Kevin Powell - Community•4mo ago

How do you fetch instagram?

I see some websites that can fetch an instagram profile and get all their posts, reels and videos by simply typing the username and I don't understand how they do it because it's so fast. I've tried scraping instagram's profile by doing this:

const fs = require("fs")
const url = "https://instagram.com/instagram"

async function Scrape() {

    const headers = new Headers()

    const res = await fetch(url)
    const data = await res.text()

    fs.writeFile("result.html", data, err => {
        if(err) {
            console.log(err)
        } else {
            console.log("file written successfully")
        }
    })

}

Scrape()

const fs = require("fs")
const url = "https://instagram.com/instagram"

async function Scrape() {

    const headers = new Headers()

    const res = await fetch(url)
    const data = await res.text()

    fs.writeFile("result.html", data, err => {
        if(err) {
            console.log(err)
        } else {
            console.log("file written successfully")
        }
    })

}

Scrape()

But in result.html I only get a sorry there's nothing here page. How do they do it? For example go to https://igdownloader.app/ and type https://instagram.com/instagram

IGDownloader.app

Instagram Downloader: Videos, Photos, Story, Reels, IGTV - IGDownlo...

IGDownloader is an Instagram downloader that helps you to download videos, photos, stories, Reels and IGTV from Instagram. Support iPhone, Android.

1 Reply

Jochem•4mo ago

https://developers.facebook.com/products/instagram/apis/

Meta for Developers

Instagram APIs | Facebook for Developers

Instagram APIs lets you manage and build unique services. Gain tools to help your business interact with the Instagram community.

Gaming

Programming

How do you fetch instagram?