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Instaloader
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Tool to automatically download pictures (or videos) of given profiles
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from Instagram.
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Installation
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------------
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Instaloader is written in Python, thus ensure having
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`Python <https://www.python.org/>`__ (at least version 3.5) installed.
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If you intend to use this tool under Windows, it is recommended
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to install
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`win-unicode-console <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/win_unicode_console>`__.
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If you have `pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`__ installed, you
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may install Instaloader using
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::
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pip3 install instaloader
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Alternatively, to get the most current version of Instaloader from our
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`Git repository <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader>`__:
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::
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pip3 install git+https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader
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(pass ``--upgrade`` to upgrade if Instaloader is already installed)
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Instaloader requires
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`requests <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests>`__, which
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will be installed automatically, if it is not already installed.
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How to automatically download pictures from Instagram
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-----------------------------------------------------
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To **download all pictures and videos of a profile**, as well as the
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**profile picture**, do
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::
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instaloader profile [profile ...]
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where ``profile`` is the name of a profile you want to download. Instead
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of only one profile, you may also specify a list of profiles.
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To later **update your local copy** of that profiles, you may run
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::
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instaloader --fast-update profile [profile ...]
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When ``--fast-update`` is given, Instaloader stops when arriving at
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the first already-downloaded picture.
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Instaloader can also be used to **download private profiles**. To do so,
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invoke it with
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::
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instaloader --login=your_username profile [profile ...]
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When invoked like this, it also **stores the session cookies** in a file
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in your temporary directory, which will be reused later when ``--login`` is given. So
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you can download private profiles **non-interactively** when you already
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have a valid session cookie file.
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You may also download
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**the most recent pictures by hashtag**:
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::
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instaloader "#hashtag"
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If you want to **download all followees of a given profile**, call
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::
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instaloader --login=your_username @profile
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To **download all the pictures from your feed which you have liked**, call
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::
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instaloader --login=your_username :feed-liked
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or to **download all pictures from your feed**:
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::
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instaloader --login=your_username :feed-all
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Advanced Options
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The following flags can be given to Instaloader to specify how profiles should
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be downloaded.
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--fast-update Stop when encountering the first already-downloaded post
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of a profile.
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--profile-pic-only Only download profile pictures. Without this flag, the current
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profile picture and all the profile's posts are downloaded.
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--skip-videos Skip posts which are videos.
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--geotags Also **download geotags** and store Google Maps links in
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separate textfiles.
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--count COUNT If used with ``#hashtag``, ``:feed-all`` or
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``:feed-liked``: Do not attempt to download more than COUNT
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posts.
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--quiet Do not output any messages except warnings and errors. This
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option makes Instaloader **suitable as a cron job**.
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--no-sleep Normally, Instaloader waits a few seconds between requests
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to the Instagram servers. This flag inhibits this behavior.
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--password PASSWORD If used with ``--login``, use parameter as password if no
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valid session file is found, instead of asking
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interactively.
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--sessionfile FILE Specify an alternative place for loading and storing the
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session cookies. Without this flag, they are stored in a path
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within your temporary directory, encoding your local
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username and your instagram profile name.
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--no-profile-subdir Instead of creating a subdirectory for each profile and
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storing pictures there, store pictures in files named
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'PROFILE__DATE_TIME.jpg.'
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--hashtag-username When downloading by #hashtag, lookup the picture's username
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to decide in which directory to store, rather than storing
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all pictures in directory '#hashtag'.
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--user-agent STRING Change User Agent for HTTP requests to STRING, rather than
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our default user agent (Chrome 51).
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To get a list of all flags, run ``instaloader --help``.
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Usage as Python module
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----------------------
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You may also use parts of Instaloader as library to do other interesting
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things.
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For example, to get a list of all followees of a profile as well as
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their follower count, do
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.. code:: python
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import instaloader
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# Get instance
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loader = instaloader.Instaloader()
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# Login
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loader.interactive_login(USERNAME)
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# Retrieve followees
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followees = loader.get_followees(PROFILE)
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for f in followees:
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print("%i\t%s\t%s" % (f['follower_count'], f['username'], f['full_name']))
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Then, you may download all pictures of all followees with
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.. code:: python
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for f in followees:
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try:
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loader.download(f['username'])
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except instaloader.NonfatalException:
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pass
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You could also download your last 20 liked pics with
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.. code:: python
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oader.download_feed_pics(max_count=20, fast_update=True,
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filter_func=lambda node:
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not node["likes"]["viewer_has_liked"] if "likes" in node else not node["viewer_has_liked"])
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To download the last 20 pictures with hashtag #cat, do
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.. code:: python
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loader.download_hashtag('cat', max_count=20)
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Each Instagram profile has its own unique ID which stays unmodified even
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if a user changes his/her username. To get said ID, given the profile's
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name, you may call
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.. code:: python
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loader.get_id_by_username(PROFILE_NAME)
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``get_followees()`` also returns unique IDs for all loaded followees. To
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get the current username of a profile, given this unique ID
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``get_username_by_id()`` can be used. For example:
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.. code:: python
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loader.get_username_by_id(followees[0]['id'])
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