Release of version 4.13.2

Post._obtain_metadata: Use new XDT doc_id graphql query
Fixes #2384.
2026-10-17 06:02:18 -07:00 · 2024-10-26 18:08:19 +02:00 · 2024-10-26 18:08:19 +02:00 · 2024-08-28 08:29:57 +02:00 · 2024-08-28 08:28:35 +02:00 · 2024-08-28 08:27:58 +02:00
28 changed files with 1371 additions and 1431 deletions
@@ -8,22 +8,23 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "Checkout Instaloader Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # needed for building docs
      - name: "Setup Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.12
+          cache: 'pipenv'
      - name: "Install Dependencies"
        run: |
-          python -m pip install pipenv==2023.2.4
+          python -m pip install pipenv==2024.0.1
          pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` sync --dev
      - name: "Build Documentation"
        run: pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` run make -C docs html SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
      - name: "Deploy Documentation"
        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.2.5
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
        with:
          branch: master
          repository-name: instaloader/instaloader.github.io
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Instaloader Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          cache: 'pipenv'
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: |
-          python -m pip install pipenv==2023.2.4
+          python -m pip install pipenv==2024.0.1
          pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` sync --dev
      - name: PyLint
        run: pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` run pylint instaloader
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "Checkout Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: "Setup Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.12
      - name: "Get the tagged version"
        id: get_version
        env:
          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        shell: bash
+      - name: "Install Dependencies"
+        run: python -m pip install setuptools
      - name: "Generate Python Package"
        run: python setup.py sdist
      - name: "Publish Distribution to PyPI"
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Mark stale issues and pull requests

 on:
  schedule:
-  - cron: "10 14 * * *"
+  - cron: "55 7 * * *"

 jobs:
  stale:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/stale@v3
+    - uses: actions/stale@v9
      with:
        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        only-labels: 'question'
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ jobs:
        days-before-stale: 21
        days-before-close: -1
        remove-stale-when-updated: false
-    - uses: actions/stale@v1
+    - uses: actions/stale@v9
      with:
        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        stale-issue-message: 'There has been no activity on this issue for an extended period of time. This issue will be closed after further 14 days of inactivity.'
        stale-pr-message: 'There has been no activity on this Pull Request for an extended period of time. This Pull Request will be closed after further 14 days of inactivity.'
        stale-issue-label: 'stale'
        stale-pr-label: 'stale'
-        exempt-issue-label: 'leave open'
-        exempt-pr-label: 'leave open'
+        exempt-issue-labels: 'leave open'
+        exempt-pr-labels: 'leave open'
        days-before-stale: 189
        days-before-close: 14
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Instaloader repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache: 'pipenv'
          architecture: x64
      - name: Get the tagged version
        id: get_version
        env:
          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        shell: bash
      - name: Run custom python script for EXE creation
        env:
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ single-line-if-stmt=no
 allow-any-import-level=

 # Allow explicit reexports by alias from a package __init__.
-allow-reexport-from-package=no
+allow-reexport-from-package=yes

 # Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
 allow-wildcard-with-all=no
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Instaloader is written by
 - Alexander Graf (@aandergr)
 - André Koch-Kramer (@Thammus)
 - Lars Lindqvist (@e5150)
+- Eduardo M Kalinowksi (@ekalin)
 - ... and many more, see https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/graphs/contributors
@@ -6,18 +6,17 @@ verify_ssl = true
 [dev-packages]
 pylint = "*"
 mypy = "*"
-sphinx = "~=2.3"
+sphinx = "*"
 pyinstaller = "*"
-pefile = "*"
-pywin32-ctypes = "*"
 psutil = "*"
-typing-extensions = "*"
 types-requests = "*"
-typed-ast = "*"
-jinja2 = "~=3.0.1"
-wrapt = "*"  # Needed for Python<3.11
-tomli = "*"  # Needed for Python<3.11
-dill = "*"  # Needed for Python<3.11
+sphinx-autodoc-typehints = "*"
+sphinxcontrib-jquery = "*"
+tomli = "*"           # Needed for Pylint for "python_version < '3.11'"
+dill = "*"            # Needed for Pylint for "python_version < '3.11'"
+pywin32-ctypes = "*"  # Needed for pyinstaller on Windows
+pefile = "*"          # Needed for pyinstaller on Windows

 [packages]
 requests = "*"
+browser-cookie3 = "*"
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ Supporters

 | Instaloader is proudly sponsored by
 |  `@rocketapi-io <https://github.com/rocketapi-io>`__
-|  `@socialmethod <https://github.com/socialmethod>`__

 See `Alex' GitHub Sponsors <https://github.com/sponsors/aandergr>`__ page for
 how you can sponsor the development of Instaloader!
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ with open('__main__.py', 'w+') as f:
    f.writelines(lines)

 # install dependencies and invoke PyInstaller
-commands = ["pip install pipenv==2023.2.4",
+commands = ["pip install pipenv==2024.0.1",
            f"pipenv --python {sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor} sync --dev",
            "pipenv run pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG instaloader.spec"]

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 {% block header %}
  <nav class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand bg-light border-bottom">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">
-      <img src="{{ pathto('_static/' + logo, 1) }}" width="30" height="30" class="d-inline-block align-top" alt="logo">
+      <img src="{{ pathto('_static/logo.png', 1) }}" width="30" height="30" class="d-inline-block align-top" alt="logo">
      <span class="ml-3">Instaloader</span>
    </a>
    <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ What to Download
 Instaloader supports the following targets:

 - ``profile``
-   Public profile, or private profile with :option:`--login`.
+   Public profile, or private profile with :ref:`login<login>`.

   If an already-downloaded profile has been renamed, Instaloader automatically
   finds it by its unique ID and renames the folder accordingly.
@@ -102,27 +102,28 @@ Instaloader supports the following targets:
   Posts tagged with a given location; the location ID is the numerical ID
   Instagram labels a location with (e.g.
   \https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/**362629379**/plymouth-naval-memorial/).
-   Requires :option:`--login`.
+   Requires :ref:`login<login>`.

   .. versionadded:: 4.2

 - ``:stories``
   The currently-visible **stories** of your followees (requires
-   :option:`--login`).
+   :ref:`login<login>`).

 - ``:feed``
-   Your **feed** (requires :option:`--login`).
+   Your **feed** (requires :ref:`login<login>`).

 - ``:saved``
-   Posts which are marked as **saved** (requires :option:`--login`).
+   Posts which are marked as **saved** (requires :ref:`login<login>`).

 - ``@profile``
   All profiles that are followed by ``profile``, i.e. the *followees* of
-   ``profile`` (requires :option:`--login`).
+   ``profile`` (requires :ref:`login<login>`).

 - ``-post``
   Replace **post** with the post's shortcode to download single post. Must be preceded by ``--`` in
-   the argument list to not be mistaken as an option flag::
+   the argument list to not be mistaken as an option flag.  For example, to download the post
+   https://www.instagram.com/p/**B_K4CykAOtf**, run the command::

    instaloader -- -B_K4CykAOtf

@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ downloads the pictures and videos and their captions. You can specify

 - :option:`--geotags`
   **download geotags** of each post and save them as
-   Google Maps link (requires :option:`--login`),
+   Google Maps link (requires :ref:`login<login>`),

 For a reference of all supported command line options, see
 :ref:`command-line-options`.
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ The filter string must be a
 where the attributes from :class:`Post` or
 :class:`StoryItem` respectively are defined.

