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Matt Van Horn db75f9e341 feat: v2.8 — Instagram Reels source + TikTok ScrapeCreators migration
Add Instagram Reels as the 8th research source via ScrapeCreators API.
One API key (SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY) now covers both TikTok and Instagram.

- Add scripts/lib/instagram.py: keyword search, transcript extraction,
  relevance scoring, engagement metrics (views, likes, comments)
- Add InstagramItem to schema, normalization, scoring, dedup, rendering
- Add Instagram to orchestrator pipeline, watchlist, and UI spinners
- Update SKILL.md: stats template, citation priority, item format,
  URL-to-name extraction rules, anti-Sources instruction
- Update README and CHANGELOG for v2.8
- Fix: Instagram/TikTok not running in --search= web-only path
- Fix: web stats line showing full URLs instead of domain names
- Replace APIFY_API_TOKEN with SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY throughout

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-04 07:00:51 -08:00

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"""Instagram Reels search via ScrapeCreators API for /last30days.
Uses ScrapeCreators REST API to search Instagram Reels by keyword, extract
engagement metrics (views, likes, comments), and fetch video transcripts.
Requires SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY in config. 100 free credits, then PAYG.
API docs: https://scrapecreators.com/docs
"""
import re
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
try:
import requests as _requests
except ImportError:
_requests = None
SCRAPECREATORS_BASE = "https://api.scrapecreators.com"
# Depth configurations: how many results to fetch / captions to extract
DEPTH_CONFIG = {
"quick": {"results_per_page": 10, "max_captions": 3},
"default": {"results_per_page": 20, "max_captions": 5},
"deep": {"results_per_page": 40, "max_captions": 8},
}
# Max words to keep from each caption
CAPTION_MAX_WORDS = 500
# Stopwords for relevance computation (shared with tiktok.py pattern)
STOPWORDS = frozenset({
'the', 'a', 'an', 'to', 'for', 'how', 'is', 'in', 'of', 'on',
'and', 'with', 'from', 'by', 'at', 'this', 'that', 'it', 'my',
'your', 'i', 'me', 'we', 'you', 'what', 'are', 'do', 'can',
'its', 'be', 'or', 'not', 'no', 'so', 'if', 'but', 'about',
'all', 'just', 'get', 'has', 'have', 'was', 'will',
})
# Synonym groups for relevance scoring
SYNONYMS = {
'hip': {'rap', 'hiphop'},
'hop': {'rap', 'hiphop'},
'rap': {'hip', 'hop', 'hiphop'},
'hiphop': {'rap', 'hip', 'hop'},
'js': {'javascript'},
'javascript': {'js'},
'ts': {'typescript'},
'typescript': {'ts'},
'ai': {'artificial', 'intelligence'},
'ml': {'machine', 'learning'},
'react': {'reactjs'},
'reactjs': {'react'},
}
def _tokenize(text: str) -> Set[str]:
"""Lowercase, strip punctuation, remove stopwords, drop single-char tokens."""
words = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', ' ', text.lower()).split()
tokens = {w for w in words if w not in STOPWORDS and len(w) > 1}
expanded = set(tokens)
for t in tokens:
if t in SYNONYMS:
expanded.update(SYNONYMS[t])
return expanded
def _compute_relevance(query: str, text: str, hashtags: List[str] = None) -> float:
"""Compute relevance as ratio of query tokens found in text + hashtags.
Uses ratio overlap (intersection / query_length). Hashtags provide
an Instagram-specific relevance boost. Floors at 0.1.
"""
q_tokens = _tokenize(query)
# Combine text and hashtags for matching
combined = text
if hashtags:
combined = f"{text} {' '.join(hashtags)}"
t_tokens = _tokenize(combined)
# Split concatenated hashtags (e.g., "claudecode" -> "claude", "code")
if hashtags:
for tag in hashtags:
tag_lower = tag.lower()
for qt in q_tokens:
if qt in tag_lower and qt != tag_lower:
t_tokens.add(qt)
if not q_tokens:
return 0.5 # Neutral fallback
overlap = len(q_tokens & t_tokens)
ratio = overlap / len(q_tokens)
return max(0.1, min(1.0, ratio))
def _extract_core_subject(topic: str) -> str:
"""Extract core subject from verbose query for Instagram search.
Strips meta/research words to keep only the core product/concept name.
