How to Scrape and Extract Instagram Feed Posts with Airtop Studio

Manually scraping Instagram feed posts can be time-consuming, error-prone, and unreliable, particularly due to frequent layout changes, challenging authentication methods, and Insta’s hardened anti-scraping measures, including Captcha and 2FA requirements. Social media teams, marketing analysts, content strategists, and competitive researchers often struggle with consistent data extraction from Instagram, where structured, accurate data is critical for analysis and strategy.

The Airtop Instagram feed posts automation is specifically designed to solve these challenges. Airtop leverages real browser sessions combined with Airtop Studio's powerful scraping technologies, enabling robust capture of structured data directly from Instagram's complex interface reliably over time. This automation successfully navigates through Instagram’s authentication methods including OAuth logins, Captcha, and two-factor authentication (2FA), giving you smooth, effortless automated access to your feed data without interrupting workflows.

Utilizing Airtop Studio, your Instagram feed data is returned in structured, consistent JSON output, ready for immediate integration into your analytics systems or dashboards. And since the automation runs within real browser environments, your scraping activities blend seamlessly, preventing blocks and ensuring high-quality, scalable data extraction from Instagram.

Who is this Automation for?

• Social media marketers needing consistent Instagram post data for content analysis

• Advertising analysts looking to automate competitor feed tracking

• Automation engineers seeking reliable scraping of social platforms

• Content teams requiring scalable extraction of Instagram data to inform strategies

Key Benefits

• Reliable Instagram data extraction using real browser sessions

• Authenticated access (OAuth, 2FA, Captcha) for secure scraping

• Structured and consistent JSON output for easy integration

• Increased efficiency and reduced manual scraping errors

Use Cases

• Competitor analysis by automatically extracting and analyzing competitor Instagram posts

• Marketing research by gathering engagement metrics and post performance data systematically

• Influencer tracking by automating data collection from your selected influencers' feeds

• Content analysis and trend forecasting through automated capture of posts over defined time periods

• Social listening initiatives requiring chronological feeds of Instagram posts

• Product research to understand product engagements on competitors' Instagram profiles

Getting Started with the Scraper

Quickly set up Airtop to effortlessly automate the extraction of Instagram feed posts.

How the Scraper Works

This Airtop automation seamlessly logs into your Instagram account through Airtop Studio's real browser environment and securely bypasses authentication measures like Captcha or 2FA. Once authenticated, Airtop navigates directly to specified Instagram feeds, efficiently extracting structured data such as post content, engagement statistics (likes, comments), timestamps, and media URLs. Your extracted Instagram post data is automatically formatted and delivered as structured JSON output for immediate analysis and action.

What You’ll Need

• A free Airtop account

• A free Airtop Profile authenticated to Instagram (Airtop Browser Profiles)

Setting Up the Automation

• Click on Try Automation

• Under "Advanced Settings," enter your Airtop Profile name authenticated to Instagram

• In Airtop Studio click on Start Session

• Click Run

• Optionally generate Python or TypeScript code, or add this automation to Make or n8n workflows by clicking "Get Code" or copying the prompt and JSON schema

Customize the Automation

You can easily adapt the Instagram feed post extraction automation to suit specific data gathering needs using Airtop Studio. Customizations include:

• Extracting specific Instagram elements like hashtags, comments, and reaction counts.

• Adjust scraping frequency and scheduling according to content update cycles.

• Integrating data directly to dashboards or analytics tools for streamlined reporting.

• Filtering posts for specific keywords, locations, or user-generated content relevant to your analysis.

Automation Best Practices

• Regularly update authentication sessions to ensure uninterrupted data flow.

• Use Airtop Browser Profiles explicitly authenticated for Instagram to avoid disruptions.

• Define specific filters and criteria to maximize relevancy and increase extraction efficiency.

• Verify and test extraction parameters regularly as Instagram frequently updates their interface and APIs.

Try this Automation

Accelerate your social media analytics and make informed strategic decisions by reliably extracting structured Instagram feed data at scale.

Extract Instagram Feed Posts with Airtop Studio

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