📸 Instagram Scraper

Instagram Scraper is a free and open-source scraper that gets you unlimited detailed Instagram data for free.

✨ What Can I Get?

• 👤 Profiles of 3B+ monthly users — bio, links, followers, post count, category & highlights
• 🎬 Every post & reel — captions, likes, comments, play counts, audio, tagged users & HD media
• 💬 Comments, stories & look-alikes — comment pages, every highlight story, 50 similar accounts
• 🔥 Hashtags, places, songs & trends — top reels per hashtag, locations, audio pages & what's trending now

🎥 Example: A Full Instagram Profile

{
  "id": "11830955",
  "username": "taylorswift",
  "full_name": "Taylor Swift",
  "link": "https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/",
  "profile_picture": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/818902239_18699523633054956_5239385355012066680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=bf7eb4&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLnd3dy4xMDgwLkMzIn0%3D&_nc_ohc=LjiOo-1I3FoQ7kNvwH8yxWN&_nc_oc=AdqsdA37nXgNuLPe0Lk_gMakAiebU0lKGdgDL8HCJT8yuS4RUQLlKvmbmPYBtw5JiQc&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=UzJZz7q-jWuOJVdxG5fVHA&_nc_ss=7fa8c&oh=00_AQI1TEFv5iCKSwY0a7JywYW8UnHvwyyWbhRYOELzvhuY_Q&oe=6AB978C4",
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "biography": "And, baby, that's sh0w business f0r y0u. ❤️‍🔥",
  "bio_links": [
    { "title": null, "link": "http://store.taylorswift.com", "type": "external", "is_pinned": false }
  ],
  "external_link": "http://store.taylorswift.com",
  "account_type": "creator",
  "follower_count": 272831029,
  "following_count": 0,
  "post_count": 709,
  "has_reels": true,
  "threads_username": "taylorswift",
  "highlights": [
    {
      "id": "18520347457009686",
      "title": "❤️‍🔥",
      "link": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18520347457009686/"
    },
    {
      "id": "17991384335533906",
      "title": "🤍",
      "link": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17991384335533906/"
    }
  ],
  "has_more_highlights": true
}

Trimmed for readability.

🚀 Unlimited Free Instagram Data — Get It in 60 Seconds

1️⃣ Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/omkarcloud/instagram-scraper
cd instagram-scraper
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2️⃣ Start the API:

python run.py

3️⃣ Get your first data:

curl "http://localhost:8000/users/profile?user=taylorswift"

{
  "id": "11830955",
  "username": "taylorswift",
  "full_name": "Taylor Swift",
  "link": "https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/",
  "is_verified": true,
  "biography": "And, baby, that's sh0w business f0r y0u. ❤️‍🔥",
  "external_link": "http://store.taylorswift.com",
  "account_type": "creator",
  "follower_count": 272830984,
  "following_count": 0,
  "post_count": 709,
  "threads_username": "taylorswift",
  "highlights": [
    { "id": "18520347457009686", "title": "❤️‍🔥" },
    { "id": "17991384335533906", "title": "🤍" }
  ]
}

All 19 endpoints are now live at http://localhost:8000.

📚 Endpoints

19 endpoints cover everything you need.

Endpoint	Path	Returns
User Profile	/users/profile	Bio, links, followers, post count, category and highlights
User Posts	/users/posts	A user's posts with likes, comments, captions and media, 12 per page
User Reels	/users/reels	A user's reels with play counts, video links and audio, 12 per page
Post Details	/posts/details	Everything about one post or reel in a single call
Post Comments	/posts/comments	Comments with text, likes and commenter, page by page
Post Media	/posts/media	Every image size and video rendition, ready to download
User Highlights	/users/highlights	Story highlights with titles and covers
Highlight Stories	/highlights/items	Every story in a highlight with media links
Similar Users	/users/similar	Up to 50 accounts Instagram suggests next to a user
Hashtag Posts	/hashtags/posts	Top reels for any hashtag, plus related keywords
Search Keywords	/search/keywords	Top reels for any keyword, plus a topic summary
Location Details	/locations/details	Name, address, coordinates, post count and top posts
Location Posts	/locations/posts	Top or most recent posts tagged at a place
Audio Details	/audio/details	A song's title, artist, cover and reel count
Audio Reels	/audio/reels	Reels that use a song, 12 per page
Trending	/explore/trending	What's trending now: keywords, moments and rising profiles
Trending Section	/explore/section	More entries from any trending section
Resolve User	/users/resolve	Username to numeric user ID, and back
Resolve Post	/posts/resolve	Post shortcode or link to media ID, and back

🔍 Exploring Parameters

The same API is published on RapidAPI, and its playground is the easiest place to try parameters and see raw responses. Once a request looks right, run it locally for unlimited free data.

1. Subscribe to the free plan — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card.
2. Try the endpoints in the playground — every param is pre-filled, so you see real data in one click.
3. Copy the generated code and replace https://best-instagram-scraper-free-1000-calls.p.rapidapi.com with http://localhost:8000. It will now run against your local API.

import requests

# generated by the playground, host swapped for the local API
response = requests.get(
    "http://localhost:8000/users/profile",
    params={"user": "taylorswift"},
)
print(response.json())

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