"""
text = topic.lower().strip()
# Strip multi-word prefixes
prefixes = [
'what are the best', 'what is the best', 'what are the latest',
'what are people saying about', 'what do people think about',
'how do i use', 'how to use', 'how to',
'what are', 'what is', 'tips for', 'best practices for',
]
for p in prefixes:
if text.startswith(p + ' '):
text = text[len(p):].strip()
# Strip individual noise words
noise = {
'best', 'top', 'good', 'great', 'awesome', 'killer',
'latest', 'new', 'news', 'update', 'updates',
'trending', 'hottest', 'popular', 'viral',
'practices', 'features',
'recommendations', 'advice',
'prompt', 'prompts', 'prompting',
'methods', 'strategies', 'approaches',
}
words = text.split()
filtered = [w for w in words if w not in noise]
result = ' '.join(filtered) if filtered else text
return result.rstrip('?!.')
def _log(msg: str):
"""Log to stderr (only in interactive terminals; spinner handles non-TTY)."""
if sys.stderr.isatty():
sys.stderr.write(f"[Instagram] {msg}\n")
sys.stderr.flush()
def _sc_headers(token: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Build ScrapeCreators request headers."""
return {
"x-api-key": token,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
def _parse_date(item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
"""Parse date from ScrapeCreators Instagram item to YYYY-MM-DD.
Handles taken_at as ISO string (e.g. "2026-02-26T16:00:00.000Z")
or unix timestamp.
"""
ts = item.get("taken_at")
if not ts:
return None
# Try ISO string first (ScrapeCreators reels/search returns this)
if isinstance(ts, str):
try:
# Handle "2026-02-26T16:00:00.000Z" format
dt = datetime.fromisoformat(ts.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
except (ValueError, TypeError):
pass
# Try just the date portion
if len(ts) >= 10:
return ts[:10]
# Fall back to unix timestamp
try:
dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(ts), tz=timezone.utc)
return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
except (ValueError, TypeError, OSError):
pass
return None
def _extract_hashtags(caption_text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract hashtags from Instagram caption text."""
if not caption_text:
return []
return re.findall(r'#(\w+)', caption_text)
def search_instagram(
topic: str,
from_date: str,
to_date: str,
depth: str = "default",
token: str = None,
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Search Instagram Reels via ScrapeCreators API.
Args:
topic: Search topic
from_date: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
to_date: End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
depth: 'quick', 'default', or 'deep'
token: ScrapeCreators API key
Returns:
Dict with 'items' list and optional 'error'.
"""
if not token:
return {"items": [], "error": "No SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY configured"}
if not _requests:
return {"items": [], "error": "requests library not installed"}
config = DEPTH_CONFIG.get(depth, DEPTH_CONFIG["default"])
core_topic = _extract_core_subject(topic)
_log(f"Searching Instagram for '{core_topic}' (depth={depth}, count={config['results_per_page']})")
try:
resp = _requests.get(
f"{SCRAPECREATORS_BASE}/v1/instagram/reels/search",
params={"query": core_topic},
headers=_sc_headers(token),
timeout=30,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
data = resp.json()
except Exception as e:
_log(f"ScrapeCreators error: {e}")
return {"items": [], "error": f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"}
# Items are in the 'reels' array (ScrapeCreators v1 response)
raw_items = data.get("reels") or data.get("items") or data.get("data") or []
# Limit to configured count
raw_items = raw_items[:config["results_per_page"]]
# Parse items
items = []
for raw in raw_items:
if not isinstance(raw, dict):
continue
# Extract reel ID and shortcode
reel_pk = str(raw.get("id", raw.get("pk", "")))
shortcode = raw.get("shortcode", raw.get("code", ""))
# Caption text — can be a string or dict depending on endpoint
caption_obj = raw.get("caption", "")
if isinstance(caption_obj, dict):
text = caption_obj.get("text", "")
elif isinstance(caption_obj, str):
text = caption_obj
else:
text = raw.get("desc", raw.get("text", ""))
# Engagement metrics
play_count = raw.get("video_play_count") or raw.get("video_view_count") or raw.get("play_count") or 0
like_count = raw.get("like_count") or 0
comment_count = raw.get("comment_count") or 0
# Author info — 'owner' in reels/search, 'user' in user/reels
owner = raw.get("owner") or raw.get("user") or {}
author_name = owner.get("username", "")
