# Instagram Scraper (`instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper`) Actor

Instagram API in one run: same input as Apify's Instagram Scraper, 2× the fields, up to 8× cheaper, no login. Profiles, posts, reels with saves & shares, comments, hashtags, places, sounds — 10,000 rows in 7 min. Each row at its own price, posts from $0.20/1K. MCP-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Instagram Data API](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Marketing, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 87 total users, 39 monthly users, 96.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.20 / 1,000 posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Instagram scraper: everything public, one run, each row at its own price

> 🆕 **New:** one Actor for any mix of Instagram links. Tried it? Tell us in a review.

**Paste any mix of Instagram links and usernames — profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, places, sounds — choose what to get, and receive clean rows with every number: views, likes, comments, saves and shares.**

- 🔀 **Mixed input** — `natgeo`, a reel link, `#skincare` and a place link in one list; each line is handled as its own kind.
- 💸 **Pay by type** — posts and reels $0.28, profiles $0.63, comments $0.27 per 1,000 — instead of one high price for everything.
- 🔁 **Same input as Apify's Instagram Scraper** — `directUrls`, `resultsType`, `resultsLimit`, `search`, `searchType`, `searchLimit`, `onlyPostsNewerThan`: switch by changing only the Actor ID.
- 📊 **Saves and shares on reels** in the base price — not an add-on.
- 🔓 **No login**; private or missing items come back as free rows.

### Why scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more?

- **Everything in one run:** profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, places and sounds from one list of links and usernames.
- **Switch from Apify's Instagram Scraper:** the same input fields — `directUrls`, `resultsType`, `resultsLimit`, `search` — and, with *Also add Apify-style field names*, the same output fields (`likesCount`, `timestamp`, `displayUrl`…), so you change only the Actor ID.
- **Pay by type:** each row at the price of its kind — posts and reels from $0.20 per 1,000 instead of one price for everything.
- **Saves and shares on reels** in every feed, in the base price.
- **Scheduled monitoring:** run it on a schedule with *Only posts newer than* for the fresh posts.

### What data can I scrape from Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more?

| Data | What it is |
|---|---|
| Type | Kind of row: reel, photo, carousel or video for posts; story or profile for stories; sound or place for their cards; hashtag or place in search. Comment and account rows have no type |
| Link | Link to the post, reel, hashtag page or place page |
| Author | Username of the author |
| Username | Instagram username of the account in this row; posts and comments name their author in ownerUsername |
| Posted | When it was posted (UTC, ISO 8601) |
| Views | Plays (reels) or views as Instagram counts them |
| Likes | Likes of the post or the comment; empty if the author hid the counts |
| Comments | Number of comments |
| Saves | How many people saved the reel — Instagram gives saves for reels, not in its audio page |
| Shares | How many times the post was sent or shared |
| Followers | Follower count |
| Caption | Post text as the author wrote it |

Up to 191 fields per row in total — the **Output** tab lists every one of them.

### Compared with Apify's Instagram Scraper

| | This Actor | Apify's Instagram Scraper (Starter) |
|---|---|---|
| Posts and reels per 1,000 | $0.28 | $2.30 |
| Profiles per 1,000 | $0.63 | $2.30 |
| Comments per 1,000 | $0.27 | $2.30 |
| Saves on reels | ✅ | not in the output |

Their prices and fields as listed on Apify on 28 October 2026 — check their page for today's.

### How to scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more

1. Paste any Instagram links or usernames — profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, places, sounds — one per line, and choose what to get.
2. Press **Start** — rows stream into the Output tab while the run goes.
3. Download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or get them through the API.

Works with any public profile on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/) — no login, no cookies, no Instagram account
of yours.

**No input at hand?** Press **Start** with an empty input — you get a 3-row sample.

### Input example

```json
{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
    "#skincare"
  ],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 20,
  "skipPinnedPosts": false,
  "includeViews": false,
  "includeContacts": false,
  "searchType": "hashtag",
  "searchLimit": 10
}
```

