# Instagram Profile Scraper

Apify

Collect public Instagram profile details for usernames or profile URLs.

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**Job:** [Get Instagram posts and reels](https://scrollport.com/tools/instagram-api)

**Current price:** $0.0037/profile

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Fetch public Instagram profile metadata for supplied usernames.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`input` object · optional

Provider-specific public source, URL or search criteria.

`maxItems` number · optional

Maximum number of records to return.

### Output

`biography` string

Returned biography value.

`fullName` string

Returned full name value.

`private` boolean

Returned private value.

`url` string

Returned url value.

`username` string

Returned username value.

`verified` boolean

Returned verified value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### 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."
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

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

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/apify/apify-instagram-profile-scraper