Instagram - Lava Documentation

Instagram data via Apify. Search hashtags, profiles, and places, or scrape posts, comments, and reels from Instagram URLs, with engagement metrics and media URLs. 1 endpoint available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Instagram API docs for full documentation.

Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.

Endpoints

Search Instagram for hashtags, profiles, or places by keyword, or scrape posts, comments, reels, and details from Instagram URLs. Returns post captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments), media URLs, author info, hashtags, and location data. 219K users, 4.7 stars. $2.30 per 1,000 results.

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apify~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items — $0.0575 / request

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apify~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items', {
  body: {
"directUrls": [
  "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/motivation/"
],
"resultsType": "posts",
"resultsLimit": 25
},
});

curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.apify.com%2Fv2%2Facts%2Fapify~instagram-scraper%2Frun-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"directUrls":["https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/motivation/"],"resultsType":"posts","resultsLimit":25}'

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​Endpoints

​Search Instagram for hashtags, profiles, or places by keyword, or scrape posts, comments, reels, and details from Instagram URLs. Returns post captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments), media URLs, author info, hashtags, and location data. 219K users, 4.7 stars. $2.30 per 1,000 results.

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Endpoints

Search Instagram for hashtags, profiles, or places by keyword, or scrape posts, comments, reels, and details from Instagram URLs. Returns post captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments), media URLs, author info, hashtags, and location data. 219K users, 4.7 stars. $2.30 per 1,000 results.

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