Selectors for Instagram profiles
Want to extract Instagram profiles data straight into your spreadsheet?
You can see below the exhaustive list of selectors designed for any Instagram profile pages. These built-in data selectors are used within your =IMPORTFROMWEB( ) function; just pick them up directly in our Instagram Profile scraper template or use them by yourself in your own spreadsheet.
=IMPORTFROMWEB("Instagram profile url", "selectors")
=IMPORTFROMWEB(A2,B1:C1)
1. Profile information
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Collects the name of the profile |
| profile_image | Collects the profile image of the account |
| biography | Collects the biography of the profile |
| id | Collects the id of the profile |
| is_verified | Returns whether the profile is verified or not |
| biography_url | Extract the biography url of the profile |
| posts_count | Number of post published by the profile |
2. Profile metrics
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
| following_count | Collects the number of account followed by the profile |
| followers_count | Collects the followers number of the profile |
3. Profile latests posts
Those selectors returns data for the 12 last posts/reels of the profile, so they cannot be combined with the selectors above.
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
| posts_date | Date of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_image_url | Images of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_description | Description of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_shortcode | Extract the post ids of the 12 last posts published by the profile |
| posts_likes_count | Extract the likes of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_comments_count | Collects the number of comments of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_tagged_accounts | Collects the tagged accounts of the lastest 12 posts published by the profile |
| posts_is_reel | Returns (for each of the 12 last posts of the profile) whether the post are reels or not |
| reels_video_url | Collects the 12 last reels video URL |
| reels_description | Collects the description of the 12 last reels |
| reels_views | Returns the number of views for the last 12 reels |
| reels_likes_count | Returns the number of likes for the 12 last reels |
| reels_comments_count | Extracts the number of comments for the 12 last reels |
Selectors for Instagram posts
Want to extract Instagram posts data straight into your spreadsheet?
You can see below the exhaustive list of selectors designed for any Instagram post, whether it’s a reel or a simple post. These built-in data selectors are used within your =IMPORTFROMWEB( ) function; just pick them up directly in our Instagram Post scraper template or use them by yourself in your own spreadsheet.
=IMPORTFROMWEB("Instagram post url", "selectors")
=IMPORTFROMWEB(A2,B1:C1)
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Collects the date of the post |
| image_url | Collects the image of the post |
| description | Extract the description of the post |
| id | Extract the id of the post |
| likes_count | Collects the likes number of the post |
| comments_count | Collects the number of comments |
| views_count | Collects the number of views (reels and videos only) |
| tagged_accounts | Extract the tagged account of the post |
| is_reel | Returns whether the post is a reel or not |
| comments_body | Collects the content of the post comments |
| comments_profile_name | Extract the profile of the people that wrote the comments |
| comments_profile_source | Extract the profile source of users that commented the post |
| comments_date | Extract the date for each comment |
| comments_likes_count | Collects the likes for each comments |
| video_url | URL of the video |
| plays_count | Numbers of plays (reels only) |