-Id est, the following attributes can be used with both
+The following attributes can be used with both
 :option:`--post-filter` and :option:`--storyitem-filter`:

 - :attr:`~Post.owner_username` (str), :attr:`~Post.owner_id` (int)
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ Id est, the following attributes can be used with both
 As :option:`--post-filter`, the following attributes can be used additionally:

 - :attr:`~Post.viewer_has_liked` (bool)
-   Whether user (with :option:`--login`) has liked given post. To download the
+   Whether user (with :ref:`login<login>`) has liked given post. To download the
   pictures from your feed that you have liked::

      instaloader --login=your_username --post-filter=viewer_has_liked :feed
@@ -307,13 +308,47 @@ the post's caption::

   instaloader --post-metadata-txt="{likes} likes." <target>

-Note that with this feature, it is possible to easily and fastly extract
+Note that with this feature, it is possible to easily and quickly extract
 additional metadata of already-downloaded posts, by reimporting their JSON
 files. Say, you now also want to export the number of comments the Posts had
 when they were downloaded::

   instaloader --post-metadata-txt="{likes} likes, {comments} comments." <target>/*.json.xz

+.. _exit_codes:
+
+Exit codes
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Different exit codes are used to indicate different kinds of error:
+
+0
+  No error, all downloads were successful.
+
+1
+  A non-fatal error happened. One or more posts, or even one or more
+  profiles could not be downloaded, but execution was not stopped. The
+  errors are repeated at the end of the log for easy access.
+
+2
+  Command-line error. An unrecognized option was passed, or an invalid
+  combination of options, for example. No interaction with Instagram
+  was made.
+
+3
+  Login error. It was not possible to login. Downloads were not
+  attempted.
+
+4
+  Fatal download error. Downloads were interrupted and no further
+  attempts were made. Happens when a response with one of the status
+  codes in the :option:`--abort-on` option were passed, or when
+  Instagram logs the user out during downloads.
+
+5
+  Interrupted by the user. Happens when the user presses Control-C or
+  sends SIGINT to the process.
+
 .. _instaloader-as-cronjob:

 Instaloader as Cronjob
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Targets
 ^^^^^^^

 Specify a list of targets. For each of these, Instaloader creates a folder and
-stores all posts along with the pictures's captions there.
+stores all posts along with the pictures' captions there.

 .. include:: basic-usage.rst
   :start-after: targets-start
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ What to Download of each Post

   Download geotags when available. Geotags are stored as a text file with
   the location's name and a Google Maps link. This requires an additional
-   request to the Instagram server for each picture. Requires :option:`--login`.
+   request to the Instagram server for each picture. Requires :ref:`login<login>`.

 .. option:: --comments, -C

   Download and update comments for each post. This requires an additional
   request to the Instagram server for each post, which is why it is disabled by
-   default.
+   default. Requires :ref:`login<login>`.

 .. option:: --no-captions

@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ What to Download of each Profile
 .. option:: --stories, -s

   Also download stories of each profile that is downloaded. Requires
-   :option:`--login`.
+   :ref:`login<login>`.

 .. option:: --highlights

   Also download highlights of each profile that is downloaded. Requires
-   :option:`--login`.
+   :ref:`login<login>`.

   .. versionadded:: 4.1

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ Which Posts to Download
   Do not attempt to download more than COUNT posts.  Applies to
   ``#hashtag``, ``%location_id``, ``:feed``, and ``:saved``.

+.. _login:

 Login (Download Private Profiles)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -192,10 +193,32 @@ profiles. To login, pass the :option:`--login` option. Your session cookie (not
 password!) will be saved to a local file to be reused next time you want
 Instaloader to login.

+Instead of :option:`--login`, it is possible to use
+:option:`--load-cookies` to import a session from a browser.
+
 .. option:: --login YOUR-USERNAME, -l YOUR-USERNAME

   Login name (profile name) for your Instagram account.

+.. option:: --load-cookies BROWSER-NAME, -b BROWSER-NAME
+
+   Use Instagram cookie in your browser to login.
+   This feature requires the browser_cookie3 library.
+   Compatible with :option:`--cookiefile` if you want to load cookies from browser profiles.
+   Incompatible with :option:`--login` due to potential username mismatch between user input and browser login.
+   Supported browsers: Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, Opera, Opera_GX, Safari and Vivaldi.
+
+   In subsequent runs, you can just use :option:`--login` to reuse the
+   same session, which is saved by Instaloader.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.11
+
+.. option:: --cookiefile COOKIE-FILE, -B COOKIE-FILE
+
+   Cookie file path of a browser profile to load cookies from.
+
+  .. versionadded:: 4.11
+
 .. option:: --sessionfile SESSIONFILE, -f SESSIONFILE

   Path for loading and storing session key file.  Defaults to
@@ -281,7 +304,7 @@ How to Download
 .. option:: --user-agent USER_AGENT

   User Agent to use for HTTP requests. Per default, Instaloader pretends being
-   Chrome/92 on Linux.
+   Chrome/126 on Linux.

 .. option:: --max-connection-attempts N

@@ -1,56 +1,84 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 #
-# Instaloader documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Fri Aug 25 15:38:26 2017.
-#
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
-# containing dir.
-#
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
+# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html

-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#
 import os
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import typing

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))

-import docs.sphinx_autodoc_typehints as sphinx_autodoc_typehints

-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information

-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#
-# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+project = 'Instaloader'
+copyright = '2023, Alexander Graf and Andre Koch-Kramer'
+author = 'Alexander Graf and Andre Koch-Kramer'
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration

-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
 extensions = [
-    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
-    'sphinx.ext.githubpages',
-    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
-    'sphinx.ext.extlinks'
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "sphinx.ext.extlinks",
+    "sphinx.ext.githubpages",
+    "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
+    "sphinxcontrib.jquery",
 ]

-autodoc_default_flags = ['show-inheritance', 'members', 'undoc-members']
+# autodoc options

-autodoc_member_order = 'bysource'
+autodoc_default_options = {
+    'show-inheritance': True,
+    'members': True,
+    'undoc-members': True,
+}

-intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
-                       'requests': ('https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None)}
+# extlinks options

-nitpick_ignore = [('py:class', 'typing.Tuple')]
+extlinks = {
+    'issue': (
+        'https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues/%s',
+        'Issue #%s'
+    ),
+    'example': (
+        'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instaloader/instaloader/master/docs/codesnippets/%s',
+        'Example %s'
+    ),
+}
+
+# intersphinx options
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
+    'requests': ('https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
+}
+
+# other options
+
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
+
+# ignore TypeVar as it is currently unsupported by Sphinx
+nitpick_ignore = [('py:class', 'instaloader.nodeiterator.T')]
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
+
+pygments_style = 'fruity'
+
+html_theme = 'basic'
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+html_logo = "logo.png"
+
+html_css_files = ['instaloaderdoc.css']
+html_js_files = ['instaloaderdoc.js']
+
+# get release number

 current_release = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--abbrev=0"]).decode("ascii")[1:-1]
 date_format = "%e %b %Y" if platform.system() != "Windows" else "%d %b %Y"
@@ -58,322 +86,3 @@ current_release_date = subprocess.check_output(
    ["git", "log", "-1", "--tags", "--format=%ad", "--date=format:"+date_format]).decode("ascii")[:-1]

