Usage

1. Clone this repository
2. (Optional) Create Python virtual environment
3. Install required packages

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Disable 2FA on your Instagram account
5. Run

$ python main.py your_username

You will be asked for your password. If you have a valid cookie (cookies/your_username_settings.json), you can leave the password blank.

6. Wait for data to download

Structure

|-- cookies
+-- saved
    +-- username
        |-- posts
        |   |-- author_username_1
        |   |   |-- post_1_id
        |   |   |   |-- post data, such as photos, videos, captions
        |   |   |-- post_2_id
        |   |   |-- ...
        |   |-- author_username_2
        |   |   |-- post_1_id
        |   |-- ...
        +-- json
            |-- page_0.json
            |-- page_1.json
            |-- ...

Cookies are saved in cookies directory under user's name, e.g. cookies/username_settings.json. They are used for future runs to avoid account block.

All saved data is stored in saved, e.g. saved/username:

• posts - contains actual saved posts data, grouped by author
• json - contains raw JSON responses from Instagram API. You can force script to use this data by passing --from-cache argument (to avoid calling the API, useful for subsequent runs)