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How to Check Instaloader is Login successfully in python?

I going to Python from C# for a few days and don't know how to get callback functions in Python? Please advise how I can find out if the login was successful and otherwise give me a chance to retry the next password? import instaloader from getpass…
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Download with Instaloader and Python

Sorry for my English. I use the Instaloader-Master to download instagram profiles. Until now, I used downloading through the command line, but I decided to switch to download through Python, because of the ability to bypass the blocking of the…
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Why is there an attribute error when im trying to import Instaloader?

I got an error saying AttributeError: 'LockedStream' object has no attribute 'encoding' when im trying to import Instaloader. Anyone seems to know why? Here's the screenshot of the error Been searching on github and here in stackoverflow but can't…
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Kivy app Crashing when using Instaloader module Android

I wrote an app that uses Instaloader and kivy and added all the requirments to the buildozer.spec file buildozer.spec requirements: requirements =…
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Instaloader -How do I use the get followers/followees to get the full name of the user in addition to the user name?

I use the below script all the time and it works great for the follower and followee lists. How can I also scrape the full name of the user if it is provided? I'm aware of '''property full_name''' but not sure how to use it in this context or if…
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Instaloader Scrape Results Lost On Computer?

>>> import instaloader >>> >>> insta=instaloader.Instaloader() >>> >>> insta.login('myusername', 'mypassword') >>> >>> acc="targetprofile" >>> >>> insta.download_profile(acc,profile_pic_only=False) I have…
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Fetching Post metadata failed

I am trying to fetch post likes user names from IG using Instaloader . But I am seeing this error in some posts Fetching Post metadata failed . Can anyone please guide me what's this error mean ? I try to find on google but not fit solution or…
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Error when trying to log in to instaloader python

When I try to login to instaloader through Terminal, I get this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/instaloader", line 33, in …
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python: instaloader get comments about 40K 429 error

I want to download comments of a post (about 40k comments) but every time when I reach about 20k comments or 255 I get this error unchanged -CThYNLunQR9\2021-09-07_13-09-25_UTC.mp4 exists…
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How to retrieve the thumbnail for an Instagram TV (IGTV) video without a reviewed Facebook app?

I am writing a Python script using instaloader to assemble a list of thumbnails for all posts of an Instagram profile. For regular posts, this can be easily done by appending /media to the post URL, e.g.: > https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0-foultIJ/ <…
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USING INSTALOADER How could I add a list of profiles? Right now I have to write them one by one

How could I add a list of profiles? Right now I have to write them one by one. I know that it's possible using profile_list = ['profile1','profile2','profile3', ...]but I don't know how to implement it in the code. ``from instaloader import…
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Download single most recent post from Instagram profile using Instaloader

i am trying to download the latest post of a profile using "Instaloader" in Python. I have found something about hashtags, but not about profiles. So how do i download only the latest post of a profile? Thanks in advance!
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Instaloader data scraping using specific hashtag and timeframe

I need help using instaloader to data scrape posts from Instagram that include #slowfashion from a specific timeframe. I want to scrape the visual and textual data from the posts (specifically, the image/s posted, their descriptions, and comments).
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instagram Web scraping using python

Is there any way to web scrape a usernames who like the post using python?. I am using InstaLoader but Facing an error "LoginRequiredException: --login required to access likes of a post" . Can anyone help me out in this? import instaloader L =…
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Instaloader download_profiles with post_filter example?

I'm trying to download a profile with posts after a certain date as a test. I have the simple code: L = instaloader.Instaloader(save_metadata=False, download_comments=False) L.download_profiles(Profiles, posts=True, fast_update=True,…
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