https://github.com/pnguyen215/instagram-crawler

Instagram Crawler is a Python script to download posts from a specified Instagram account.
https://github.com/pnguyen215/instagram-crawler

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Instagram Crawler is a Python script to download posts from a specified Instagram account.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pnguyen215/instagram-crawler
• Owner: pnguyen215
• Created: 2024-03-23T15:35:33.000Z (8 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-07T06:06:13.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-07T07:24:19.665Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: crawler, crawling-python, instagram, instagram-crawler, scraper, scraping-python, scraping-websites, scrapper, scrapy-crawler
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://github.com/pnguyen215/instagram-crawler
• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Instagram Crawler

Instagram Crawler is a Python script that uses the `instaloader` module to download posts from a specified Instagram account.

## Features

- Downloads all posts from a specified Instagram account.

- Separates downloaded content into images, videos, captions, and profile data.

- Uses a logger to keep track of the download process.

## Installation

1. Clone this repository:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/pnguyen215/instagram-crawler.git

```

2. Install the required Python modules:

```bash

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

```

3. Upgrade the required Python modules:

```bash

pip3 install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

```

## Usage

1. Run the script with the Instagram username as an argument:

```bash

python3 main.py

```

2. When prompted, enter the Instagram username you want to download posts from.

## Docker

1. Build the Docker image

```bash

docker-compose build

```

2. Run the Docker container:

```bash

docker-compose up

```

## Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

## License

MIT