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So I have a question what would be the method to just grab the instagram follower count for a said user?
I have looked at two possible options the official instagram API, but I couldn't find a specific method named on how to do so, but they do have a some user endpoints, but couldn't find much detail on it or I was thinking about using the unofficial instagram API https://github.com/mgp25/Instagram-API
Any tips?
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If you need to scrape the follower list of an Instagram account, you're in for an up-hill battle as Instagram does not offer a public API to do this and is notorious for sueing companies who provide this as a service and banning individuals who try this via automated scraping means.
Unfortunately, there's no option to export your instagram followers list directly from the app or through a smartphone. That's why we recommend the following third-party Google Chrome extension on a PC or Mac.
You can request https://www.instagram.com/<username>/?__a=1 and receive JSON with account information also with followers count as well. It doesn't need authorization.
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