 html_context = {'current_release': current_release, 'current_release_date': current_release_date}
-
-extlinks = {
-    'issue': (
-        'https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues/%s',
-        'Issue #'
-    ),
-    'example': (
-        'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instaloader/instaloader/master/docs/codesnippets/%s',
-        'Example '
-    ),
-}
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
-
-# The suffix(es) of source filenames.
-# You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
-#
-# source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
-source_suffix = '.rst'
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-#
-# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = 'Instaloader'
-copyright = '2017-2020, Alexander Graf and Andre Koch-Kramer'
-author = 'Alexander Graf and Andre Koch-Kramer'
-
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-#version = '3.0'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-#release = '3.0rc0'
-
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-#
-# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
-# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
-language = "en"
-
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-#
-# today = ''
-#
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-#
-# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-# This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
-
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
-# documents.
-#
-# default_role = None
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-#
-# add_function_parentheses = True
-
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-#
-add_module_names = False
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-#
-# show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = 'fruity'
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# modindex_common_prefix = []
-
-# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
-# keep_warnings = False
-
-# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
-todo_include_todos = False
-
-
-# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-#
-html_theme = 'basic'
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-# html_theme_path = []
-
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.
-# "<project> v<release> documentation" by default.
-#
-# html_title = 'Instaloader v3.0rc0'
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-#
-# html_short_title = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-#
-html_logo = "logo.png"
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to use as a favicon of
-# the docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
-# pixels large.
-#
-html_favicon = "favicon.ico"
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
-
-# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
-# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
-# directly to the root of the documentation.
-#
-# html_extra_path = []
-
-# If not None, a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page
-# bottom, using the given strftime format.
-# The empty string is equivalent to '%b %d, %Y'.
-#
-# html_last_updated_fmt = None
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-#
-# html_use_smartypants = True
-
-# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#
-#html_sidebars = {'**': ["relations.html", "links.html"] }
-html_sidebars = {}
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-#
-# html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-html_domain_indices = False
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-#
-html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-#
-# html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-#
-html_show_sourcelink = False
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#
-html_show_sphinx = False
-
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#
-html_show_copyright = False
-
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-#
-# html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-# html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index.
-# Sphinx supports the following languages:
-#   'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'h', 'it', 'ja'
-#   'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'ro', 'r', 'sv', 'tr', 'zh'
-#
-# html_search_language = 'en'
-
-# A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
-# 'ja' uses this config value.
-# 'zh' user can custom change `jieba` dictionary path.
-#
-# html_search_options = {'type': 'default'}
-
-# The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
-# implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
-#
-# html_search_scorer = 'scorer.js'
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = 'Instaloaderdoc'
-
-# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
-     # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-     #
-     # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-     # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-     #
-     # 'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-     # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-     #
-     # 'preamble': '',
-
-     # Latex figure (float) alignment
-     #
-     # 'figure_align': 'htbp',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [
-    (master_doc, 'Instaloader.tex', 'Instaloader Documentation',
-     'Alexander Graf, André Koch-Kramer', 'manual'),
-]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-#
-# latex_logo = None
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-#
-# latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-#
-# latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#
-# latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#
-# latex_appendices = []
-
-# It false, will not define \strong, \code, 	itleref, \crossref ... but only
-# \sphinxstrong, ..., \sphinxtitleref, ... To help avoid clash with user added
-# packages.
-#
-# latex_keep_old_macro_names = True
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-# latex_domain_indices = True
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
-    (master_doc, 'instaloader', 'Instaloader Documentation',
-     [author], 1)
-]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#
-# man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-    (master_doc, 'Instaloader', 'Instaloader Documentation',
-     author, 'Instaloader', 'One line description of project.',
-     'Miscellaneous'),
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#
-# texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-# texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-#
-# texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
-
-# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
-#
-# texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
-
-
-def setup(app):
-    typing.TYPE_CHECKING = True
-    app.add_stylesheet("instaloaderdoc.css")
-    app.connect('autodoc-process-signature', sphinx_autodoc_typehints.process_signature)
-    app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', sphinx_autodoc_typehints.process_docstring)
@@ -27,16 +27,26 @@ Exceptions

 .. autoexception:: LoginRequiredException

+.. autoexception:: LoginException
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.12
+
 .. autoexception:: TwoFactorAuthRequiredException

   .. versionadded:: 4.2

+   .. versionchanged:: 4.12
+      Inherits LoginException
+
 .. autoexception:: InvalidArgumentException

 .. autoexception:: BadResponseException

 .. autoexception:: BadCredentialsException

+   .. versionchanged:: 4.12
+      Inherits LoginException
+
 .. autoexception:: PostChangedException

 .. autoexception:: QueryReturnedNotFoundException
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ TopSearchResults

   .. versionadded:: 4.3

+TitlePic
+""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: TitlePic
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.8
+
 Loading and Saving
 """"""""""""""""""

