basketcase 0.0.5

Fetch resources from Instagram

BasketCase

Fetch resources from Instagram.

It can download images and videos in their highest quality from any type of publication. You need a session cookie to avoid rate limits and access controls.

Installation and usage

1. Install it from PyPI. The --user flag means it will be installed in your home directory.

pip install --user basketcase

This will put the executable basketcase on your PATH.

2. Create a text file (e.g. basketcase.txt) and populate it with resource URLs:

https://www.instagram.com/p/<post_id>/
https://www.instagram.com/p/<post_id>/
https://www.instagram.com/p/<post_id>/
https://www.instagram.com/p/<post_id>/

3. Pipe the contents of the file to the script, passing the session cookie as its first argument.

cat urls.txt | basketcase <session_cookie_id>

Downloaded resources will be stored in the current working directory (i.e. $PWD/basketcase/).

Development setup

1. cd to the project root and create a virtual environment in a directory named venv, which is conveniently ignored in version control.
2. Install the dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install this package in editable mode.

pip install -e .