Scraping Instagram profiles?

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fedupwithinsta

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Hello everyone , since about 10 days ago I can no longer use Tor to get profile data from routes like this one: https://www.instagram.com/{username}/?__a=1&__d=dis .It redirects me back to login page now. I looked up this problem and so far have not managed to find any solution other than using expensive residential proxies , rapidapi or Insta accounts. Is there any other well hidden route that might still be open and work with Tor or am I screwed?
 
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Scraping anything with Tor is always only going to work temporarily. Exit nodes are known entities, so can be blocked easily. Some investment will always be needed to source data, and yes this is usually in the form of paid proxies. The cheaper alternative is of course public proxies, which you'll need to scrape and check using some sort of github script or commercial software. But proxies are an expense that all scrapers end up paying for eventually.
 
Steptoe said:
Scraping anything with Tor is always only going to work temporarily. Exit nodes are known entities, so can be blocked easily. Some investment will always be needed to source data, and yes this is usually in the form of paid proxies. The cheaper alternative is of course public proxies, which you'll need to scrape and check using some sort of github script or commercial software. But proxies are an expense that all scrapers end up paying for eventually.
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I wish regular proxies would have worked with Insta but Only residential and mobile proxies seem to work. They are just way too expensive to be cost efficient for my project.
 
fedupwithinsta said:
I wish regular proxies would have worked with Insta but Only residential and mobile proxies seem to work. They are just way too expensive to be cost efficient for my project.
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Even so, when your project is getting bigger, it is necessary to use a clean proxy, but with Tor it is only for a while.
 
use some secondary service which already have them scraped - depends which data you are looking for
 
MaraPrchal said:
use some secondary service which already have them scraped - depends which data you are looking for
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Yeah I heard about rapidapi , checked it out and saw that my best option was to use a service that costs 100 dollars for 15000 requests per day. I used to make nearly half a million requests per day to Insta with Tor , 15000 requests is just too low for me.
 
If you want to scrape IG you need to go by the API. There are fews services than can provide that. No free website or Webscraper will do that.
 
im personally using proxyseller its cheap can easily change proxies once account is banned. works for like 1-2 months. im using npm package - instagram private api, the creator also sells private mobile api which is more safe and very less chance of getting blocked but it costs ~$300. for now changing proxies and creating new account works for me
 
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