### Output example: Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more data

```json
{
  "type": "reel",
  "productType": "clips",
  "shortCode": "DehZj9wggt0",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
  "ownerUsername": "natgeo",
  "ownerVerified": true,
  "ownerPrivate": false,
  "ownerProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.cdninstagram.com/…jpg",
  "takenAt": "2026-10-15T19:00:02Z",
  "views": 1543993,
  "viewsInstagram": 1543993,
  "viewsFacebook": null,
  "likes": 56343,
  "comments": 451,
  "saves": 2978,
  "shares": 4420,
  "reposts": 1041,
  "durationSec": 30.04,
  "caption": "Keeping up with a pack of hunting wolves is just another day… #WolvesUpClose",
  "hashtags": [
    "WolvesUpClose"
  ],
  "coauthors": [
    "bertiegregory",
    "natgeoanimals"
  ],
  "audio": {
    "type": "original",
    "id": "28762088093432459",
    "title": "Original audio",
    "artist": "natgeo"
  },
  "isPinned": true,
  "isPaidPartnership": false,
  "aiLabel": null,
  "language": "en",
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.cdninstagram.com/…mp4",
  "coverUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.cdninstagram.com/…jpg"
}
```

Each row has up to 191 fields — the **Output** tab describes every one of them. Fields Instagram
doesn't show come as `null`, never as a fake `0`.

**Coming from Apify's official Instagram scrapers?** Turn on *Also add Apify-style field names*: every row also gets
`likesCount`, `commentsCount`, `videoPlayCount`, `timestamp`, `displayUrl`, `followersCount`, `followsCount`, `verified`
and more with the same values, and the post type as `Video`, `Image` or `Sidecar` — your sheets, code and n8n flows keep
working. Long list of usernames? Upload it as a CSV or TXT file in *Or upload a list*.

### Limits

- One kind of rows per run for the whole list — as chosen in **What to get**.
- Hashtag pages give top posts of the last ~3 days; for older reels use our Hashtag Scraper with the Reels feed.
- Profiles and post links are read from Instagram's public view (no login). Views, saves, shares and reposts come with **Views, saves, shares & reposts**; business email, phone and category with **Business email, phone & category** — Instagram shows them to logged-in users only. Without the box they are `null` and listed in `notCollected`. Hashtags, places, sounds, stories, search and comments are always read by our logged-in accounts.
- Followers, likers, similar accounts and transcripts are in our single-purpose Actors.
- **Free Apify plan:** profiles and post links — the full result, no cap, read from Instagram's public view and paid from your monthly Apify credit; options that need a logged-in read are for paid plans. A run with hashtags, places, sounds, stories, search or comments needs a logged-in read — the first 20 results of each run, up to 300 a month. Any paid Apify plan gets every result — no cap.

### How much does it cost to scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more?

Pay per event: you pay for the rows you get, plus $0.0005 per run. No subscription to this Actor.

| Apify plan | Per 1,000 posts | What $5 of free credit gets you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0.308 | ≈ 16,200 posts |
| Starter | $0.28 | — |
| Business and higher | $0.20 | — |

Every event of this Actor on the Starter plan:

| Event | What it is | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Post | Each post, carousel or reel returned | $0.28 per 1,000 |
| Reel | Each reel returned (views, likes, comments, saves, shares, reposts included) | $0.28 per 1,000 |
| Reel below your filter | A reel checked but under your minimum views — not returned | $0.07 per 1,000 |
| Post detail | Each post or reel returned by URL | $0.54 per 1,000 |
| Profile | Each profile returned | $0.63 per 1,000 |
| Comment | Each comment or reply returned (replies cost the same, no add-on) | $0.27 per 1,000 |
| Tagged post | Each post or reel where the account is tagged | $0.53 per 1,000 |
| Checked profile | Each profile checked — all its live stories included | $3.59 per 1,000 |
| Post at the place | Each post or reel tagged at the place — the place card is free | $0.45 per 1,000 |
| Place found | Each place found for your keyword, with address and coordinates | $2.07 per 1,000 |
| Reel using the sound | Each reel that uses the sound — the sound's own row is free | $1.26 per 1,000 |
| Hashtag found | Each hashtag found for your keyword, with its post count | $1.62 per 1,000 |
| Account found | Each account found for your keyword | $0.45 per 1,000 |
| Account with profile card | Each account found, with followers, bio, category and business contacts (instead of “Account found”, only when profile cards are on) | $1.08 per 1,000 |
| Checked, filtered out | An account checked but outside your follower filter | $0.45 per 1,000 |

**Typical jobs on Starter:**

- 24 posts of each of 10 profiles = 240 ≈ $0.07
- Details of 100 profiles ≈ $0.06
- 500 comments of 5 posts ≈ $0.14

**Always free:** private or missing items, duplicates, and place and sound cards that come with their posts. Set **Maximum cost per run** in the run options to cap any run.

