiplication, substitution of subqueries from files, iteration of alphanumeric combinations and lists to obtain the maximum possible number of results. Using results filtering you can immediately clean the result by removing all unnecessary garbage (using negative keywords).

The A-Parser functionality allows you to save the scraping settings of the Social::Instagram::Tag 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 you to apply additional logic to the results and output 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.

Scraper use cases​

Collecting all posts by tags​

Use case example
  1. Override the Count of pages with posts option, select 100 in the list.
  2. Override the Result format option, specify $posts.format('$link\n') as the value.
  3. Specify tags as queries.
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How to import an example into A-Parser

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Collected data​

Two arrays with regular posts and posts from TOP:

  • Post type
  • Link to post
  • Text
  • Publication date (in Unix format)
  • Number of comments
  • Number of likes
  • Link to icon
  • Image width and height
  • Link to avatar
  • Number of posts

Use cases​

  • Collecting posts by tags

Configuration​

Obtaining the mandatory option for authorization

Spoiler: how to find the cookie?

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

Queries​

You must specify a tag as queries, for example:

sport  
cpu

Output results examples​

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

Default output​

Result format:

$query:\nPosts:\n$posts.format('$link\n')

Result example:

Posts:  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FtUJboZC0/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fs7maCIvq/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FszBRgOoS/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FrgVTBgFI/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FqeKvBSjC/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FogPGnOIG/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FoHSuCSUr/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fl5JWgWts/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fj_P0ji83/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fgn5YHCiC/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fd4uvAOyf/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FdfGjnVVs/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FdLEDgrTe/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FdEORCa0Z/

Links to posts from top​

Result format:

$top.format('$link\n')

Result example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKTr4pi3o/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKTCGHZ1c/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKStkF59q/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKRNun5Jg/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKRI-JTp8/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKQmfBD9O/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKHsiF5GT/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKQUpHXy4/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKPL1HxTx/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMKOAkn1mP/

Possible settings​

note

Common settings for all scrapers

ParameterDefault valueDescription
Count of pages with posts10Number of pages with posts
Treat disconnect as IP ban☑Consider connection drop as IP ban