til/Applications/Misc/Instaloader.md

839 B

Instaloader

Should install Instaloader with Python venv:

# Activate venv
python3 -m pip install instaloader

# Run Instaloader
python3 -m instaloader ...

Create args.txt, remember to change username with your real username:

--login=username
--sessionfile=./session
--no-video-thumbnails
--no-captions
--no-metadata-json
--fast-update

Create posts.txt:

--dirname-pattern={target}/posts

Create stories.txt:

--stories
--no-posts
--no-profile-pic
--dirname-pattern={target}/stories

Create hightlights.txt:

--highlights
--no-posts
--no-profile-pic
--dirname-pattern={target}/stories

Create targets.txt

targetname1
targetname2

Finally, example downloaing posts:

instaloader +args.txt +posts.txt +targets.txt