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The scraper resolves each to its posts automatically.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "directUrls": { "title": "Profile or post URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct Instagram URLs. Supports profile URLs (https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/), post URLs (/p/CODE/), reel URLs (/reel/CODE/), and TV URLs (/tv/CODE/).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "resultsLimit": { "title": "Max posts per profile", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of posts to scrape per profile. Post/reel URLs always return exactly that one post. Keep this reasonable to control cost.", "default": 30 }, "mediaTypeFilter": { "title": "Media type filter", "enum": [ "all", "image", "video", "carousel" ], "type": "string", "description": "Only return posts of the selected media type. \"all\" returns everything.", "default": "all" }, "includePinned": { "title": "Include pinned posts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether to include posts pinned to the top of the profile grid.", "default": true }, "scrapeComments": { "title": "Scrape comments", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch comments for each scraped post. REQUIRES session cookies — Instagram gates comments behind a logged-in session on 2026. Provide sessionCookies (sessionid + ds_user_id) or comments will be skipped with a warning.", "default": false }, "maxComments": { "title": "Max comments per post", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of top-level comments to fetch per post.", "default": 20 }, "scrapeCommentReplies": { "title": "Include comment replies", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also fetch nested replies (child comments) under each comment.", "default": false }, "proxyCountry": { "title": "Proxy country", "maxLength": 2, "type": "string", "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for residential proxy exit location (e.g. US, GB, DE, FR). Leave empty for auto/any.", "default": "US" }, "sessionid": { "title": "Instagram sessionid", "type": "string", "description": "Your Instagram `sessionid` cookie. Required for comment scraping and higher-volume / limited-profile access. Log in to instagram.com, open DevTools → Application → Cookies, copy the `sessionid` value. Leave blank to scrape public posts anonymously." }, "dsUserId": { "title": "Instagram ds_user_id", "type": "string", "description": "Your Instagram `ds_user_id` cookie (your numeric account ID). Copy it from the same Cookies list as sessionid. Must come from the same logged-in session as sessionid." }, "csrfToken": { "title": "Instagram csrftoken (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional `csrftoken` cookie. Usually not required, but paste it if you see auth errors. Copy from the same Cookies list." }, "sessionCookies": { "title": "Advanced: raw cookies JSON (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Advanced / agent use. Paste the full exported cookie array (e.g. from the 'Cookie Editor' browser extension) as an array of {name, value} objects. If provided, it is merged with the individual cookie fields above. Most users should just fill in sessionid + ds_user_id above." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy settings. Residential is strongly recommended for Instagram. 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