Instagram Related Profiles Scraper

Instagram

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Discovers Instagram accounts related to given seed accounts by crawling Instagram's own "Suggested for You" recommender graph; no login required. For each discovered account the connector returns discovery context including whether it was directly suggested or found via an additional hop, and account metadata such as account identifier, handle, display name, verification and privacy flags, profile image URL, the social-context label Instagram shows alongside the suggestion, and any algorithm tag Instagram attaches. The connector performs breadth expansion (related and related-of-related) to surface collections of similar creators, brands, and communities, deduplicates overlapping results across seeds and hops, and can return dozens of related accounts per seed for discovery and mapping workflows.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.0095

per result

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

What people use it for

Influencer discovery: find creators in the same niche as a known account
Competitor mapping: identify accounts Instagram clusters alongside a competing brand
Audience research: surface adjacent communities for ad targeting and segmentation
Lead generation: build prospect lists of similar businesses or creators
Niche expansion: expand outreach lists beyond an existing follow graph

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-related-profiles-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`usernames`	array	required	1 to 5 Instagram usernames to discover related profiles for (with or without @).
`searchDepth`	string	optional	Depth 1 returns profiles related to your seeds. Depth 2 also expands one more hop (related-of-related) for broader discovery and uses more API calls.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum total related profiles to return. Set to 0 for unlimited (capped only by depth). Capped at 100 per call.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`seedUsername`	string	Found from
`depth`	integer	Depth
`userId`	string	—
`username`	string	Username
`fullName`	string	Name
`isPrivate`	boolean	Private
`isVerified`	boolean	Verified
`profilePicUrl`	string	Avatar
`socialContext`	string	Context
`chainingAlgorithm`	null	—

Use Instagram Related Profiles 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-related-profiles-scraper","params":{"usernames":["natgeo"],"maxItems":5},"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-related-profiles-scraper",
        "params": {"usernames":["natgeo"],"maxItems":5},
        "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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