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Instagram Guest Scraper

Retrieves media and metadata from Instagram posts using the Guest/GraphQL method.

Instagram Guest Scraper

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Summary

Fetch media items and metadata from a public Instagram post by providing its full URL or shortcode ID.

Inputs

  • Post URL or Shortcode (required) — The full URL of the Instagram post or the specific shortcode ID (e.g., CxYz123) identifying the post to retrieve.

Output shape

a list of items, each containing JSON with post shortcode, count of media results, list of media URLs, post owner info (username, full name, verification status, privacy), like count, ad status, caption, and detailed media metadata including type, dimensions, and URLs.

The output includes multiple media entries if the post is a carousel. If fetching fails (private post, blocked request, or no data), an error message is returned per item when 'Continue On Fail' is enabled.

Examples

Example 1: Retrieve media from a single Instagram post by URL

Set 'Post URL or Shortcode' to the full post URL like 'https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYz123/' or directly provide the shortcode 'CxYz123'.

Example 2: Fetch metadata for multi-image/video posts

Provide a shortcode or post URL; the output will include details for each media item in the post's carousel.

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