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