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Implementation of get_id_by_username()
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@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Ensure having [Python](https://www.python.org/) (at least version 3.3) and
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If you intend to use this tool under Windows, it is highly recommended to first install
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[win-unicode-console](https://github.com/Drekin/win-unicode-console).
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After having [downloaded instaloader.py](https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases), you invoke it with
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After having [downloaded instaloader.py](https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases), you
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invoke it with
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```
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./instaloader.py profile [profile ...]
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```
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@ -67,8 +68,14 @@ for f in followees:
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pass
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```
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`get_followees()` also returns unique IDs for all loaded followees. These IDs stay unchanged even
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if a user changes his/her username. To get the current username of a profile, given this unique ID
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Each Instagram profile has its own unique ID which stays unmodified even if a user changes his/her
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username. To get said ID, given the profile's name, you may call
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```python
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instaloader.get_id_by_username(PROFILE_NAME)
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```
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`get_followees()` also returns unique IDs for all loaded followees. To get the current username of a
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profile, given this unique ID
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`get_username_by_id()` can be used. For example:
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```python
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instaloader.get_username_by_id(session, followees[0]['id'])
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@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ def get_username_by_id(session, profile_id):
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raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to determine username (id: " +
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str(profile_id) + ").")
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def get_id_by_username(profile):
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data = get_json(profile, get_anonymous_session())
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if len(data["entry_data"]) == 0 or "ProfilePage" not in data("entry_data"):
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raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile))
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return int(data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['id'])
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def epoch_to_string(epoch):
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return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(epoch).strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
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