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Another API-less Instagram pictures and videos downloader.

Project description

Not all treasure’s silver and gold, mate.

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InstaLooter is a program that can download any picture or video associated from an Instagram profile, without any API access. It can be seen as a re-implementation of the now deprecated InstaRaider developed by @akurtovic.

Requirements

BeautifulSoup

HTML parsing

PyPI BeautifulSoup

Source BeautifulSoup

License BeautifulSoup

docopt

CLI arguments parsing

PyPI docopt

Source docopt

License docopt

progressbar2

Dynamic output in CLI

PyPI progressbar2

Source progressbar2

License progressbar2

requests

HTTP handling

PyPI requests

Source requests

License requests

six

Python 2/3 compatibility

PyPI six

Source six

License six

dateutil

Date manipulation

PyPI dateutil

Source dateutil

License dateutil

hues

Colored output

PyPI hues

Source hues

License hues

Installation

InstaLooter is available on PyPI to install with pip. If you are not familiar with the package management of the Python ecosystem, please see the Installation page of the online documentation.

Usage

InstaLooter comes with its CLI:

$ instaLooter <username> [<directory>] [options]
$ instaLooter hashtag <hashtag> [<directory>] [options]
$ instaLooter post <post_token> [<directory>] [options]

Examples

Download all pictures from the *instagram* profile in the current directory
$ instaLooter instagram

Download the latest 20 pictures or videos tagged with *python* to */tmp*
$ instaLooter hashtag python /tmp -n 20 -v

Download a single post from an url in the current directory
$ instaLooter post "https://www.instagram.com/p/BFB6znLg5s1/"

See more at the Usage page of the online documentation.

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