Scrape data from an Instagram Post

[Dhacd]

• Hi Team, Good day,

I would like to know if there is any way we can scrape the data of Instagram post

For example, If I give a link to a public Instagram post I would like to get the details of users( Both display name and user name, If possible direct URL to their profile) As a data set. 

Another requirement is to get the following and followers details( Both display name and user name, If possible direct URL to their profile)  as a data set.

I am staying away from automated web scraper tools that are there online.  As I would like to refresh the data set over a period of time.

Please find a sample of source data below.

Username	Displayname	Link
man_at_town	APK-prajodkrishna	https://www.instagram.com/man_at_town/

If any of you has a good source please point me.

Thanks in advance. 

[DomNood]

Scrapping data from Instagram posts can be quite useful, especially if you need to collect information over time. While it's essential to stay away from automated web scraper tools, there are legitimate ways to access public data using APIs.

For instance, you can check out the Instagram Graph API, which allows you to request data related to public posts, users, followers, and more. By using the API, you can get details like display name, user name, and even direct URLs to their profiles as a data set.

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[v-jingzhang]

Hi @Dhacd 

You can try using Get Data from Web by example feature to get the following and followers details. Here is a video tutorial How to use Power Query to extract data from a Web Page (in this case 101 Australian MVPs) 

Or try Html.Table M function to scrape data from HTML strings. Web Scraping with Html.Table in Power Query 

Hope this helps. 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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[lbendlin]

Any particular reason for not using the official API ?

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