apify.instagram-reels

Get Instagram reels: pay per use, no API key

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Fetch public reels from an Instagram profile, reel, or hashtag URL using Apify's Instagram Scraper actor. Price is per reel (quoted from `limit`, max 1000).

Price and execution

Price: $0.0023 / reel
Pricing model: Per reel, billed on success
Execution class: queued

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields apify.instagram-reels accepts as JSON input.

urlstring (uri)Required
Public Instagram profile, reel, or hashtag URL to fetch reels from.
limitintegerOptional
Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit.
only_newer_thanstringOptional
Only return reels newer than an ISO date or relative age such as `7 days`.

Raw input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "pattern": "^https://(www\\.)?instagram\\.com/",
      "description": "Public Instagram profile, reel, or hashtag URL to fetch reels from."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit."
    },
    "only_newer_than": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}|\\d+ (minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?)quot;,
      "description": "Only return reels newer than an ISO date or relative age such as `7 days`."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful apify.instagram-reels call returns.

countintegerRequired
resultsarrayRequired
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",
      "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-reels tool with this input: {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/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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