# 🔥 Instagram Reel Scraper (`easyapi/instagram-reel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Instagram reels from profiles or reel URLs. Get captions, engagement metrics, video URLs, audio metadata, and optional transcripts in clean JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/instagram-reel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🔥 Instagram Reel Scraper

Scrape public Instagram reels from profiles or direct reel URLs. Get captions, engagement metrics, video/audio URLs, tagged users, music info, and optional transcripts in clean JSON.

### ✨ Key Features

- 🎥 Extract reels from **usernames, profile URLs/IDs, or reel URLs**
- ❤️ Likes, comments, views, plays, and optional share counts
- 📝 Caption, hashtags, mentions, and tagged users
- 🎶 Music / original audio metadata
- ✍️ Optional **audio transcript** (paid upstream add-on)
- ⬇️ Optional **downloaded video** copy (paid upstream add-on)
- 📅 Date filter, skip pinned, and skip trial reels
- 📋 Structured JSON output, streamed while the run is in progress

### 💪 Why Choose This Actor?

- **Focused**: Built specifically for Instagram reel extraction
- **Flexible**: Profiles and reel URLs in the same run
- **Efficient**: Results are pushed continuously while the job runs
- **Structured**: Renamed, integration-friendly field names
- **Reliable**: Stable public-data extraction

### 🎯 Perfect For

- 📊 Influencer and short-form content research
- 🔥 Campaign and competitor reel tracking
- 🏢 UGC and brand-mention monitoring
- 🤖 LLM / RAG pipelines that need captions + transcripts

### 📝 Input Requirements

- `targets` (required): Usernames, profile URLs/IDs, and/or reel URLs
- `maxReelsPerProfile` (optional): Max reels per profile. Default: `25`. Ignored for direct reel URLs
- `postedAfter` (optional): Only reels newer than a date or relative value
- `skipPinned` (optional): Skip pinned reels. Default: `false`
- `skipTrial` (optional): Skip trial reels. Default: `false`
- `includeShareCount` (optional): Include share counts. Default: `false` (paid add-on)
- `includeTranscript` (optional): Include audio transcript. Default: `false` (paid add-on)
- `includeVideoDownload` (optional): Download and store video. Default: `false` (paid add-on)

#### Input Example

```json
{
  "targets": [
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7lzTOJ1p6/"
  ],
  "maxReelsPerProfile": 10,
  "postedAfter": "1 month",
  "skipPinned": false,
  "skipTrial": false
}
```

#### Output Example

```json
{
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo",
  "reelId": "3889868956217334394",
  "mediaType": "Video",
  "code": "DX7lzTOJ1p6",
  "text": "this is your sign to stop neglecting your scalp 🤭 #ad",
  "tags": ["ad", "sephorasquad", "sephora"],
  "mentionedUsers": ["dysonusa", "sephora"],
  "reelUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DX7lzTOJ1p6/",
  "commentCount": 24,
  "likeCount": 286,
  "playCount": 10977,
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "durationSecs": 51.151,
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T21:05:19.000Z",
  "authorUsername": "lyssamariexo",
  "authorName": "alyssa marie",
  "contentKind": "clips",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-21T03:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### 🚀 How to Use

1. Add usernames, profile URLs, or reel URLs to `targets`
2. Optionally set date filters and add-ons
3. Click **Start** and download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML

### 📌 Notes

- Only **public** Instagram reels can be scraped
- Direct reel URLs ignore `maxReelsPerProfile` and `postedAfter`
- Transcript / download / share-count features are paid upstream add-ons
- Free users of this actor have run and result-size limits; upgrade for unlimited usage

# Actor input Schema

## `targets` (type: `array`):

Usernames, profile URLs/IDs, or direct reel URLs. Direct reel URLs ignore maxReelsPerProfile and postedAfter.

## `maxReelsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

Max reels to scrape per profile target. Ignored for direct reel URLs.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Limit how far back to go. Use YYYY-MM-DD / ISO, or a relative value (e.g. 1 day, 2 weeks, 3 months). Times are UTC.

## `skipPinned` (type: `boolean`):

Exclude pinned reels from profile scrapes.

## `skipTrial` (type: `boolean`):

Exclude Instagram trial reels (videos tested with non-followers before wider release).

## `includeShareCount` (type: `boolean`):

Extract share counts for each reel. Paid upstream add-on.

## `includeTranscript` (type: `boolean`):

Extract an audio transcript for each reel. Paid upstream add-on (billed per minute of audio).

## `includeVideoDownload` (type: `boolean`):

Download reel video and store a local copy before Instagram links expire. Paid upstream add-on (billed per MB).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "targets": [
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7lzTOJ1p6/"
  ],
  "maxReelsPerProfile": 10,
  "postedAfter": "1 month",
  "skipPinned": false,
  "skipTrial": false,
  "includeShareCount": false,
  "includeTranscript": false,
  "includeVideoDownload": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "targets": [
        "natgeo",
        "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7lzTOJ1p6/"
    ],
    "maxReelsPerProfile": 10,
    "postedAfter": "1 month",
    "skipPinned": false,
    "skipTrial": false,
    "includeShareCount": false,
    "includeTranscript": false,
    "includeVideoDownload": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/instagram-reel-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 = {
    "targets": [
        "natgeo",
        "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7lzTOJ1p6/",
    ],
    "maxReelsPerProfile": 10,
    "postedAfter": "1 month",
    "skipPinned": False,
    "skipTrial": False,
    "includeShareCount": False,
    "includeTranscript": False,
    "includeVideoDownload": False,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "targets": [
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7lzTOJ1p6/"
  ],
  "maxReelsPerProfile": 10,
  "postedAfter": "1 month",
  "skipPinned": false,
  "skipTrial": false,
  "includeShareCount": false,
  "includeTranscript": false,
  "includeVideoDownload": false
}' |
apify call easyapi/instagram-reel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=easyapi/instagram-reel-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/jyCxLOLIR28WvikmG/builds/YqKSjXd4MnUIeCnft/openapi.json