@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-# sphinx_autodoc_typehints from Nov 20 2018 (version 1.5.2).
-#  https://github.com/agronholm/sphinx-autodoc-typehints
-# (slightly modified to fix class links, maybe related to agronholm/sphinx-autodoc-typehints#38)
-#
-# This is the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-#
-# Copyright (c) Alex Grönholm
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
-# software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
-# without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
-# publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
-# to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
-# substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
-# INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
-# FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-# OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-#
-
-
-import inspect
-from typing import get_type_hints, TypeVar, Any, AnyStr, Generic, Union
-
-from sphinx.util import logging
-from sphinx.util.inspect import Signature
-
-try:
-    from inspect import unwrap
-except ImportError:
-    def unwrap(func, *, stop=None):
-        """This is the inspect.unwrap() method copied from Python 3.5's standard library."""
-        if stop is None:
-            def _is_wrapper(f):
-                return hasattr(f, '__wrapped__')
-        else:
-            def _is_wrapper(f):
-                return hasattr(f, '__wrapped__') and not stop(f)
-        f = func  # remember the original func for error reporting
-        memo = {id(f)}  # Memoise by id to tolerate non-hashable objects
-        while _is_wrapper(func):
-            func = func.__wrapped__
-            id_func = id(func)
-            if id_func in memo:
-                raise ValueError('wrapper loop when unwrapping {!r}'.format(f))
-            memo.add(id_func)
-        return func
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def format_annotation(annotation):
-    if inspect.isclass(annotation) and annotation.__module__ == 'builtins':
-        if annotation.__qualname__ == 'NoneType':
-            return '``None``'
-        else:
-            return ':py:class:`{}`'.format(annotation.__qualname__)
-
-    annotation_cls = annotation if inspect.isclass(annotation) else type(annotation)
-    class_name = None
-    if annotation_cls.__module__ == 'typing':
-        params = None
-        prefix = ':py:class:'
-        module = 'typing'
-        extra = ''
-
-        if inspect.isclass(getattr(annotation, '__origin__', None)):
-            annotation_cls = annotation.__origin__
-            try:
-                if Generic in annotation_cls.mro():
-                    module = annotation_cls.__module__
-            except TypeError:
-                pass  # annotation_cls was either the "type" object or typing.Type
-
-        if annotation is Any:
-            return ':py:data:`~typing.Any`'
-        elif annotation is AnyStr:
-            return ':py:data:`~typing.AnyStr`'
-        elif isinstance(annotation, TypeVar):
-            return '\\%r' % annotation
-        elif (annotation is Union or getattr(annotation, '__origin__', None) is Union or
-              hasattr(annotation, '__union_params__')):
-            prefix = ':py:data:'
-            class_name = 'Union'
-            if hasattr(annotation, '__union_params__'):
-                params = annotation.__union_params__
-            elif hasattr(annotation, '__args__'):
-                params = annotation.__args__
-
-            if params and len(params) == 2 and (hasattr(params[1], '__qualname__') and
-                                                params[1].__qualname__ == 'NoneType'):
-                class_name = 'Optional'
-                params = (params[0],)
-        elif annotation_cls.__qualname__ == 'Tuple' and hasattr(annotation, '__tuple_params__'):
-            params = annotation.__tuple_params__
-            if annotation.__tuple_use_ellipsis__:
-                params += (Ellipsis,)
-        elif annotation_cls.__qualname__ == 'Callable':
-            prefix = ':py:data:'
-            arg_annotations = result_annotation = None
-            if hasattr(annotation, '__result__'):
-                arg_annotations = annotation.__args__
-                result_annotation = annotation.__result__
-            elif getattr(annotation, '__args__', None):
-                arg_annotations = annotation.__args__[:-1]
-                result_annotation = annotation.__args__[-1]
-
-            if arg_annotations in (Ellipsis, (Ellipsis,)):
-                params = [Ellipsis, result_annotation]
-            elif arg_annotations is not None:
-                params = [
-                    '\\[{}]'.format(
-                        ', '.join(format_annotation(param) for param in arg_annotations)),
-                    result_annotation
-                ]
-        elif hasattr(annotation, 'type_var'):
-            # Type alias
-            class_name = annotation.name
-            params = (annotation.type_var,)
-        elif getattr(annotation, '__args__', None) is not None:
-            params = annotation.__args__
-        elif hasattr(annotation, '__parameters__'):
-            params = annotation.__parameters__
-
-        if params:
-            extra = '\\[{}]'.format(', '.join(format_annotation(param) for param in params))
-
-        if not class_name:
-            class_name = annotation_cls.__qualname__.title()
-
-        return '{}`~{}.{}`{}'.format(prefix, module, class_name, extra)
-    elif annotation is Ellipsis:
-        return '...'
-    elif inspect.isclass(annotation) or inspect.isclass(getattr(annotation, '__origin__', None)):
-        if not inspect.isclass(annotation):
-            annotation_cls = annotation.__origin__
-
-        extra = ''
-        if Generic in annotation_cls.mro():
-            params = (getattr(annotation, '__parameters__', None) or
-                      getattr(annotation, '__args__', None))
-            extra = '\\[{}]'.format(', '.join(format_annotation(param) for param in params))
-
-        module = annotation.__module__.split('.')[0]    # hack to 'fix' class linking for Instaloader project
-        return ':py:class:`~{}.{}`{}'.format(module, annotation_cls.__qualname__,
-                                             extra)
-
-    return str(annotation)
-
-
-def process_signature(app, what: str, name: str, obj, options, signature, return_annotation):
-    if not callable(obj):
-        return
-
-    if what in ('class', 'exception'):
-        obj = getattr(obj, '__init__', getattr(obj, '__new__', None))
-
-    if not getattr(obj, '__annotations__', None):
-        return
-
-    obj = unwrap(obj)
-    signature = Signature(obj)
-    parameters = [
-        param.replace(annotation=inspect.Parameter.empty)
-        for param in signature.signature.parameters.values()
-    ]
-
-    if parameters:
-        if what in ('class', 'exception'):
-            del parameters[0]
-        elif what == 'method':
-            outer = inspect.getmodule(obj)
-            for clsname in obj.__qualname__.split('.')[:-1]:
-                outer = getattr(outer, clsname)
-
-            method_name = obj.__name__
-            if method_name.startswith("__") and not method_name.endswith("__"):
-                # If the method starts with double underscore (dunder)
-                # Python applies mangling so we need to prepend the class name.
-                # This doesn't happen if it always ends with double underscore.
-                class_name = obj.__qualname__.split('.')[-2]
-                method_name = "_{c}{m}".format(c=class_name, m=method_name)
-
-            method_object = outer.__dict__[method_name]
-            if not isinstance(method_object, (classmethod, staticmethod)):
-                del parameters[0]
-
-    signature.signature = signature.signature.replace(
-        parameters=parameters,
-        return_annotation=inspect.Signature.empty)
-
-    return signature.format_args().replace('\\', '\\\\'), None
-
-
-def process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
-    if isinstance(obj, property):
-        obj = obj.fget
-
-    if callable(obj):
-        if what in ('class', 'exception'):
-            obj = getattr(obj, '__init__')
-
-        obj = unwrap(obj)
-        try:
-            type_hints = get_type_hints(obj)
-        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
-            # Introspecting a slot wrapper will raise TypeError
-            return
-        except NameError as exc:
-            logger.warning('Cannot resolve forward reference in type annotations of "%s": %s',
-                           name, exc)
-            type_hints = obj.__annotations__
-
-        for argname, annotation in type_hints.items():
-            if argname.endswith('_'):
-                argname = '{}\\_'.format(argname[:-1])
-
-            formatted_annotation = format_annotation(annotation)
-
-            if argname == 'return':
-                if what in ('class', 'exception'):
-                    # Don't add return type None from __init__()
-                    continue
-
-                insert_index = len(lines)
-                for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-                    if line.startswith(':rtype:'):
-                        insert_index = None
-                        break
-                    elif line.startswith(':return:') or line.startswith(':returns:'):
-                        insert_index = i
-
-                if insert_index is not None:
-                    if insert_index == len(lines):
-                        # Ensure that :rtype: doesn't get joined with a paragraph of text, which
-                        # prevents it being interpreted.
-                        lines.append('')
-                        insert_index += 1
-
-                    lines.insert(insert_index, ':rtype: {}'.format(formatted_annotation))
-            else:
-                searchfor = ':param {}:'.format(argname)
-                for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-                    if line.startswith(searchfor):
-                        lines.insert(i, ':type {}: {}'.format(argname, formatted_annotation))
-                        break
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ happen under normal conditions, consider adjusting the
 There have been observations that services, that in their nature offer
 promiscuous IP addresses, such as cloud, VPN and public proxy services, might be
 subject to significantly stricter limits for anonymous access. However,
-logged-in accesses (see :option:`--login`) do not seem to be affected.
+:ref:`logged-in accesses<login>` do not seem to be affected.

