instagram-web-crawler

Instruction

Instagram web crawler.

Features

• Download images and videos from specific users.
• Get following user names of logged in user.
• Transfer following users from one account to another.

Change log

• 2019.10.20 - Add 'Download from saved' function.
• 2019.10.21 - Reconstruct code and it's able to download videos.
• 2019.10.22 - Add output of progress during fetching URLs and fix minor bugs.
• 2019.10.23 - Add 'Get following users' function.
• 2019.10.25 - Add 'Transfer following users to another account' function.
• 2020.01.20 - Move constants to src/constants.py.

TODO

• Download media which are in the specified period.

Usage

• Install Chrome on your computer.

• Download Chromedriver first. Unzip it and put chromedriver.exe in folder /bin.

• Copy secret.py.dist as secret.py in the same folder.

python instagran_web_crawler.py [*path*] [*options*] 

Args:
        *path*: Input path (a file including one user_id per line).
        *options*: 
                --saved: Download saved posts.
                --transfer: Transfer following users from USERNAME to TRANS_USERNAME.

        (Ignore order.)

Input file format

*username* [*start_date*] [*end_date*]

(If *end_date* is specific and no specific *start_dat*e, use '-'. 
If *start_date* is specific and no specific *end_date*, 
no other input is needed.)

(Default: Posts of all time.)

options:
        -f: 
                Get following users.
        -p: 
                Download posts (including images and videos).

        (If no -f, it's no need to input options, since -p is default with no option.)
        (Ignore letter case and order.)

Examples

a123456789 2019-01-01 2019-06-01 -fp
b987654321 2018-01-01 2019-01-01 -Pf
c111111111 - 2019-02-01 -F
d222222222 2019-03-01 -fp
e333333333 

Requirements

• python3.
• Details are in conf/requirements.txt.

License

MIT License.