# Duration
duration = raw.get("video_duration")
# Date
date_str = _parse_date(raw)
# Hashtags from caption text
hashtags = _extract_hashtags(text)
# Compute relevance with hashtag boost
relevance = _compute_relevance(core_topic, text, hashtags)
# Build URL — prefer API-provided url, fallback to shortcode
url = raw.get("url", "")
if not url and shortcode:
url = f"https://www.instagram.com/reel/{shortcode}"
items.append({
"video_id": reel_pk,
"text": text,
"url": url,
"author_name": author_name,
"date": date_str,
"engagement": {
"views": play_count,
"likes": like_count,
"comments": comment_count,
},
"hashtags": hashtags,
"duration": duration,
"relevance": relevance,
"why_relevant": f"Instagram: {text[:60]}" if text else f"Instagram: {core_topic}",
"caption_snippet": "", # populated by fetch_captions
})
# Hard date filter
in_range = [i for i in items if i["date"] and from_date <= i["date"] <= to_date]
out_of_range = len(items) - len(in_range)
if in_range:
items = in_range
if out_of_range:
_log(f"Filtered {out_of_range} reels outside date range")
else:
_log(f"No reels within date range, keeping all {len(items)}")
# Sort by views descending
items.sort(key=lambda x: x["engagement"]["views"], reverse=True)
_log(f"Found {len(items)} Instagram reels")
return {"items": items}
def fetch_captions(
video_items: List[Dict[str, Any]],
token: str,
depth: str = "default",
) -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Fetch transcripts for top N Instagram reels via ScrapeCreators.
Strategy:
1. Use the 'text' field (caption) as baseline
2. For top N, call /v2/instagram/media/transcript for spoken-word captions
Args:
video_items: Items from search_instagram()
token: ScrapeCreators API key
depth: Depth level for caption limit
Returns:
Dict mapping video_id -> caption text (truncated to 500 words)
"""
config = DEPTH_CONFIG.get(depth, DEPTH_CONFIG["default"])
max_captions = config["max_captions"]
if not video_items or not token or not _requests:
return {}
top_items = video_items[:max_captions]
_log(f"Enriching captions for {len(top_items)} reels")
captions = {}
# First pass: use text field as caption (always available, free)
for item in top_items:
vid = item["video_id"]
text = item.get("text", "")
if text:
words = text.split()
if len(words) > CAPTION_MAX_WORDS:
text = ' '.join(words[:CAPTION_MAX_WORDS]) + '...'
captions[vid] = text
# Second pass: try to get spoken-word transcripts (1 credit each)
for item in top_items:
vid = item["video_id"]
url = item.get("url", "")
if not url:
continue
try:
resp = _requests.get(
f"{SCRAPECREATORS_BASE}/v2/instagram/media/transcript",
params={"url": url},
headers=_sc_headers(token),
timeout=15,
)
if resp.status_code == 200:
data = resp.json()
transcripts = data.get("transcripts") or []
if transcripts and isinstance(transcripts, list):
# Combine all transcript segments
transcript_text = " ".join(
t.get("text", "") for t in transcripts
if isinstance(t, dict) and t.get("text")
)
if transcript_text:
words = transcript_text.split()
if len(words) > CAPTION_MAX_WORDS:
transcript_text = ' '.join(words[:CAPTION_MAX_WORDS]) + '...'
captions[vid] = transcript_text
except Exception as e:
_log(f"Transcript fetch failed for {vid}: {e}")
got = sum(1 for v in captions.values() if v)
_log(f"Got captions for {got}/{len(top_items)} reels")
return captions
def search_and_enrich(
topic: str,
from_date: str,
to_date: str,
depth: str = "default",
token: str = None,
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Full Instagram search: find reels, then fetch captions for top results.
Args:
topic: Search topic
from_date: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
to_date: End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
depth: 'quick', 'default', or 'deep'
token: ScrapeCreators API key
Returns:
Dict with 'items' list. Each item has a 'caption_snippet' field.
"""
# Step 1: Search
search_result = search_instagram(topic, from_date, to_date, depth, token)
items = search_result.get("items", [])
if not items:
return search_result
# Step 2: Fetch captions for top N
captions = fetch_captions(items, token, depth)
# Step 3: Attach captions to items
for item in items:
vid = item["video_id"]
caption = captions.get(vid)
if caption:
item["caption_snippet"] = caption
return {"items": items, "error": search_result.get("error")}
def parse_instagram_response(response: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Parse Instagram search response to normalized format.
Returns:
List of item dicts ready for normalization.
"""
return response.get("items", [])