Instagram Scraper

Description

The Instagram Scraper API allows you to extract various types of information from Instagram, including comments, posts, profiles, and reels. This powerful tool enables developers to integrate Instagram data into their applications for social media analysis, content discovery, and more.

How to Use

To use the Instagram Scraper API, you'll need to authenticate your requests using your API key. The API provides several endpoints for retrieving different types of information:

Endpoints

• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/comments - Retrieve comments by post URL
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/posts - Retrieve post information by URL
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/posts-by-keyword - Discover posts by keyword
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/posts-by-profile - Retrieve posts by profile URL
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/profiles - Retrieve profile information by URL
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/reels - Retrieve reel information by URL
• POST https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/reels-by-profile - Retrieve reels by profile URL

Authentication

Include your API key in the request headers:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Request Body

The request body should be a JSON object with the following structure, depending on the endpoint:

// For URL-based endpoints (comments, posts, profiles, reels)
{
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/post-id/"
}

// For posts-by-keyword endpoint
{
    "keyword": "travel"
}

// For posts-by-profile and reels-by-profile endpoints
{
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/username/"
}

Rate Limiting

Please note that usage is subject to rate limiting. Refer to your plan details for specific limits.

Expected Response

While we don't have a specific sample response, you can generally expect the API to return data including:

• For comments: author, text, timestamp, likes count
• For posts: caption, image URLs, likes count, comments count, timestamp
• For profiles: username, full name, bio, follower count, following count, post count
• For reels: caption, video URL, views count, likes count, comments count

The exact structure and fields may vary based on the information available for each type of content.

import requests
import json

# Your API Key
api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

# API Endpoint for post information
url = 'https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/posts'

# Headers
headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

# Request Body
data = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/p/example-post-id/'
}

# Send POST request
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
    # Parse the JSON response
    post_info = response.json()
    
    # Print the post information
    print(json.dumps(post_info, indent=2))
else:
    print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
    print(response.text)

# Example for posts by keyword
url = 'https://taskagi.net/api/instagram-scraper/posts-by-keyword'

# Request Body for keyword search
data = {
    'keyword': 'travel'
}

# Send POST request
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
    # Parse the JSON response
    posts = response.json()
    
    # Print the posts
    print(json.dumps(posts, indent=2))
else:
    print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
    print(response.text)