instagram-lead-scraper

Instagram Lead Scraper

Scrapes users who liked specific Instagram posts using the Apify datadoping/instagram-likes-scraper actor (WxPRaG9gfg5KZ4gY1). No Instagram login or cookies required.

What It Does

1. Accepts one or more Instagram post URLs
2. Calls Apify actor WxPRaG9gfg5KZ4gY1 with { posts: [...urls], max_count: 1000 }
3. Fetches all results with pagination
4. Inserts leads into instagram_leads DB table (deduplicates by username)

Actor

• Apify Actor ID: WxPRaG9gfg5KZ4gY1
• No cookies needed
• Input: { "posts": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/SHORTCODE/"], "max_count": 1000 }
• Output fields: username, full_name, id, profile_pic_url, is_verified, is_private, liked_post, post_url, total_likes

How to Run

# Scrape likers from one or more posts
node skills/instagram-lead-scraper/scripts/instagram-lead-scraper.js --posts "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/,https://www.instagram.com/p/DEF456/"

# With a campaign name
node skills/instagram-lead-scraper/scripts/instagram-lead-scraper.js --posts "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/" --campaign "competitor_likers"

# Dry run (no DB insert)
node skills/instagram-lead-scraper/scripts/instagram-lead-scraper.js --posts "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/" --dry-run

Environment Variables

• APIFY_API_KEY — required
• INSFORGE_CONNECTION_STRING — required for DB insert

Database

Inserts into instagram_leads:

• username, full_name, profile_url, profile_picture_url
• instagram_id, is_verified, source_photo_url
• scraped_at, campaign_name
• Unique constraint on username — duplicates silently skipped