Start the "Instagram Reel Scraper" Apify actor (apify/instagram-reel-scraper)

Start the "Instagram Reel Scraper" Apify actor (apify/instagram-reel-scraper). Scrape or download Instagram reels. Just add Instagram profile or reel URL, and get caption, timestamp, transcript, hashtags, mentions, tagged users, comments,…

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Endpoint

POST https://stableapify.dev/api/actors/apify/instagram-reel-scraper/call

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Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {},
  "bodyType": "json",
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "additionalProperties": {},
              "description": "Normalized actor input. See field descriptions for the simplified shape; native Apify input also accepted (passed through).",
              "properties": {
                "includeDownloadedVideo": {
                  "default": false,
                  "description": "Download the reel video and store a local copy before Instagram links expire. This add-on feature is charged per 1 MB downloaded.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "includeSharesCount": {
                  "default": false,
                  "description": "Extract the number of shares for each reel. Available for paying users only. Upgrade to the Starter plan to unlock it.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "includeTranscript": {
                  "default": false,
                  "description": "Extract a text transcript of the reel audio for content analysis. This add-on feature is charged per minute of audio.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "onlyPostsNewerThan": {
                  "description": "Scrape reels from the provided date up to the present. Supported formats include `YYYY-MM-DD`, full ISO timestamps (e.g. `2025-09-23T10:02:01`), or relative time such as `1 day`, `2 weeks`, or `3 months`. All times are evaluated in UTC.",
                  "pattern": "^(\\d{4})-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])(T[0-2]\\d:[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?(\\.\\d+)?Z?)?$|^(\\d+)\\s*(minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?$",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "resultsLimit": {
                  "description": "Set how many reels should be scraped per profile. For example, if set to 5, the scraper will extract up to 5 reels from each profile. This setting is ignored when scraping direct reel URLs.",
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991,
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "skipPinnedPosts": {
                  "default": false,
                  "description": "Enable this option if you want to exclude pinned reels from the overall results.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "username": {
                  "description": "Add Instagram usernames, profile URLs, IDs, or direct reel URLs. Each item will be processed individually.",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "username",
                "skipPinnedPosts",
                "includeSharesCount",
                "includeTranscript",
                "includeDownloadedVideo"
              ],
              "type": "object"
            },
            "options": {
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "description": "Optional Apify run options.",
              "properties": {
                "build": {
                  "maxLength": 100,
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "maxItems": {
                  "maximum": 100000,
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "memory": {
                  "maximum": 32768,
                  "minimum": 128,
                  "type": "integer"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            }
          },
          "type": "object"
        },
        "bodyType": {
          "enum": [
            "json",
            "form-data",
            "text"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "POST",
            "PUT",
            "PATCH"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method",
        "bodyType",
        "body"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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