### Chain it with other Actors

Use the rows of an earlier run as the input: paste its **dataset ID** into *Or: dataset from another run*. For example,
run [Instagram Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper) on a brand, then give its dataset to
[Instagram Email & Phone Scraper](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-email-phone-scraper) — you get the emails of the brand's
followers. Works with the datasets of Apify's own Instagram Actors too.

### Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more API: Python, n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents

Python:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper").call(run_input={'directUrls': ['https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/', 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/', '#skincare'], 'resultsType': 'posts', 'resultsLimit': 20, 'skipPinnedPosts': False, 'includeViews': False, 'includeContacts': False, 'searchType': 'hashtag', 'searchLimit': 10})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)
```

**n8n, Make, Zapier or any HTTP client:** one request runs the Actor and returns the rows —
`POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN`
with the input JSON as the body.

**AI agents (MCP)** — your agent gets this Actor as a tool:

- **Claude Code:** `claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper"`
- **Claude, Cursor, VS Code, n8n:** add `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper` as a remote MCP server and sign in to Apify.
- **Ask it:** *“Get the 20 latest posts of @natgeo and @nasa with saves and shares.”* · *“Scrape this reel, the #skincare hashtag and this place in one run.”*

### FAQ: scraping Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more

**Which input fields of Apify's Instagram Scraper work?**
`directUrls`, `resultsType` (posts, details, comments, reels, mentions, stories), `resultsLimit`, `onlyPostsNewerThan`, `search`, `searchType` (hashtag, profile or user, place) and `searchLimit`. `addParentData` is accepted and ignored.

**How is a mixed list priced?**
Each row costs the price of its kind — a post as a post, a profile as a profile, a comment as a comment (the table below). Place and sound cards that come with their posts are free.

**Can I get comments for a profile?**
Comments need post or reel links. For a profile choose Posts or Reels; to get comments of its posts, pass the post links with **Comments**.

**Should I use this or a single-purpose Actor?**
Same data and prices. Single-purpose Actors have extra options — minimum views, follower filters, transcripts, contacts — and the lists this one doesn't do: followers, likers, similar accounts.

**Do I need an Instagram account or cookies?**
No. You only paste usernames, links or keywords. Nothing to log in, nothing to install, and your own Instagram account is never involved.

**What am I charged for — and what's free?**
Only the events in the pricing table, plus $0.0005 per run. Rows with an `error` field are free, and duplicates are never returned or charged. Each run's `SUMMARY` record shows results and free rows.

**Can I try it for free?**
Yes. On Apify's free plan, profiles and post links give the full result, paid from the monthly free credit Apify gives every account; hashtags, places, sounds, stories, search and comments need a logged-in read and give the first 20 results of every run. Paid plans get every result, with no cap.

**Can I cap what a run costs?**
Yes. Set **Maximum cost per run** in the run options — the run stops at your limit and `SUMMARY` shows `stoppedAtChargeLimit: true`.

**Can I use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent?**
Yes, like any Apify Actor: REST API, webhooks, the n8n, Make and Zapier integrations, and the Apify MCP server for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients. Short timeout in your workflow or agent? Set *Return what's ready after (seconds)*: the run stops on time with what it has collected, and you pay only for that.

### For AI agents

