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Instagram Profile Scraper

Apify

Collect public Instagram profile details for usernames or profile URLs.

Capability
Instagram content research
Current price
$0.0037/profile
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Fetch public Instagram profile metadata for supplied usernames.

Agents select this operation with tool ID apify.apify-instagram-profile-scraper, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

inputobject · optional

Provider-specific public source, URL or search criteria.

maxItemsnumber · optional

Maximum number of records to return.

Output

biographystring

Returned biography value.

fullNamestring

Returned full name value.

privateboolean

Returned private value.

urlstring

Returned url value.

usernamestring

Returned username value.

verifiedboolean

Returned verified value.

Example request and output

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Request

{
  "tool_id": "apify.apify-instagram-profile-scraper",
  "input": {
    "input": {
      "usernames": [
        "humansofny"
      ]
    },
    "maxItems": 1
  }
}

Output

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny",
  "private": false,
  "fullName": "Humans of New York",
  "username": "humansofny",
  "verified": true,
  "biography": "New York City, one story at a time. Created by Brandon Stanton."
}
Teaching errors and limitations

No listing-specific teaching errors are published. Inspect the tool before running to receive the current schema and error guidance.

Updated
21 August 2026

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