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, fullname, id, profilepicurl, isverified, isprivate, likedpost, posturl, totallikes

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

• APIFYAPIKEY — required
• INSFORGECONNECTIONSTRING — required for DB insert

Database

Inserts into instagram_leads:

• username, fullname, profileurl, profilepictureurl
• instagramid, isverified, sourcephotourl
• scrapedat, campaignname
• Unique constraint on username — duplicates silently skipped