Instagram Profile Scraper

Instagram

Operated by Sourcelane✓ verified

Extracts structured Instagram profile metadata from public accounts without requiring an Instagram login. The connector scrapes profile-level data and returns per-account metadata including identifiers and display names, biography text and external link(s), profile image URLs, follower/following and post counts, verification/creator/business flags, business or creator category, public contact details (email and phone when available), and business location information with address and coordinates. Designed for automated collection of profile metrics and contact information for aggregation, analysis, and enrichment workflows.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.0025

per result

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Lead generation: collect public contact information from business profiles
Influencer research: pull follower counts, bios, and profile metadata across accounts
Competitor analysis: monitor profile statistics and biography content for competing brands
Brand monitoring: track profile changes over time such as follower growth, bio updates, and link changes
Market research: categorize accounts by business type or geographic location

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-profile-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo","nasa"]},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`usernames`	array	required	List of Instagram usernames to fetch profiles for (max 20)

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`userId`	integer	User Id
`username`	string	Username
`displayName`	string	Display Name
`biography`	string	Biography
`externalUrl`	string	External Url
`profilePicUrl`	string	Profile Pic Url
`followerCount`	integer	Follower Count
`followingCount`	integer	Following Count
`mediaCount`	integer	Media Count
`isPrivate`	boolean	Is Private
`isVerified`	boolean	Is Verified
`isBusiness`	boolean	Is Business

Use Instagram Profile 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-profile-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo","nasa"]},"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-profile-scraper",
        "params": {"usernames":["natgeo","nasa"]},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

Reviews

—

0 reviews

Leave a review

Loading reviews…