From c0e5d0475bff1507c930d4ceefb5d66686caee5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Graf <17130992+aandergr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:03:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] StoryItem.from_mediaid()

Addresses #1238.
---
 instaloader/structures.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/instaloader/structures.py b/instaloader/structures.py
index eb638d0..8b5e986 100644
--- a/instaloader/structures.py
+++ b/instaloader/structures.py
@@ -1115,6 +1115,21 @@ class StoryItem:
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
         return hash(self.mediaid)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_mediaid(cls, context: InstaloaderContext, mediaid: int):
+        """Create a StoryItem object from a given mediaid.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.9
+        """
+        pic_json = context.graphql_query(
+            '2b0673e0dc4580674a88d426fe00ea90',
+            {'shortcode': Post.mediaid_to_shortcode(mediaid)}
+        )
+        shortcode_media = pic_json['data']['shortcode_media']
+        if shortcode_media is None:
+            raise BadResponseException("Fetching StoryItem metadata failed.")
+        return cls(context, shortcode_media)
+
     @property
     def _iphone_struct(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if not self._context.iphone_support: