Instagram Scraper

Scrape public Instagram data including posts, hashtags, and comments.

When to Use

•User asks about Instagram content
•User wants to see posts from an account
•User asks about hashtag content
•Social media research

How It Works

Uses the Shofo API to scrape Instagram data.

Usage

Get User Posts

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/user-posts -q 'username=openai&count=10'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"shofo","path":"/instagram/user-posts","query":{"username":"openai"}}'

</details>

Get Hashtag Posts

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/hashtag -q 'keyword=artificialintelligence&count=10'

Get Post Comments

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/comments -q 'media_id=ABC123'

Parameters

User Posts

•username (required) - Instagram username (without @)
•count (required) - Number of posts to retrieve

Hashtag Posts

•keyword (required) - Hashtag to search (without #)
•count (required) - Number of posts to retrieve

Post Comments

•media_id (required) - Instagram post/media ID

Response

Posts include:

•Post caption
•Image/video URLs
•Like count
•Comment count
•Timestamp
•Post URL

Comments include:

•Comment text
•Username
•Timestamp
•Like count

Examples

User: "What's OpenAI posting on Instagram?"

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/user-posts -q 'username=openai&count=10'

User: "Show me posts with #AI hashtag"

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/hashtag -q 'keyword=AI&count=10'

User: "Get comments on this Instagram post"

bash

orth run shofo /instagram/comments -q 'media_id=ABC123'

Error Handling

•success: false — Shofo may temporarily fail; retry after a few seconds
•Private accounts cannot be accessed — no workaround
•Rate limiting may cause failures on rapid requests — add delays between calls
•Missing count parameter may return default or error — always include it

Tips

•Private accounts cannot be accessed
•Remove @ from usernames and # from hashtags
•API may return errors for rate limiting - retry after a few seconds