 Instaloader allows to adjust the rate controlling behavior by overriding
 :class:`instaloader.RateController`.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""


-__version__ = '4.10'
+__version__ = '4.13.2'


 try:
@@ -13,10 +13,26 @@ else:
    win_unicode_console.enable()

 from .exceptions import *
-from .instaloader import Instaloader
-from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext, RateController
-from .lateststamps import LatestStamps
-from .nodeiterator import NodeIterator, FrozenNodeIterator, resumable_iteration
-from .structures import (Hashtag, Highlight, Post, PostSidecarNode, PostComment, PostCommentAnswer, PostLocation,
-                         Profile, Story, StoryItem, TopSearchResults, load_structure_from_file, save_structure_to_file,
-                         load_structure, get_json_structure)
+from .instaloader import Instaloader as Instaloader
+from .instaloadercontext import (InstaloaderContext as InstaloaderContext,
+                                 RateController as RateController)
+from .lateststamps import LatestStamps as LatestStamps
+from .nodeiterator import (NodeIterator as NodeIterator,
+                           FrozenNodeIterator as FrozenNodeIterator,
+                           resumable_iteration as resumable_iteration)
+from .structures import (Hashtag as Hashtag,
+                         Highlight as Highlight,
+                         Post as Post,
+                         PostSidecarNode as PostSidecarNode,
+                         PostComment as PostComment,
+                         PostCommentAnswer as PostCommentAnswer,
+                         PostLocation as PostLocation,
+                         Profile as Profile,
+                         Story as Story,
+                         StoryItem as StoryItem,
+                         TopSearchResults as TopSearchResults,
+                         TitlePic as TitlePic,
+                         load_structure_from_file as load_structure_from_file,
+                         save_structure_to_file as save_structure_to_file,
+                         load_structure as load_structure,
+                         get_json_structure as get_json_structure)
@@ -6,16 +6,31 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError, SUPPRESS
+from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import List, Optional

 from . import (AbortDownloadException, BadCredentialsException, Instaloader, InstaloaderException,
-               InvalidArgumentException, Post, Profile, ProfileNotExistsException, StoryItem,
+               InvalidArgumentException, LoginException, Post, Profile, ProfileNotExistsException, StoryItem,
               TwoFactorAuthRequiredException, __version__, load_structure_from_file)
 from .instaloader import (get_default_session_filename, get_default_stamps_filename)
 from .instaloadercontext import default_user_agent
 from .lateststamps import LatestStamps
+try:
+    import browser_cookie3
+    bc3_library = True
+except ImportError:
+    bc3_library = False


+class ExitCode(IntEnum):
+    SUCCESS = 0
+    NON_FATAL_ERROR = 1
+    INIT_FAILURE = 2
+    LOGIN_FAILURE = 3
+    DOWNLOAD_ABORTED = 4
+    USER_ABORTED = 5
+    UNEXPECTED_ERROR = 99
+
 def usage_string():
    # NOTE: duplicated in README.rst and docs/index.rst
    argv0 = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
@@ -67,6 +82,56 @@ def filterstr_to_filterfunc(filter_str: str, item_type: type):
    return filterfunc


+def get_cookies_from_instagram(domain, browser, cookie_file='', cookie_name=''):
+    supported_browsers = {
+        "brave": browser_cookie3.brave,
+        "chrome": browser_cookie3.chrome,
+        "chromium": browser_cookie3.chromium,
+        "edge": browser_cookie3.edge,
+        "firefox": browser_cookie3.firefox,
+        "librewolf": browser_cookie3.librewolf,
+        "opera": browser_cookie3.opera,
+        "opera_gx": browser_cookie3.opera_gx,
+        "safari": browser_cookie3.safari,
+        "vivaldi": browser_cookie3.vivaldi,
+    }
+
+    if browser not in supported_browsers:
+        raise InvalidArgumentException("Loading cookies from the specified browser failed\n"
+                                       "Supported browsers are Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, "
+                                       "Opera, Opera_GX, Safari and Vivaldi")
+
+    cookies = {}
+    browser_cookies = list(supported_browsers[browser](cookie_file=cookie_file))
+
+    for cookie in browser_cookies:
+        if domain in cookie.domain:
+            cookies[cookie.name] = cookie.value
+
+    if cookies:
+        print(f"Cookies loaded successfully from {browser}")
+    else:
+        raise LoginException(f"No cookies found for Instagram in {browser}, "
+                             f"Are you logged in succesfully in {browser}?")
+
+    if cookie_name:
+        return cookies.get(cookie_name, {})
+    else:
+        return cookies
+
+
+def import_session(browser, instaloader, cookiefile):
+    cookie = get_cookies_from_instagram('instagram', browser, cookiefile)
+    if cookie is not None:
+        instaloader.context.update_cookies(cookie)
+        username = instaloader.test_login()
+        if not username:
+            raise LoginException(f"Not logged in. Are you logged in successfully in {browser}?")
+        instaloader.context.username = username
+        print(f"{username} has been successfully logged in.")
+        print(f"Next time use --login={username} to reuse the same session.")
+
+
 def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
          username: Optional[str] = None, password: Optional[str] = None,
          sessionfile: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -78,7 +143,9 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
          fast_update: bool = False,
          latest_stamps_file: Optional[str] = None,
          max_count: Optional[int] = None, post_filter_str: Optional[str] = None,
-          storyitem_filter_str: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+          storyitem_filter_str: Optional[str] = None,
+          browser: Optional[str] = None,
+          cookiefile: Optional[str] = None) -> ExitCode:
    """Download set of profiles, hashtags etc. and handle logging in and session files if desired."""
    # Parse and generate filter function
    post_filter = None
@@ -93,6 +160,11 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
    if latest_stamps_file is not None:
        latest_stamps = LatestStamps(latest_stamps_file)
        instaloader.context.log(f"Using latest stamps from {latest_stamps_file}.")
+    # load cookies if browser is not None
+    if browser and bc3_library:
+        import_session(browser.lower(), instaloader, cookiefile)
+    elif browser and not bc3_library:
+        raise InvalidArgumentException("browser_cookie3 library is needed to load cookies from browsers")
    # Login, if desired
    if username is not None:
        if not re.match(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._]+$", username):
@@ -108,6 +180,10 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                try:
                    instaloader.login(username, password)
                except TwoFactorAuthRequiredException:
+                    # https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues/1217
+                    instaloader.context.error("Warning: There have been reports of 2FA currently not working. "
+                                              "Consider importing session cookies from your browser with "
+                                              "--load-cookies.")
                    while True:
                        try:
                            code = input("Enter 2FA verification code: ")
@@ -117,14 +193,19 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                            print(err, file=sys.stderr)
                            pass
            else:
-                instaloader.interactive_login(username)
+                try:
+                    instaloader.interactive_login(username)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                    print("\nInterrupted by user.", file=sys.stderr)
+                    return ExitCode.USER_ABORTED
        instaloader.context.log("Logged in as %s." % username)
    # since 4.2.9 login is required for geotags
    if instaloader.download_geotags and not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
-        instaloader.context.error("Warning: Use --login to download geotags of posts.")
+        instaloader.context.error("Warning: Login is required to download geotags of posts.")
    # Try block for KeyboardInterrupt (save session on ^C)
    profiles = set()
    anonymous_retry_profiles = set()
+    exit_code = ExitCode.SUCCESS
    try:
        # Generate set of profiles, already downloading non-profile targets
        for target in targetlist:
@@ -215,7 +296,7 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                                                                         ' '.join([p.username for p in profiles])))
        if instaloader.context.iphone_support and profiles and (download_profile_pic or download_posts) and \
           not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
-            instaloader.context.log("Hint: Use --login to download higher-quality versions of pictures.")
+            instaloader.context.log("Hint: Login to download higher-quality versions of pictures.")
        instaloader.download_profiles(profiles,
                                      download_profile_pic, download_posts, download_tagged, download_igtv,
                                      download_highlights, download_stories,
@@ -230,8 +311,10 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                                                   latest_stamps=latest_stamps)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("\nInterrupted by user.", file=sys.stderr)
+        exit_code = ExitCode.USER_ABORTED
    except AbortDownloadException as exc:
        print("\nDownload aborted: {}.".format(exc), file=sys.stderr)
+        exit_code = ExitCode.DOWNLOAD_ABORTED
    # Save session if it is useful
    if instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
        instaloader.save_session_to_file(sessionfile)
@@ -243,6 +326,8 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
        else:
            # Instaloader did not do anything
            instaloader.context.log("usage:" + usage_string())
+            exit_code = ExitCode.INIT_FAILURE
+    return exit_code


