apify.instagram-profiles

Scrape Instagram profiles: pay per use, no API key

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Fetch public Instagram profile metadata using Apify's dedicated Instagram Profile Scraper actor. Price is per profile.

Price and execution

Price: $0.0016
Pricing model: Fixed price per successful call
Execution class: fast

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields apify.instagram-profiles accepts as JSON input.

limitintegerOptional
Maximum number of records to return. This tool fetches one public username, so the typical value is 1. Maximum is 1000.
usernamestringRequired
Public Instagram username, without a profile URL.

Raw input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "username"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of records to return. This tool fetches one public username, so the typical value is 1. Maximum is 1000."
    },
    "username": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 30,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Public Instagram username, without a profile URL."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful apify.instagram-profiles call returns.

countintegerRequired
resultsarray of objectRequired
- idstring | nullOptional
- urlstring | nullOptional
- privateboolean | nullOptional
- fullNamestring | nullOptional
- usernamestring | nullOptional
- verifiedboolean | nullOptional
- biographystring | nullOptional
- postsCountnumber | nullOptional
- followsCountnumber | nullOptional
- profilePicUrlstring | nullOptional
- followersCountnumber | nullOptional
- isBusinessAccountboolean | nullOptional
retrieved_atstring (date-time)Required
provider_request_idstring | nullRequired

Raw output JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "count",
    "provider_request_id",
    "retrieved_at"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "private": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "fullName": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "username": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "verified": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "biography": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "postsCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "followsCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "profilePicUrl": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "followersCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "isBusinessAccount": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "description": "Raw Apify Instagram Scraper profile fields. `apify.instagram-search` shape varies with `search_type`: hashtag/place searches return Instagram post fields instead of profile fields.",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "maxItems": 1000
    },
    "retrieved_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "provider_request_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Run this tool

Copy this instruction to your agent to set up Cralo and call this tool with the example input.

Set up Cralo by following https://cralo.ai/SKILL.md, then call the apify.instagram-profiles tool with this input: {"username":"instagram","limit":1}

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Safety notes

Side Effect: read_only
Public Sources Only: Yes
Authenticated Content: No

How this compares to using Apify directly

You do not need a separate Apify account or subscription for this call. Cralo uses one prepaid balance across all tools and shows the per-call price before you run the command.

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