74 questions
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Instaloader returning 401 from Instagram API when run on vps, but OK from pc/ubuntu
I've worked up a Python script using Instaloader (4.14) to pull images and descriptions off a feed of mine, which I then string parse and do stuff with. It's working perfectly when run on my laptop (...
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I want to get the image url from a instagram post url
example, this is a post id : https://www.instagram.com/p/C8_ohdOR/
I want the image src.
first I used selenium for to login and then crawl the image src. so by this I am getting the src. But is there ...
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1 answer
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Instaloader 400 Bad Request - "fail" status, message "feedback_required"
I am trying to use instaloader python module to fetch data from any Instagram profile by username, but I encounter a 400 Bad Request - "fail" status, message "feedback_required" ...
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2 answers
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Download Instagram reel audio only with Instaloader/Python or any way
I am trying to download the audio in the following format
https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/1997779980583970/. Below code is returning "Fetching metadata failed".
I am able to download ...
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1 answer
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using instaloader to only download the instagram post caption
Is it possible to only download the caption (the description) of a post, given the post short code, using python 3.12 and the latest version of the instaloader library? I am insterested in using ...
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1 answer
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Instaloader stopped downloading at 12th posts
Instaloader newest version 4.12.1 on Python 3.11.5 stopped downloading at the 12th post without raising any exception even though the user has 48 downloadable posts.
L = instaloader.Instaloader(
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Is it possible to download a instagram reel with audio, using instaloader?
I have been trying to download a instagram reel using instaloader, but it downloads the reel without audio every time. How can i download the unmuted reel or is it even possible.
I found this question ...
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Python/Instaloader - How to download a reel with sound?
How do I download a reel from Instagram with sound using a library called Instaloader in Python?
import instaloader
L = instaloader.Instaloader()
post = instaloader.Post.from_shortcode(L.context, &...
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How to download comments in instaloader
I want to download only comments to all posts. How can i do this?
Now I'm downloading json files, images for posts and descriptions.
but I probably only need json files to extract comments from there.
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1 answer
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Instaloader: JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not Found
I am constantly getting an error where when I try to scrape posts from a specific hashtag using instaloader, I am getting the error: JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not Found
Here is my ...
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1 answer
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Instaloader not providing complete list of followers when scraping
I am currently using instaloader for scraping followers on Instagram, but it seems that I am not getting the full list of followers as expected. I want to scrape all the followers of a particular ...
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Profile does not exist. Instaloader
I am trying to do scraping with the instaloader library in python in a firebase cloud function, but I have a strange behavior.
When I run my code in the local firebase emulator it works perfect and I ...
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how to resolve request error in this code
I need a way to not be see as a boot by instagram in order to avoid the 401 error by the intagram server this code is a leed generator that looks for posts with a certain hashtag and collects the user,...
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Extracting an instagram user's following count and bio
I tried everyway including instaloader etc. But everytime I got a problem. How can I extract an user's general information? I tried to use instagram API but API only works on consumer accounts. I ...
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Follower Count instaloader
I want to print the amount of followers the target user has using instaloader.
def FollowerCount():
return(profile.get_followers())
print(FollowerCount())
but I get this
<instaloader....