instasave

A simple script to download media from Instagram posts.

Install

This script runs on Python3.6+, and requires the following libraries: requests, tqdm and loguru. You can install this package from PyPI with:

pip install instasave

Usage

With this package is installed in the activated enrivonment, usage is:

python -m instasave --url link_to_instagram_post

Detailed options go as follows:

usage: __main__.py [-h] -u URL [-l LOG_LEVEL]

Downloading media from Instagram posts.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url URL     Link to the Instagram post you want to download the
                        content of.
  -l LOG_LEVEL, --logs LOG_LEVEL
                        The base console logging level. Can be 'debug',
                        'info', 'warning' and 'error'. Defaults to 'info'.

The downloaded files will be saved in the current directory under a name composed of the file type (image / video) appended by the download timestamp.

Warning: abusing this script may get your IP banned by Instagram.

TODO

• Implement proper logging.
• Make into a package.
• Make callable as a python module (python -m instasave ...).

License

Copyright © 2020 Felix Soubelet. [MIT License][license]