Questions tagged [instaloader]
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How to resolve error while using instaloader?
I'm just trying to login using the docs:
import instaloader
import pandas as pd
# Creating an instance of the Instaloader class
bot = instaloader.Instaloader()
bot.login(user="USERNAME", passwd="PASSWORD")
Here is the error I get:
Traceback (most…

Setare Kalantari
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instaloader codes does not complete its action
why i get HTTP error code 401. between getting output of my python code
it does not complete the action of scraping
also i get this:
instaloader.exceptions.ConnectionException: JSON Query to accounts/login/:…
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InstaLoader Python Error countin followers and following
I'm trying to make a program to compare follows and followers and see who unfollows me in python using the instaloader library. all correct, but when I do get followers and get followees, and counting these values, they don't coincide with the real…

Alessandro Miani
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Python Instaloader web crawling HTTP error code 401
I am trying to download photos with a list of short codes from Instagram by using Instaloader module in Python. After several successful downloading, I received the following error:
ConnectionException: JSON Query to graphql/query: HTTP error code…

complog
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Instaloader - having problems with downloading stories metadata
I'm trying to download stories metadata from a list of usernames, but my code simply doesn't work, I not so familiar with python so I don't know what's wrong with it, my main objective is to find stories that mentions a certain username, and if does…

zen Fiorello
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Does anyone know how to download only new images from an instagram profile in python using instaloader?
I'm doing a project where I use the instaloader API for python and I want to download images from the feed and stories of a profile, but I want the loop code to only download the images if they are new...
In the documentation it says about the…

Komand
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Instagram API to get Users Demographics(Age, Country)
I'm working on a research project which needs some information on user demographics. Is there an instagram API(paid or opensource) that I can use to get users demographics(Age, Gender, Country) in instagram?
I tried instaloader which is pretty good…

KK9
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Download of saved posts not dependent on login
Attempting to download my own saved posts using
instaloader --login=XXX :saved
leads to some nasty
HTTP Error 400 (Bad Request) on GraphQL Query. Retrying with shorter page length.
From what I know, this is Instagram's response to when it detects…

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Is there a way to download videos WITH sound with instaloader?
I'm trying to use instaloader to download instagram videos (reels) via "shortcode" of those videos (essentially the link to the video) this is my current approach:
import instaloader
L = instaloader.Instaloader()
post =…

ypendi
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How to get media from Instagram URL with instaloader?
Cannot find on instaloader documentation
Something code examples
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python, django, modelling with instaloader
the pic:
pic = instaloader.Instaloader(sleep=False, dirname_pattern='media/donor', save_metadata=False, compress_json=False)
pic.download_profile(profile_name=username, profile_pic_only=True)
pic's class ===>>>

Yusuf Tilavov
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Scrap Instagram followers using python and Instaloader
I am new at scraping with python and I have written a simple program to save the followers of my account into a text file.
I am a bit worried because of Instagram anti-bot policy and many threads online reporting of banned accounts used for…

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Instaloader not using --login?
I've downloaded instaloader, and i'm trying to download a private profile and use the --login command to make a session file. However each time i put it in and enter the password it gives
C:\Users\Admin>instaloader --login=[username]
Session file…

tmax go
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Pip not recognized to install program
I'm trying to install instaloader and running into problems.
IU've downloaded the github file, extracted it, installed python and pip, i think. Now while runninng
pip3 install instaloader
in the windows command prompt its responding:
'pip3' is not…

tmax go
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Download all instagram reels from a given account as input in python
While uploading a reel in Instagram, there is a option to exclude that partucular reel from profile's feed. Such reels can only be viewed from the Reels section of that profile. How to download these reels from a given account?
In short, I am trying…

Tarun Kumar
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