Learn to scrape Instagram Data with Smartproxy!

Targets

The instagram_post, instagram_profile, and instagram_reel targets allow you to scrape Instagram's HTML and receive data parsed in JSON.

The instagram_graphql_post, instagram_graphql_profile, instagram_graphql_reel, and instagram_graphql_hashtag target allows you to scrape Instagram's GraphQL API endpoint and receive data parsed in JSON.

Instagram profile

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/nba)
target (in this example, instagram_profile)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram profile URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/nba\", \"target\": \"instagram_profile\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/nba',
    'target': 'instagram_profile',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/nba',
    'target' => 'instagram_profile',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram GraphQL profile

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/nba)
target (in this example, instagram_graphql_profile)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram profile URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/nba\", \"target\": \"instagram_graphql_profile\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/nba',
    'target': 'instagram_graphql_profile',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/nba',
    'target' => 'instagram_graphql_profile',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram post

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/)
target (in this example, instagram_post)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram post URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/\", \"target\": \"instagram_post\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target': 'instagram_post',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target' => 'instagram_post',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram GraphQL post

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/)
target (in this example, instagram_graphql_post)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram post URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/\", \"target\": \"instagram_graphql_post\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target': 'instagram_graphql_post',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target' => 'instagram_graphql_post',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram reel

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/)
target (in this example, instagram_reel)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram reel URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/\", \"target\": \"instagram_reel\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/',
    'target': 'instagram_reel',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/',
    'target' => 'instagram_reel',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram GraphQL reel

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/)
target (in this example, instagram_graphql_reel)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram reel URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/\", \"target\": \"instagram_graphql_reel\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/',
    'target': 'instagram_graphql_reel',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfPAdQgqTc/',
    'target' => 'instagram_graphql_reel',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Instagram GraphQL hashtag

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape

  POST /scrape

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nba/)
target (in this example, instagram_graphql_hashtag)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram hashtag URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nba/\", \"target\": \"instagram_graphql_hashtag\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nba/',
    'target': 'instagram_graphql_hashtag',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nba/',
    'target' => 'instagram_graphql_hashtag',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/scrape');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Create callback for Instagram post

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task

  POST /task

Payload type: JSON

Required parameters:
url (in this example, https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/)
target (in this example, instagram_post)

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`	`url`	Instagram post URL
`target`	`string`	target
`locale`	`string`	language locale
`geo`	`string`	geolocation

curl -u username:password -X POST --url https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/\", \"target\": \"instagram_post\",\"locale\": \"en-us\",\"geo\": \"United States\" }"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

task_params = {
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target': 'instagram_post',
    'locale': 'en-us',
    'geo': 'United States'
}

username = 'username'
password = 'password'
  
response = requests.post(
    'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task',
    headers = headers,
    json = task_params,
    auth = (username, password)
)
print(response.text)

<?php

$params = array(
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYHpdAvnob/',
    'target' => 'instagram_post',
    'locale' => 'en-us',
    'geo' => 'United States'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username' . ':' . 'password');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Retrieve parsed results via callback

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task/{Task_ID}/results?type=parsed

  GET /task/{{Task ID}}/results?type=parsed

Retrieve raw HTML results via callback

API Link: https://scraper-api.smartproxy.com/v1/task/{Task_ID}/results?type=raw

  GET /task/{{Task ID}}/results?type=raw