How can I save Instagram stories in my media folder using media url?

Question

def save_media(story_id, media_url):
try:
    link = media_url[:media_url.find('?')]
    extension = link[::-1][:link[::-1].find('.')+1][::-1]
    if 'video' in media_url:
        extension = '.mp4'
        
    filepath = r'{0}\file path for media to save stories\{1}{2}'.format(os.getcwd(), story_id, extension)
    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
        response = requests.get(media_url)
        if response.status_code==200:
            with open(r'{}'.format(filepath), 'wb') as file:
                file.write(response.content)
            file.close()
    newpath = filepath.replace(f'{os.getcwd()}\\influnite', '')
    return newpath
except Exception as error:
    print('Error saving story media!')
    print(error)
    return ''

media url is fetched from api after running this code i am not getting media data(videos and stories) in media folder someone can please tell what mistake am i doing?

You can, but you need to use selenium not pure python. remember instagram uses javascript to load it''s content. — Eddwin Paz, Jun 04 '21 at 12:08
https://github.com/pedromdpereira/Instagram-Downloader-Selenium — Eddwin Paz, Jun 04 '21 at 12:09
@EddwinPaz actually i have tried this one it is use to download photos but i need to download stories and videos — Vishal Pandey, Jun 04 '21 at 13:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '21 at 13:10

def save_media(story_id, media_url):
try:
    link = media_url[:media_url.find('?')]
    extension = link[::-1][:link[::-1].find('.')+1][::-1]
    if 'video' in media_url:
        extension = '.mp4'
        
    filepath = r'{0}/influnite/media/stories/{1}{2}'.format(os.getcwd(), story_id, extension)
    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
        response = requests.get(media_url)
        if response.status_code==200:
            with open(filepath, 'wb') as file:
                file.write(response.content)
            file.close()
    newpath = filepath.replace(r'{0}/influnite'.format(os.getcwd()), '')
    return newpath
except Exception as error:
    print('Error saving story media!')
    print(error)
    return ''

here first checked fetched that story is in jpg format or in mp4 and after that it check for response from server and it save story and in file as wb i.e. write in bits and it save story in media folder

How can I save Instagram stories in my media folder using media url?

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