orthogonal-sh/instagram-scraper

Instagram Scraper

Scrape public Instagram data including profiles, posts, and reels.

When to Use

• User asks about Instagram content
• User wants to see posts from an account
• Social media research

How It Works

Uses the Scrape Creators API via Orthogonal to scrape Instagram data.

Usage

Get User Profile & Posts

orth run scrapecreators /v1/instagram/profile -q 'handle=openai'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/instagram/profile","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'

</details>

Get Individual Post/Reel

orth run scrapecreators /v1/instagram/post -q 'url=https://instagram.com/p/abc123'

Get Basic Profile by User ID

orth run scrapecreators /v1/instagram/basic-profile -q 'userId=12345'

Parameters

Profile

• handle (required) - Instagram handle (without @)
• trim (optional) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

Post/Reel

• url (required) - Instagram post or reel URL
• trim (optional) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

Basic Profile

• userId (optional) - Instagram user ID

Response

Profile includes:

• Username, display name, bio
• Follower/following counts
• Recent posts with captions, URLs, engagement metrics
• Profile image

Post includes:

• Post caption
• Image/video URLs
• Like count
• Comment count
• Timestamp

Examples

User: "What's OpenAI posting on Instagram?"

orth run scrapecreators /v1/instagram/profile -q 'handle=openai'

User: "Get details on this Instagram post"

orth run scrapecreators /v1/instagram/post -q 'url=https://instagram.com/p/abc123'

Error Handling

• success: false — the API may temporarily fail; retry after a few seconds
• Private accounts cannot be accessed — no workaround
• Rate limiting may cause failures on rapid requests — add delays between calls

Tips

• Private accounts cannot be accessed
• Remove @ from handles
• API may return errors for rate limiting - retry after a few seconds