reelscraper 1.1.2

A convenient way to harvest Reels data without breaking a sweat—or Instagram's TOS

Reel Scraper

Scrape Instagram Reels data with ease—single or multiple accounts at once—using Python, threading, and a dash of digital sorcery.

Installation • Usage • Classes • Contributing • License • Acknowledgments • Disclaimer

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💻 Installation

Reel Scraper requires Python 3.11.9+. Install it from PyPI:

pip install reelscraper

Or clone from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/andreaaazo/reelscraper.git
cd reelscraper
python -m pip install .

🚀 Usage

Below are two common ways to run the scraper—interactively in Python or via a CLI entry point (if provided).

1. Single Account or Single-Session Scraping

Use the ReelScraper class for scraping a single Instagram account’s Reels.

from reelscraper import ReelScraper

# Initialize with desired settings
scraper = ReelScraper(timeout=30, proxy=None)

# Fetch up to 10 reels for username "someaccount"
reels_data = scraper.get_user_reels("someaccount", max_posts=10)
for reel in reels_data:
    print(reel)

2. Multiple Accounts with Concurrency

Use the ReelMultiScraper class to scrape Reels from multiple Instagram accounts in parallel.

from reelscraper import ReelScraper
from reelscraper import ReelMultiScraper

# Initialize a single scraper instance
single_scraper = ReelScraper(timeout=30, proxy=None)

# Initialize the multi-scraper with a text file of usernames, one per line
multi_scraper = ReelMultiScraper(
    accounts_file="accounts.txt",
    scraper=single_scraper,
    max_workers=5  # concurrency level
)

# This returns a dict mapping each username to its list of reels
all_reels = multi_scraper.scrape_accounts()
print(all_reels)

File-based approach: Provide a file named accounts.txt with one username per line:

user1
user2
user3

The code will automatically read these usernames and scrape their Reels in parallel.

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🏗 Classes

ReelScraper

• Wraps around InstagramAPI and Extractor to fetch Reels data.
• Methods:
  • get_user_reels(username, max_posts, max_retries): Gathers Reels for a given username, with optional pagination and retries.

ReelMultiScraper

• Manages scraping multiple accounts in parallel using ReelScraper (or a subclass) under the hood.
• Methods:
  • scrape_accounts(): Dispatches concurrent requests to scrape each account listed in accounts.txt (or your chosen file).

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome all contributions to make this scraper faster, smarter, or less prone to cosmic errors. To contribute:

1. Fork the project.
2. Create a new branch.
3. Commit your improvements.
4. Submit a pull request.

Adding tests, code comments, and a bit of humor in your commit messages is always appreciated!

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to adapt, enhance, or break it—just be kind to fellow developers (and caffeinated beverages).

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Python community for making concurrency and packaging (somewhat) sane.
• Instagram for hosting so many reels and giving us interesting content to scrape—please don’t smite us.
• Coffee (and tea!) for fueling late-night debugging sessions.

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⚠ Disclaimer

This project is for educational and personal use. Use it responsibly and within Instagram’s Terms of Service. We do not endorse scraping for malicious or large-scale commercial purposes. When in doubt, show social media platforms the same respect you’d show your grandmother’s cookie jar.