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Scrape top or most recent public posts and Reels tagged at any Instagram location captions, engagement counts, author profiles, and media URLs. Search by place name or location ID.
A scraper that collects public Instagram posts and Reels tagged at a specific location by place name or numeric location ID, extracting structured post and author metadata for analysis. It supports fetching either top (popular) or recent (newest) items and produces records that include media type (photo, video, carousel) and product type, captions with extracted hashtags and mentions, timestamps (ISO 8601 and Unix), engagement metrics (likes, comments, views/plays), media URLs (thumbnails and video links), and author profile details (IDs, usernames, display names, profile image, verification and privacy flags). The connector operates without login or cookies and exposes a pagination cursor to resume collection across runs.
Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM
$0.0015
per location post
Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.
Local business intelligence
Monitor what people post at a venue, store, or restaurant
Event monitoring
Capture posts from a festival, conference, or stadium in real time
Travel & hospitality research
Analyze content at hotels, landmarks, and destinations
Geo-targeted lead generation
Find creators and customers active at a location
Real estate & tourism
Assess how a place is portrayed and which posts perform best
A location name to search for (e.g.
Optional settings
| Window | Uptime | Success rate | p50 | p95 | Calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24h | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 7d | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 30d | — | — | — | — | 0 |
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-location-posts-scraper","params":{"place":"New York","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'Request params
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
place | string | required | A location name to search for (e.g. "New York", "Eiffel Tower") or a numeric Instagram location ID. When a name is given, the top-matching Instagram location is used. |
mode | string | optional | Whether to scrape Top posts (most popular) or Recent posts (newest) at the location. |
maxItems | integer | optional | Maximum number of posts to scrape. Set 0 for unlimited (caps at platform timeout). Capped at 100 per call. |
pageId | string | optional | Optional. Paste NEXT_PAGE_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to fetch the next page of posts. |
Each result contains
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
postId | string | Post Id |
shortcode | string | Shortcode |
postUrl | string | Post Url |
mediaType | string | Media Type |
productType | string | Product Type |
takenAt | string | Taken At |
takenAtTimestamp | integer | Taken At Timestamp |
caption | string | Caption |
hashtags | array | Hashtags |
mentions | array | Mentions |
likeCount | integer | Like Count |
commentCount | integer | Comment Count |
viewCount | integer | — |
playCount | integer | — |
videoDuration | integer | — |
isPaidPartnership | boolean | — |
thumbnailUrl | string | — |
videoUrl | null | — |
authorId | string | — |
authorUsername | string | — |
authorFullName | string | — |
authorProfilePicUrl | string | — |
authorIsVerified | boolean | — |
authorIsPrivate | boolean | — |
locationName | string | — |
locationCity | string | — |
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.”
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Web, desktop and mobile. One click, then confirm.
Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.
claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.
{
"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"
}
}
}
}Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).
{
"mcpServers": {
"sourcelane": {
"url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
}
}
}
}Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.
{
"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
}
]
}Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.
https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.jsonOne POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.
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-location-posts-scraper","params":{"place":"New York","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.
import requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
json={
"listing": "instagram-location-posts-scraper",
"params": {"place":"New York","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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