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Social::Instagram::Post - Instagram Post Scraper

Social::Instagram::Post

Scraper Overview​

Social::Instagram::PostSocial::Instagram::Post - scrapes posts from Instagram. Automated collection of all data: post type, text, publication date, number of comments, number of likes, and much more. Allows scraping up to 1200 comments on posts in 3 minutes. Along with the comment text, a link to the author's profile, the number of likes under it, and the time it was created are also collected.
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All simple results can be obtained without using authorization. Authorization is required for collecting comments, you need to specify a value for the cookie option. Similar to the scraper Social::Instagram::Profile.

Scraper Use Cases​

Collecting comments under posts​

Use case
  1. Specify values for the options required for authorization (cookie, x-csrftoken, x-ig-app-id).
  2. Override the Page count option, select 100 from the list.
  3. Override the Result format option, specify $comments.format('$text\n') as the value.
  4. Specify post links as queries.
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How to import the example into A-Parser

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Collected Data​

  • Post type
  • Text
  • Publication date
  • Number of comments
  • Number of likes
  • Width and height of the image/video
  • Link to the author's profile
  • Author's nickname
  • Location
  • Information about likes
  • Information about comments
  • Link to the location
  • Number of video views
  • Comments
    • Link to the author's profile
    • Text
    • Number of likes
    • Creation time

Use Cases​

  • Collecting post information

Queries​

Post links should be specified as queries, for example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs1_BnLSc6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvaaM5MHVW/

Output Results Examples​

A-Parser supports flexible formatting of results thanks to the built-in templating engine Template Toolkit, allowing it to output results in any form, as well as in a structured form, for example CSV or JSON

Default Output​

Result format:

$query: comments: $comments_count, likes: $likes_count\nText: $text

Result example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs1_BnLSc6/: comments: 7268, likes: 362777
Text: “Like anyone else, I get lonely or insecure. Making my art is like creating companions or more well-formed versions of myself. My artworks are like mirrors, but ones where I can manipulate what’s being reflected at me.” —Artist @gitte_maria (Gitte Maria Moller) 
 
Realized across mixed media, including wire frames, 3D sculpture, print plexiglass, panel paintings and site-specific installations, Gitte’s art explores themes in multitude: icons of childhood, 90s computer games, walls, fences and dead ends, pain and joy. 
 
“I draw inspiration across time and history, from the ancient to the contemporary, but I like to think that these things all exist on the same plane and have equal value. Things only have value or importance because we ascribe it, so I like to play around with that, both in the materials I work with and in the content. 
 
I try not to be too goal oriented when I am making work. It’s rather a feeling of something interior that spreads outward. The meaning becomes clearer to me when I’ve had some distance from the reality that generated the artwork. I like to be surprised in this way, so I create a lot of space for chance.” 
 
Art by @gitte_maria

Links to profiles of those who commented on the post​

Result format:

$comments.format('$author\n')

Result example:

https://www.instagram.com/soniyadhawan49/
https://www.instagram.com/meb_ok/
https://www.instagram.com/_shiv_mahakal_0/
https://www.instagram.com/badkonak_miti/
https://www.instagram.com/idarebax9.212.189.baxs.9.999.9/
https://www.instagram.com/_shifa_khan_17_/
https://www.instagram.com/_navid.amiri/
https://www.instagram.com/ariani91___/
https://www.instagram.com/jason.mooreeuc9yg5r1/
https://www.instagram.com/intelligent_girl_231/
https://www.instagram.com/_fasilfiros/
https://www.instagram.com/yonder3r/
https://www.instagram.com/kaminisahu1234/
https://www.instagram.com/violet_organics/
https://www.instagram.com/monic_a9243/

Possible Settings​

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Common settings for all scrapers

ParameterDefault ValueDescription
Pages count1Number of pages for parsing comments
cookieAuthorization option, required for parsing comments.
x-csrftokenAuthorization option, required for parsing comments.
x-ig-app-idAuthorization option, required for parsing comments.
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