https://github.com/apanjwani0/scrape-instagram

This is a basic web-scraping tool for Instagram-users.
https://github.com/apanjwani0/scrape-instagram

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This is a basic web-scraping tool for Instagram-users.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/apanjwani0/scrape-instagram
• Owner: apanjwani0
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-11-23T16:10:59.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-13T15:40:08.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-30T20:07:25.364Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: instagram, instagram-users, javascript, nodejs, puppeteer, scraper, scrapper
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 689 KB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Scrape-Instagram

This is a basic web-scraping tool for Instagram-users.

## Current Feature includes :

1) Download all Post of any Public Profile.

2) ..

## Description : 

Enter any Public Profile username, and download a zip of all posts of that profile.

Title of that post-pic will be the Date+(number of people in that post, calculated by Instagram's AI model).

## Flow :

1) Takes username as input

2) Checks for an existing Zip file with that username -> if yes, downloads that file in browser

3) Sets-up Puppeteer to launch

4) Opens 'https://www.instagram.com/{username}'

5) Checks if the account is private -> if yes, ends process

6) Scrolls through all posts and maps img.src with img.alt

7) Creates a name for that post with img.alt

8) Downloads all posts and stores them in './images/{username} -{numberOfPosts} posts'

9) Create a {username}.zip of that images folder

10) Deletes Images Folder

11) Redirects page to '/{username}.zip'

12) Browser Downloads that zip file

### Tech : 

Node.js- Puppeteer,Axios,Express