```text
Actor:   instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper
Does:    Scrape Instagram in one run: profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, places, with saves & shares. Same input as Apify's. MCP-ready.
Input:   {"directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/", "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/", "#skincare"], "resultsType": "posts", "resultsLimit": 20, "skipPinnedPosts": false, "includeViews": false, "includeContacts": false, "searchType": "hashtag", "searchLimit": 10}
Output:  one JSON row per result, up to 191 fields; main: type, url, ownerUsername, username, takenAt, views, likes, comments, saves, shares, followers, caption
Free:    private or missing items, duplicates, and place and sound cards that come with their posts
Price:   event "post" $0.28 per 1,000 on Starter + $0.0005 per run
Run:     POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN
```

### More Instagram Actors from us

| Content | People | Stories |
|---|---|---|
| [All-in-one Instagram Scraper](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper) · [Reels](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-reels-scraper) · [Posts](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-posts-scraper) · [Post details](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-post-details) · [Reel views checker](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-reel-views-checker) · [Hashtags](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-hashtag-scraper) · [Search](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-search-scraper) · [Transcripts](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-reels-transcript) · [Tagged posts](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-tagged-scraper) · [Audio](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-audio-scraper) · [Locations](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-location-scraper) · [Hashtag stats](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-hashtag-stats) |[Profiles](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-profile-scraper) · [Followers count](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-count-checker) · [Account age](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-account-age-checker) · [Emails & phones](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-email-phone-scraper) · [Similar accounts](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-similar-accounts) · [Similar accounts with profiles](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-lookalike-accounts) · [Followers](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper) · [Comments](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-comments-scraper) · [Likers](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-likers-scraper) · [Engagement rate](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-engagement-rate-calculator) · [Username checker](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-username-checker) · [User ID](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-user-id-finder) · [Follower checker](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-follower-checker) | [Stories](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-stories-scraper) · [Highlights](https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-highlights-scraper) |

What changed and when — see the **Changelog** tab.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

Anything, one per line: a profile (<code>natgeo</code> or its link), a post or reel link, a hashtag (<code>#skincare</code> or its link), a place link or a sound link. Each line becomes rows of its own kind.

## `inputFile` (type: `string`):

A CSV or TXT file: one username or link per line, or a table — we take the column named <code>username</code>, <code>url</code> or <code>link</code> (otherwise every cell). Added to the list above; duplicates are skipped.

## `resultsType` (type: `string`):

The same choice as in Apify's Instagram Scraper. Post and reel links always return the post itself unless you choose Comments.

## `resultsLimit` (type: `integer`):

How many posts, reels or comments to take per link. Empty — each kind's own default (24 posts, 500 comments…).

## `onlyPostsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

A date (<code>2026-10-01</code>) or a period (<code>7 days</code>, <code>2 weeks</code>). Empty — no date limit. Older pinned items are left out too.

## `onlyPostsOlderThan` (type: `string`):

A date (<code>2026-09-01</code>) or a period (<code>30 days</code>). With “Only items newer than” — a date range. Newer items are skipped and aren't charged.

## `skipPinnedPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out the items the creator pinned to the top of the profile.

## `includeViews` (type: `boolean`):

For posts, reels and post links: view counts, saves, shares and reposts. Instagram shows them only to logged-in users, so with this box they are read by our accounts (paid Apify plans). Same price either way.

## `includeContacts` (type: `boolean`):

With “Details” for profiles: public business email, phone, address, category and account type — shown to logged-in users only, read by our accounts (paid Apify plans). Same price either way.

## `search` (type: `string`):

A keyword, a #hashtag or a place name; several — separated by commas.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Hashtag returns the posts under it; Profiles and Places return what the search finds (with Details — full profile cards).

## `searchLimit` (type: `integer`):

How many profiles, places or hashtags to find per keyword.

## `datasetId` (type: `string`):

Pick the dataset of an earlier run (or paste its ID). We take links and usernames from <code>url</code>, <code>inputUrl</code>, <code>profileUrl</code> or <code>username</code> — rows of any Instagram Actor.

## `officialFieldNames` (type: `boolean`):

Every row also gets <code>likesCount</code>, <code>commentsCount</code>, <code>videoPlayCount</code>, <code>timestamp</code>, <code>displayUrl</code>, <code>followersCount</code>, <code>followsCount</code>, <code>verified</code>… with the same values, and the post type as Video, Image or Sidecar. Sheets, code and n8n flows made for the official scrapers keep working. Our own fields stay. No extra charge.

## `addSummaryRow` (type: `boolean`):

One free row at the end of the results: rows returned, what was charged (events and USD) and why the run stopped — for n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents that read only the dataset. The same summary is always saved as SUMMARY in the run's key-value store.

## `includeRaw` (type: `boolean`):

Every row also gets <code>raw</code>: the whole object Instagram returned for it — every field it sends, untouched, for your own parsing or an AI agent. Heavy (about 30 KB a post), so it is added to the first 1,000 rows of a run. No extra charge.

## `returnWithinSecs` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many seconds and return the results collected so far — you pay only for them. Handy for AI agents with a short tool timeout. Empty — run until everything is collected.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
    "#skincare"
  ],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 20,
  "skipPinnedPosts": false,
  "includeViews": false,
  "includeContacts": false,
  "searchType": "hashtag",
  "searchLimit": 10,
  "officialFieldNames": false,
  "addSummaryRow": false,
  "includeRaw": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows of this run (JSON, CSV, Excel).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

What was returned, what was free and why (SUMMARY record).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
        "#skincare"
    ],
    "resultsLimit": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
        "#skincare",
    ],
    "resultsLimit": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
    "#skincare"
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 20
}' |
apify call instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9my6PLoRFFje0duDc/builds/TexSSWdLb96V8hATN/openapi.json