 def main():
@@ -258,17 +343,17 @@ def main():
                           help="Download profile. If an already-downloaded profile has been renamed, Instaloader "
                                "automatically finds it by its unique ID and renames the folder likewise.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_at_profile', nargs='*', metavar="@profile",
-                           help="Download all followees of profile. Requires --login. "
+                           help="Download all followees of profile. Requires login. "
                                "Consider using :feed rather than @yourself.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_hashtag', nargs='*', metavar='"#hashtag"', help="Download #hashtag.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_location', nargs='*', metavar='%location_id',
-                           help="Download %%location_id. Requires --login.")
+                           help="Download %%location_id. Requires login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_feed', nargs='*', metavar=":feed",
-                           help="Download pictures from your feed. Requires --login.")
+                           help="Download pictures from your feed. Requires login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_stories', nargs='*', metavar=":stories",
-                           help="Download the stories of your followees. Requires --login.")
+                           help="Download the stories of your followees. Requires login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_saved', nargs='*', metavar=":saved",
-                           help="Download the posts that you marked as saved. Requires --login.")
+                           help="Download the posts that you marked as saved. Requires login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_singlepost', nargs='*', metavar="-- -shortcode",
                           help="Download the post with the given shortcode")
    g_targets.add_argument('_json', nargs='*', metavar="filename.json[.xz]",
@@ -299,11 +384,11 @@ def main():
                        help='Download geotags when available. Geotags are stored as a '
                             'text file with the location\'s name and a Google Maps link. '
                             'This requires an additional request to the Instagram '
-                             'server for each picture. Requires --login.')
+                             'server for each picture. Requires login.')
    g_post.add_argument('-C', '--comments', action='store_true',
                        help='Download and update comments for each post. '
                             'This requires an additional request to the Instagram '
-                             'server for each post, which is why it is disabled by default.')
+                             'server for each post, which is why it is disabled by default. Requires login.')
    g_post.add_argument('--no-captions', action='store_true',
                        help='Do not create txt files.')
    g_post.add_argument('--post-metadata-txt', action='append',
@@ -317,11 +402,11 @@ def main():
    g_post.add_argument('--no-compress-json', action='store_true',
                        help='Do not xz compress JSON files, rather create pretty formatted JSONs.')
    g_prof.add_argument('-s', '--stories', action='store_true',
-                        help='Also download stories of each profile that is downloaded. Requires --login.')
+                        help='Also download stories of each profile that is downloaded. Requires login.')
    g_prof.add_argument('--stories-only', action='store_true',
                        help=SUPPRESS)
    g_prof.add_argument('--highlights', action='store_true',
-                        help='Also download highlights of each profile that is downloaded. Requires --login.')
+                        help='Also download highlights of each profile that is downloaded. Requires login.')
    g_prof.add_argument('--tagged', action='store_true',
                        help='Also download posts where each profile is tagged.')
    g_prof.add_argument('--igtv', action='store_true',
@@ -353,9 +438,14 @@ def main():
                                        'Instaloader can login to Instagram. This allows downloading private profiles. '
                                        'To login, pass the --login option. Your session cookie (not your password!) '
                                        'will be saved to a local file to be reused next time you want Instaloader '
-                                        'to login.')
+                                        'to login. Instead of --login, the --load-cookies option can be used to '
+                                        'import a session from a browser.')
    g_login.add_argument('-l', '--login', metavar='YOUR-USERNAME',
                         help='Login name (profile name) for your Instagram account.')
+    g_login.add_argument('-b', '--load-cookies', metavar='BROWSER-NAME',
+                         help='Browser name to load cookies from Instagram')
+    g_login.add_argument('-B', '--cookiefile', metavar='COOKIE-FILE',
+                         help='Cookie file of a profile to load cookies')
    g_login.add_argument('-f', '--sessionfile',
                         help='Path for loading and storing session key file. '
                              'Defaults to ' + get_default_session_filename("<login_name>"))
@@ -416,15 +506,15 @@ def main():

    args = parser.parse_args()
    try:
-        if args.login is None and (args.stories or args.stories_only):
-            print("--login=USERNAME required to download stories.", file=sys.stderr)
+        if (args.login is None and args.load_cookies is None) and (args.stories or args.stories_only):
+            print("Login is required to download stories.", file=sys.stderr)
            args.stories = False
            if args.stories_only:
-                raise SystemExit(1)
+                raise InvalidArgumentException()

        if ':feed-all' in args.profile or ':feed-liked' in args.profile:
-            raise SystemExit(":feed-all and :feed-liked were removed. Use :feed as target and "
-                             "eventually --post-filter=viewer_has_liked.")
+            raise InvalidArgumentException(":feed-all and :feed-liked were removed. Use :feed as target and "
+                                           "eventually --post-filter=viewer_has_liked.")

        post_metadata_txt_pattern = '\n'.join(args.post_metadata_txt) if args.post_metadata_txt else None
        storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern = '\n'.join(args.storyitem_metadata_txt) if args.storyitem_metadata_txt else None
@@ -434,15 +524,18 @@ def main():
                post_metadata_txt_pattern = ''
                storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern = ''
            else:
-                raise SystemExit("--no-captions and --post-metadata-txt or --storyitem-metadata-txt given; "
-                                 "That contradicts.")
+                raise InvalidArgumentException("--no-captions and --post-metadata-txt or --storyitem-metadata-txt "
+                                               "given; That contradicts.")

        if args.no_resume and args.resume_prefix:
-            raise SystemExit("--no-resume and --resume-prefix given; That contradicts.")
+            raise InvalidArgumentException("--no-resume and --resume-prefix given; That contradicts.")
        resume_prefix = (args.resume_prefix if args.resume_prefix else 'iterator') if not args.no_resume else None

        if args.no_pictures and args.fast_update:
-            raise SystemExit('--no-pictures and --fast-update cannot be used together.')
+            raise InvalidArgumentException('--no-pictures and --fast-update cannot be used together.')
+
+        if args.login and args.load_cookies:
+            raise InvalidArgumentException('--load-cookies and --login cannot be used together.')

