can I scrape insta followers from an account using Clay only?

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Hi Myall, thanks for reaching out. Taking a look at this now.

awesome

Hey there, thanks for reaching out. You cannot set this up directly in clay at the moment. However tools like Phantombuster & Apify.com have scrapers that can pull instagram follower data and the results can be imported to Clay through our native integration with them. ​ I found this actor, for example, which should get the job done for your specific use case. Apify integrates with Clay, so you'll be able to build tables based on Apify actor runs, or trigger actor runs at strategic points in your workflow. Here's how you can set up a Clay table from an Apify actor run: https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/1136960340/97e4e0aa1500879dbbe57ea0/CleanShot+2024-08-06+at+15_48_57.gif?expires=1728402300&signature=f42c2683aeb03c6ca1447ec7c378016a356891afa419b44bd810dff68e0cd4b0&req=dSEkEMB4nYJbWfMW1HO4zejWagDZ6nUEAut9xPamiwAE7w%3D%3D%0A And here's how you can trigger an Apify actor in an active workflow: https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/1137852576/18ba4740bed56137b073908c/CleanShot+2024-08-07+at+11_15_01.gif?expires=1728402300&signature=6c6e38b79799dc057e33060a35dd4bbd4187744364f493cf5f4676ab93a397f5&req=dSEkEcF7n4RYX%2FMW1HO4ze%2BfSmGvT%2FWV98ZbnAjuOC%2FCcA%3D%3D%0A For the trigger-based approach you'll likely have to study the documentation of the specific actor, to see what JSON payload it expects to trigger the run. ​ I hope this was helpful. If there's anything else I can assist you with, please let me know!

yeah PhantomBuster has something to scrape the followers

i apprecaite this- I'll look into how to do it through Apify

Happy to help Myall!

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