Instagram Reel Scraper

Scrape Instagram Reels from profiles, usernames, or direct URLs. Returns each reel as a flat row with caption, timestamp, transcript, hashtags, mentions, and engagement metrics.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

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$0.0020

per result + $0.01 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Usage-based actor: event charges passed through at cost plus 25%

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /parseforge/instagram-reel-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
urls	array	Instagram usernames, profile URLs, or direct reel URLs (e.g. 'natgeo', '@nasa', 'https://www.instagram.com/instagram/', 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123/').
maxItems	integer	How many reels to collect per run.
maxReelsPerProfile	integer	Maximum number of reels to collect per profile. Leave empty to collect all up to Max Items.
newerThan	string	Only collect reels published after this date. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD or relative formats like '30 days', '3 months', '1 year'.
skipPinnedReels	boolean	Skip reels pinned at the top of the profile. Pinned reels are often older and skipping them gives more chronologically accurate results. default false
commentsPerReel	integer	Number of top comments to extract per reel (0 to skip comments, max ~15 from public page). Set to 0 for fastest extraction. default 0

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/parseforge/instagram-reel-scraper","input":{"skipPinnedReels":false,"commentsPerReel":0},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /parseforge/instagram-reel-scraper -i '{"skipPinnedReels":false,"commentsPerReel":0}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/parseforge/instagram-reel-scraper", input: {"skipPinnedReels":false,"commentsPerReel":0}, wait: false })

Try it

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