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I have a problem with python library instaloader, this one is really cool but I can`t find a method to download a post by url or post id. Everything I have found is terminal command in official documentation.

instaloader -- -B_K4CykAOtf

But this isn`t my decision, I need a way to use it in script. Hope somebody know answer, thank for attention

instaloader -- -B_K4CykAOtf
Ян Макотин
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This code first creates an instance of the Instaloader class and logs in to Instagram (if you have an account). It then retrieves a post by its URL, extracts its caption, comments, number of likes, and hashtags, and prints them out to the console. Note that you'll need to replace "your_account" with your Instagram account name in the load_session_from_file method if you want to login. Additionally, this code assumes that the post URL is stored in the post_url variable, so make sure to replace that with the actual post URL you want to scrape.

import instaloader
import re

# Create an instance of the Instaloader class
loader = instaloader.Instaloader()

# Login to Instagram (optional)
loader.context.log("Login...")
loader.load_session_from_file("your_account")

# Retrieve a post by its URL
post_url = "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/"
post = instaloader.Post.from_shortcode(loader.context, post_url.split("/")[-2])

# Extract the post's caption
caption = post.caption
print("Caption: ", caption)

# Extract the post's comments
comments = []
for comment in post.get_comments():
    comments.append(comment.text)
print("Comments: ", comments)

# Extract the post's number of likes
num_likes = post.likes
print("Likes: ", num_likes)

# Extract the post's hashtags
hashtags = re.findall(r"#(\w+)", caption)
print("Hashtags: ", hashtags)
amirhosein sadeghzadeh
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