instaloader

import instaloader import os # Instantiate Instaloader L = instaloader.Instaloader() # Get username and password from environment variables for security USERNAME = os.environ.get('INSTA_USERNAME', 'your_instagram_username') PASSWORD = os.environ.get('INSTA_PASSWORD', 'your_instagram_password') # Check if login credentials are provided and attempt login if USERNAME and PASSWORD and USERNAME != 'your_instagram_username': try: L.load_session_from_file(USERNAME) # Try to load existing session except FileNotFoundError: # If no session file, log in try: L.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD) L.save_session_to_file() # Save session for future use except Exception as e: print(f"Login failed: {e}. You might need to log in via browser and complete a checkpoint, or provide correct credentials.") exit() else: print("Warning: INSTA_USERNAME and INSTA_PASSWORD environment variables not set. Cannot download private profiles or bypass aggressive rate limits.") # Example: Download a public profile (replace 'instagram' with target username) target_profile_name = 'instagram' print(f"Downloading posts for profile: {target_profile_name}") try: profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, target_profile_name) for post in profile.get_posts(): L.download_post(post, "#" + target_profile_name) print(f"Successfully downloaded posts for {target_profile_name}") except Exception as e: print(f"Error downloading profile {target_profile_name}: {e}")