        # Determine what to download
        download_profile_pic = not args.no_profile_pic or args.profile_pic_only
@@ -467,25 +560,37 @@ def main():
                             iphone_support=not args.no_iphone,
                             title_pattern=args.title_pattern,
                             sanitize_paths=args.sanitize_paths)
-        _main(loader,
-              args.profile,
-              username=args.login.lower() if args.login is not None else None,
-              password=args.password,
-              sessionfile=args.sessionfile,
-              download_profile_pic=download_profile_pic,
-              download_posts=download_posts,
-              download_stories=download_stories,
-              download_highlights=args.highlights,
-              download_tagged=args.tagged,
-              download_igtv=args.igtv,
-              fast_update=args.fast_update,
-              latest_stamps_file=args.latest_stamps,
-              max_count=int(args.count) if args.count is not None else None,
-              post_filter_str=args.post_filter,
-              storyitem_filter_str=args.storyitem_filter)
+        exit_code = _main(loader,
+                          args.profile,
+                          username=args.login.lower() if args.login is not None else None,
+                          password=args.password,
+                          sessionfile=args.sessionfile,
+                          download_profile_pic=download_profile_pic,
+                          download_posts=download_posts,
+                          download_stories=download_stories,
+                          download_highlights=args.highlights,
+                          download_tagged=args.tagged,
+                          download_igtv=args.igtv,
+                          fast_update=args.fast_update,
+                          latest_stamps_file=args.latest_stamps,
+                          max_count=int(args.count) if args.count is not None else None,
+                          post_filter_str=args.post_filter,
+                          storyitem_filter_str=args.storyitem_filter,
+                          browser=args.load_cookies,
+                          cookiefile=args.cookiefile)
        loader.close()
+        if loader.has_stored_errors:
+            exit_code = ExitCode.NON_FATAL_ERROR
+    except InvalidArgumentException as err:
+        print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+        exit_code = ExitCode.INIT_FAILURE
+    except LoginException as err:
+        print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+        exit_code = ExitCode.LOGIN_FAILURE
    except InstaloaderException as err:
-        raise SystemExit("Fatal error: %s" % err) from err
+        print("Fatal error: %s" % err)
+        exit_code = ExitCode.UNEXPECTED_ERROR
+    sys.exit(exit_code)


 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ class LoginRequiredException(InstaloaderException):
    pass


-class TwoFactorAuthRequiredException(InstaloaderException):
+class LoginException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class TwoFactorAuthRequiredException(LoginException):
    pass


@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ class BadResponseException(InstaloaderException):
    pass


-class BadCredentialsException(InstaloaderException):
+class BadCredentialsException(LoginException):
    pass


@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _requires_login(func: Callable) -> Callable:
    @wraps(func)
    def call(instaloader, *args, **kwargs):
        if not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login=USERNAME required.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required.")
        return func(instaloader, *args, **kwargs)
    return call

@@ -643,11 +643,16 @@ class Instaloader:
    def login(self, user: str, passwd: str) -> None:
        """Log in to instagram with given username and password and internally store session object.

-        :raises InvalidArgumentException: If the provided username does not exist.
        :raises BadCredentialsException: If the provided password is wrong.
-        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed.
        :raises TwoFactorAuthRequiredException: First step of 2FA login done, now call
-           :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`."""
+           :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`.
+        :raises LoginException: An error happened during login (for example, an invalid response was received).
+           Or if the provided username does not exist.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.12
+           Raises LoginException instead of ConnectionException when an error happens.
+           Raises LoginException instead of InvalidArgumentException when the username does not exist.
+        """
        self.context.login(user, passwd)

    def two_factor_login(self, two_factor_code) -> None:
@@ -717,7 +722,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        # Download the image(s) / video thumbnail and videos within sidecars if desired
        downloaded = True
        if post.typename == 'GraphSidecar':
-            if self.download_pictures or self.download_videos:
+            if (self.download_pictures or self.download_videos) and post.mediacount > 0:
                if not _all_already_downloaded(
                        filename_template, enumerate(
                            (post.get_is_videos()[i]
@@ -861,8 +866,9 @@ class Instaloader:
                last_scraped = latest_stamps.get_last_story_timestamp(name)
                scraped_timestamp = datetime.now().astimezone()
            for item in user_story.get_items():
-                if latest_stamps is not None and item.date_local <= last_scraped:
-                    break
+                if latest_stamps is not None:
+                    if item.date_local <= last_scraped:
+                        break
                if storyitem_filter is not None and not storyitem_filter(item):
                    self.context.log("<{} skipped>".format(item), flush=True)
                    continue
@@ -991,7 +997,8 @@ class Instaloader:
                            max_count: Optional[int] = None,
                            total_count: Optional[int] = None,
                            owner_profile: Optional[Profile] = None,
-                            takewhile: Optional[Callable[[Post], bool]] = None) -> None:
+                            takewhile: Optional[Callable[[Post], bool]] = None,
+                            possibly_pinned: int = 0) -> None:
        """
        Download the Posts returned by given Post Iterator.

@@ -1003,6 +1010,9 @@ class Instaloader:
        .. versionchanged:: 4.8
           Add `takewhile` parameter.

+        .. versionchanged:: 4.10.3
+           Add `possibly_pinned` parameter.
+
        :param posts: Post Iterator to loop through.
        :param target: Target name.
        :param fast_update: :option:`--fast-update`.
@@ -1011,6 +1021,8 @@ class Instaloader:
        :param total_count: Total number of posts returned by given iterator.
        :param owner_profile: Associated profile, if any.
        :param takewhile: Expression evaluated for each post. Once it returns false, downloading stops.
+        :param possibly_pinned: Number of posts that might be pinned. These posts do not cause download
+               to stop even if they've already been downloaded.
        """
        displayed_count = (max_count if total_count is None or max_count is not None and max_count < total_count
                           else total_count)
@@ -1032,7 +1044,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        ) as (is_resuming, start_index):
            for number, post in enumerate(posts, start=start_index + 1):
                should_stop = not takewhile(post)
-                if should_stop and post.is_pinned:
+                if should_stop and number <= possibly_pinned:
                    continue
                if (max_count is not None and number > max_count) or should_stop:
                    break
@@ -1066,7 +1078,7 @@ class Instaloader:
                        except PostChangedException:
                            post_changed = True
                            continue
-                    if fast_update and not downloaded and not post_changed and not post.is_pinned:
+                    if fast_update and not downloaded and not post_changed and number > possibly_pinned:
                        # disengage fast_update for first post when resuming
                        if not is_resuming or number > 0:
                            break
@@ -1398,7 +1410,8 @@ class Instaloader:
                          post_filter: Optional[Callable[[Post], bool]] = None,
                          storyitem_filter: Optional[Callable[[Post], bool]] = None,
                          raise_errors: bool = False,
-                          latest_stamps: Optional[LatestStamps] = None):
+                          latest_stamps: Optional[LatestStamps] = None,
+                          max_count: Optional[int] = None):
        """High-level method to download set of profiles.

        :param profiles: Set of profiles to download.
@@ -1415,6 +1428,7 @@ class Instaloader:
           Whether :exc:`LoginRequiredException` and :exc:`PrivateProfileNotFollowedException` should be raised or
           catched and printed with :meth:`InstaloaderContext.error_catcher`.
        :param latest_stamps: :option:`--latest-stamps`.
+        :param max_count: Maximum count of posts to download.

        .. versionadded:: 4.1

@@ -1423,6 +1437,9 @@ class Instaloader:

        .. versionchanged:: 4.8
           Add `latest_stamps` parameter.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.13
+           Add `max_count` parameter.
        """

        @contextmanager
@@ -1454,7 +1471,7 @@ class Instaloader:
                if tagged or igtv or highlights or posts:
                    if (not self.context.is_logged_in and
                            profile.is_private):
-                        raise LoginRequiredException("--login=USERNAME required.")
+                        raise LoginRequiredException("Login required.")
                    if (self.context.username != profile.username and
                            profile.is_private and
                            not profile.followed_by_viewer):
@@ -1488,7 +1505,7 @@ class Instaloader:
                    posts_to_download = profile.get_posts()
                    self.posts_download_loop(posts_to_download, profile_name, fast_update, post_filter,
                                             total_count=profile.mediacount, owner_profile=profile,
-                                             takewhile=posts_takewhile)
+                                             takewhile=posts_takewhile, possibly_pinned=3, max_count=max_count)
                    if latest_stamps is not None and posts_to_download.first_item is not None:
                        latest_stamps.set_last_post_timestamp(profile_name,
                                                              posts_to_download.first_item.date_local)
@@ -1576,11 +1593,16 @@ class Instaloader:
    def interactive_login(self, username: str) -> None:
        """Logs in and internally stores session, asking user for password interactively.

