Instagram-Scraper

Running the application

Create an .env file in the root directory and then run:

npm install
npm run build
npm start

Environmental Variables

Environmental Variables	Purpose
INSTAGRAM_URL	URL to instagram's login page -> https://www.instagram.com
INSTAGRAM_USERNAME	Username of account to be scraped.
INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD	Password of account to be scraped

Output

For simplicity, outputs are logged to the console.

[{
    username: 'Chochoitoi',
    imageUrl: 'https://instagram.flos8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/131539145_3374760192649420_8969162707315509784_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.flos8-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=OxsR91_MkAX8naJrO&tp=1&oh=379bde5d4e72c4437930008af0ca641a&oe=6008AF36',
    caption: 'On Dec 16, we <a class="notranslate" href="/lorem.co/" tabindex="0">@feminist.co</a> distributed bags of food to 1000 low-income women and their families',
    likes: 196
  },
  {
    username: 'Lorem',
    imageUrl: 'https://instagram.flos8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/13aga1454082_27988739768241_8235082857752983656_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.flos8-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=zC98Z1BRdbkAX9p1qpG&tp=1&oh=0db7b244ad5b8bd82f7f901e1470e584&oe=6007CA0F',
    caption: 'Literally.. we move',
    likes: 228
  }]

Stack

• puppeteer
• typescript
• nodejs