Instagram Highlights Scraper

Instagram

Operated by Sourcelane✓ verified

A scraper that collects Instagram highlight reels and every story item inside each reel for multiple usernames, fetching structured highlight metadata and full media content. The connector navigates highlight reels, groups results by highlight, and extracts titles, cover image URLs, media counts, and a list of media items with direct image and video URLs, thumbnails, Unix timestamps, link-sticker URLs, and mentioned usernames. Outputs are organized as per-highlight records containing metadata plus an array of media entries suitable for archiving, analysis, or downstream processing. No Instagram account or login is required.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.015

per result

Up to 66 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Instagram highlight downloader — save highlight videos and photos from profiles
Brand monitoring — track how brands organize and update highlight reels over time
Competitor research — analyze pinned content, campaigns, and announcements in highlights
Influencer analysis — audit highlight content and engagement hooks for marketing research
Content archiving — back up highlight media before it is edited or removed
Social media scraping — collect structured Instagram highlight data for analysis and dashboards

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-highlights-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo","nike"]},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`usernames`	array	required	List of Instagram usernames to fetch highlights for (max 20)
`maxHighlightsPerUser`	integer	optional	Maximum number of highlights to scrape per username, taken in the order Instagram returns them (pinned/most recent first). Set to 0 for unlimited. Lower values reduce cost since each highlight's stories require an extra API call.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`username`	string	Username
`highlightId`	string	—
`title`	string	Highlight
`coverUrl`	string	Cover
`mediaCount`	integer	Media
`stories`	array	Stories

Use Instagram Highlights Scraper from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Pull the last 20 posts from @natgeo and tell me which formats get the most engagement.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-highlights-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo","nike"]},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "instagram-highlights-scraper",
        "params": {"usernames":["natgeo","nike"]},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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