insta-fetch

Instagram data extraction CLI with anti-detection features.

Features

• Profile data extraction
• Posts, stories, reels scraping
• Hashtag search
• Followers/following lists
• Anti-detection (rotating user agents, rate limiting)
• Multiple output formats (JSON, CSV, table)

Installation

npm install -g insta-fetch-cli

Authentication

# Set session ID directly
insta-fetch auth --session-id "your-session-id"

# Check auth status
insta-fetch auth --status

Commands

# Get profile info
insta-fetch profile username

# Fetch posts
insta-fetch posts username -n 50 -o json

# Fetch stories (requires auth)
insta-fetch stories username --download ./media

# Fetch reels
insta-fetch reels username -n 20

# Search hashtag
insta-fetch hashtag travel --top -n 100

# Get followers (requires auth)
insta-fetch followers username -n 500

Options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | -o, --output | Output format: json, jsonl, csv, table | | -n, --limit | Number of items to fetch | | --all | Fetch all available (use with caution) | | --save | Save output to file |

Anti-Detection

• Random delays between requests
• Rotating user agents
• Rate limiting (100 req/min default)
• Session-based authentication

License

MIT