instagram-scrape-account-stats/lib/index.js

scrape public Instagram data w/out API access

// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.9.3
(function() {
  var getAccountStats, request;

  request = require('request-promise');

  getAccountStats = function(arg) {
    var uri, username;
    username = arg.username;
    if (username == null) {
      throw new Error('A username needs to be passed');
    }
    uri = "https://instagram.com/" + username + "/?__a=1";
    return request.get({
      uri: uri
    }).then(function(resp) {
      var data;
      data = JSON.parse(resp).user;
      return {
        description: data.biography,
        followers: data['followed_by'].count,
        following: data.follows.count,
        isExplicit: false,
        isPrivate: data['is_private'],
        isVerified: data['is_verified'],
        name: data['full_name'],
        userId: data.id,
        username: data.username,
        posts: data.media.count,
        website: data['external_url']
      };
    });
  };

  module.exports = {
    getAccountStats: getAccountStats
  };

}).call(this);