An automated utility designed to scrape geotagged Instagram posts, capturing captions, media files, and user statistics for specific venues.
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What is Instagram Place Posts Scraper?
The Instagram Place Posts scraper is an essential tool in the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, enabling users to programmatically extract location-specific user-generated content directly from their browser sessions. Because it simulates manual interactions on already-rendered pages, it remains compliant with standard application boundaries while significantly speeding up data gathering tasks.
This module is highly valuable for developers and social media managers who need to extract local insights, track regional engagement, or archive public media tagged to physical venues. By streamlining authentication checks, location searches, and cursor-based pagination, this workflow transforms complex manual searches into structured databases.
Instagram Place Posts Scraper Use Cases
- Track local events, concerts, or store launch engagement in real-time by targeting specific coordinates.
- Build rich datasets of local venue media for marketing campaigns or sentiment analysis.
- Source localized user-generated content from popular landmarks, restaurants, and geographical areas.
- Automate localized competitor monitoring and influencer sourcing using Openclaw Skills.
How Instagram Place Posts Scraper Works
- Prerequisite Check: The skill verifies that the browser is open and actively logged into an Instagram session.
- Location Search: Runs a script targeting the location keyword to identify corresponding venues and their internal Instagram IDs.
- Post Retrieval: Initiates page extraction to fetch the primary batch of location posts matching either top (ranked) or chronological (recent) feeds.
- Cursor Pagination: Inspects response metadata for pagination pointers and automatically requests subsequent pages until all records are retrieved.
- Data Compilation: Resolves details such as media paths, captions, publisher profiles, and engagement levels into a unified dataset.
Instagram Place Posts Scraper Setup
Verify that your automated browser has active login status on Instagram before execution. Run the extraction routines via your command-line interface:
# 1. Search for target location IDs using a keyword
eval "$(python scripts/search-location.py 'Eiffel Tower')"
# 2. Extract posts tagged at the target location using the acquired ID
eval "$(python scripts/get-place-posts.py '212988663' --session-id 'session-001')"
# 3. Paginate to download additional items utilizing the cursor ID
eval "$(python scripts/get-place-posts.py '212988663' --max-id 'next_max_id_value' --session-id 'session-001')"
Instagram Place Posts Scraper Data Schema & Taxonomy
All captured posts are returned in structured format. Refer to the data mapping below:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
pk |
String | The primary unique key for the post. |
code |
String | Shortcode mapping to the post's permalink. |
media_type |
Number | Defines if the item is an image, video, or carousel. |
taken_at |
Number | UNIX epoch timestamp of creation. |
like_count |
Number | Total aggregate likes on the media. |
comment_count |
Number | Total aggregate comments on the media. |
caption |
String | Caption text written by the creator. |
thumbnail_url |
String | Direct CDN path to the image preview. |
video_url |
String | Direct CDN path to video assets where applicable. |
username |
String | Creator account handle. |
location_name |
String | Standard human-readable location string. |
Instagram Place Posts Scraper Advanced Features
- Experience Self-Correction: Checks local memory files located at
{working-directory}/browser-act-skill-forge-memories/instagram-scraper-instagram-place-posts.memory.mdto avoid repeating past scraping failures and dynamically alter traversal strategies. - Custom Feed Toggles: Supports filtering between
rankedfor maximum visibility content andrecentfor up-to-the-minute chronological analysis. - Error Resumption: Logs data incrementally to resume gracefully on interruptions, preventing unnecessary target retries.
- Deduplicated Page Scans: Utilizes a persistent session-id across multiple network calls to safeguard against duplicate content records.
- High-Throughput Multi-Sessional Architecture: Designed to coordinate across multiple distinct browser nodes managed via Openclaw Skills to scale data collection rates without triggering server-side throttling.
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