In a previous video I gave you a script to scrape a list of users from Instagram into a CSV file. This script will extract the number of posts, followers and following for each user on that list. This script is vital for influencer research. With a complete list of users and their stats you’ll be able to filter influencers on Excel and target influencers you want to work with.
SCRIPT:
SET !DATASOURCE followers.csv
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 1
SET !LOOP 1
SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{!LOOP}}TAB T=1
URL GOTO=https://www.instagram.com/{{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=CLASS:_fd86t EXTRACT=TXT
SET !VAR1 {{!EXTRACT}}TAG POS=2 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=CLASS:_fd86t EXTRACT=TXT
SET !VAR2 {{!EXTRACT}}TAG POS=3 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=CLASS:_fd86t EXTRACT=TXT
SET !VAR3 {{!EXTRACT}}SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=followers.csv
SET !EXTRACT NULL
WAIT SECONDS=1
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