Instascrape

Instascrape is a web scraping app that returns an Instagram user’s following/follower count, post count, bio, username, and profile picture.

Instascrape_Demo.mp4

Technologies used

• Node.js
• Puppeteer
• Google Sheets
• Google Cloud Platform

Instructions

• Download or clone this repository
• Run npm install to install the libraries
• Add your username/password in credentials.js or set them as environment variables
• Connect Google Sheets to Node.js. Here's a tutorial video that explains this process step-by-step.
• In the first column of the sheet, enter the usernames of the Instagram profiles to visit. In the second sheet, create a new row and enter the information you want to scrape for (i.e. followers, following, bio, etc).
• Run node index.js to execute the program