instagram.posts

Scrape Instagram posts: pay per use, no API key

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Return public posts from an Instagram profile, post, reel, or hashtag URL. Price is per post (quoted from `limit`, max 1000).

Price and execution

Price: $0.0023
Pricing model: Fixed price per successful call
Execution class: queued

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields instagram.posts accepts as JSON input.

urlstring (uri)Required
Public Instagram profile, post, reel, or hashtag URL to fetch posts from.
limitintegerOptional
Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit.

Raw input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "pattern": "^https://(www\\.)?instagram\\.com/",
      "maxLength": 2048,
      "description": "Public Instagram profile, post, reel, or hashtag URL to fetch posts 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."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful instagram.posts call returns.

countintegerRequired
postsarray of objectRequired
- idstringRequired
- urlstring (uri)Required
- typestring | nullRequired
- ownerobjectRequired
- imagesarray of string (uri)Required
- captionstring | nullRequired
- hashtagsarray of stringRequired
- mentionsarray of stringRequired
- timestampstring | nullRequired
- video_urlstring | nullRequired
- short_codestring | nullRequired
- display_urlstring | nullRequired
- likes_countnumber | nullRequired
- comments_countnumber | nullRequired
- video_play_countnumber | nullRequired
source_urlstring (uri)Required
retrieved_atstring (date-time)Required

Raw output JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "posts",
    "count",
    "source_url",
    "retrieved_at"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "posts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "url",
          "type",
          "short_code",
          "caption",
          "hashtags",
          "mentions",
          "comments_count",
          "likes_count",
          "video_play_count",
          "timestamp",
          "display_url",
          "images",
          "video_url",
          "owner"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "id",
              "username",
              "full_name"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "username": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "full_name": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": false
          },
          "images": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uri"
            }
          },
          "caption": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "hashtags": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "mentions": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "timestamp": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "video_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "short_code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "display_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "likes_count": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "comments_count": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "video_play_count": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "maxItems": 1000
    },
    "source_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "retrieved_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  },
  "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 instagram.posts 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
Handles Personal Data: 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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