-        :raises LoginRequiredException: when in quiet mode.
-        :raises InvalidArgumentException: If the provided username does not exist.
-        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed."""
+        :raises InvalidArgumentException: when in quiet mode.
+        :raises LoginException: If the provided username does not exist.
+        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.12
+           Raises InvalidArgumentException instead of LoginRequiredException when in quiet mode.
+           Raises LoginException instead of InvalidArgumentException when the username does not exist.
+        """
        if self.context.quiet:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("Quiet mode requires given password or valid session file.")
+            raise InvalidArgumentException("Quiet mode requires given password or valid session file.")
        try:
            password = None
            while password is None:
@@ -1599,3 +1621,10 @@ class Instaloader:
                except BadCredentialsException as err:
                    print(err, file=sys.stderr)
                    pass
+
+    @property
+    def has_stored_errors(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns whether any error has been reported and stored to be repeated at program termination.
+
+        .. versionadded: 4.12"""
+        return self.context.has_stored_errors
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import pickle
 import random
-import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 import uuid
-from contextlib import contextmanager
+from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
@@ -33,8 +31,8 @@ def copy_session(session: requests.Session, request_timeout: Optional[float] = N


 def default_user_agent() -> str:
-    return 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 ' \
-           '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.131 Safari/537.36'
+    return ('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 '
+            '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36')


 def default_iphone_headers() -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        self.quiet = quiet
        self.max_connection_attempts = max_connection_attempts
        self._graphql_page_length = 50
-        self._root_rhx_gis = None
        self.two_factor_auth_pending = None
        self.iphone_support = iphone_support
        self.iphone_headers = default_iphone_headers()
@@ -152,6 +149,13 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        if repeat_at_end:
            self.error_log.append(msg)

+    @property
+    def has_stored_errors(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns whether any error has been reported and stored to be repeated at program termination.
+
+        .. versionadded: 4.12"""
+        return bool(self.error_log)
+
    def close(self):
        """Print error log and close session"""
        if self.error_log and not self.quiet:
@@ -211,6 +215,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.save_session`."""
        return requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self._session.cookies)

+    def update_cookies(self, cookie):
+        """.. versionadded:: 4.11"""
+        self._session.cookies.update(cookie)
+
    def load_session(self, username, sessiondata):
        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.load_session`."""
        session = requests.Session()
@@ -233,17 +241,26 @@ class InstaloaderContext:

    def test_login(self) -> Optional[str]:
        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.test_login`."""
-        data = self.graphql_query("d6f4427fbe92d846298cf93df0b937d3", {})
-        return data["data"]["user"]["username"] if data["data"]["user"] is not None else None
+        try:
+            data = self.graphql_query("d6f4427fbe92d846298cf93df0b937d3", {})
+            return data["data"]["user"]["username"] if data["data"]["user"] is not None else None
+        except (AbortDownloadException, ConnectionException) as err:
+            self.error(f"Error when checking if logged in: {err}")
+            return None

    def login(self, user, passwd):
        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.login`.

-        :raises InvalidArgumentException: If the provided username does not exist.
        :raises BadCredentialsException: If the provided password is wrong.
-        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed.
        :raises TwoFactorAuthRequiredException: First step of 2FA login done, now call
-           :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`."""
+           :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`.
+        :raises LoginException: An error happened during login (for example, and invalid response).
+           Or if the provided username does not exist.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.12
+           Raises LoginException instead of ConnectionException when an error happens.
+           Raises LoginException instead of InvalidArgumentException when the username does not exist.
+        """
        # pylint:disable=import-outside-toplevel
        import http.client
        # pylint:disable=protected-access
@@ -256,20 +273,25 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        # Override default timeout behavior.
        # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
        session.request = partial(session.request, timeout=self.request_timeout) # type: ignore
-        csrf_json = self.get_json('accounts/login/', {}, session=session)
-        csrf_token = csrf_json['config']['csrf_token']
+
+        # Make a request to Instagram's root URL, which will set the session's csrftoken cookie
+        # Not using self.get_json() here, because we need to access the cookie
+        session.get('https://www.instagram.com/')
+        # Add session's csrftoken cookie to session headers
+        csrf_token = session.cookies.get_dict()['csrftoken']
        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': csrf_token})
-        # Not using self.get_json() here, because we need to access csrftoken cookie
+
        self.do_sleep()
        # Workaround credits to pgrimaud.
        # See: https://github.com/pgrimaud/instagram-user-feed/commit/96ad4cf54d1ad331b337f325c73e664999a6d066
        enc_password = '#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:0:{}:{}'.format(int(datetime.now().timestamp()), passwd)
-        login = session.post('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/',
+        login = session.post('https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/web/accounts/login/ajax/',
                             data={'enc_password': enc_password, 'username': user}, allow_redirects=True)
        try:
            resp_json = login.json()
+
        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err:
-            raise ConnectionException(
+            raise LoginException(
                "Login error: JSON decode fail, {} - {}.".format(login.status_code, login.reason)
            ) from err
        if resp_json.get('two_factor_required'):
@@ -281,31 +303,32 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                                            resp_json['two_factor_info']['two_factor_identifier'])
            raise TwoFactorAuthRequiredException("Login error: two-factor authentication required.")
        if resp_json.get('checkpoint_url'):
-            raise ConnectionException("Login: Checkpoint required. Point your browser to "
-                                      "https://www.instagram.com{} - "
-                                      "follow the instructions, then retry.".format(resp_json.get('checkpoint_url')))
+            raise LoginException(
+                f"Login: Checkpoint required. Point your browser to {resp_json.get('checkpoint_url')} - "
+                f"follow the instructions, then retry."
+            )
        if resp_json['status'] != 'ok':
            if 'message' in resp_json:
-                raise ConnectionException("Login error: \"{}\" status, message \"{}\".".format(resp_json['status'],
-                                                                                               resp_json['message']))
+                raise LoginException("Login error: \"{}\" status, message \"{}\".".format(resp_json['status'],
+                                                                                          resp_json['message']))
            else:
-                raise ConnectionException("Login error: \"{}\" status.".format(resp_json['status']))
+                raise LoginException("Login error: \"{}\" status.".format(resp_json['status']))
        if 'authenticated' not in resp_json:
            # Issue #472
            if 'message' in resp_json:
-                raise ConnectionException("Login error: Unexpected response, \"{}\".".format(resp_json['message']))
+                raise LoginException("Login error: Unexpected response, \"{}\".".format(resp_json['message']))
            else:
-                raise ConnectionException("Login error: Unexpected response, this might indicate a blocked IP.")
+                raise LoginException("Login error: Unexpected response, this might indicate a blocked IP.")
        if not resp_json['authenticated']:
            if resp_json['user']:
                # '{"authenticated": false, "user": true, "status": "ok"}'
                raise BadCredentialsException('Login error: Wrong password.')
            else:
                # '{"authenticated": false, "user": false, "status": "ok"}'
-                # Raise InvalidArgumentException rather than BadCredentialException, because BadCredentialException
+                # Raise LoginException rather than BadCredentialException, because BadCredentialException
                # triggers re-asking of password in Instaloader.interactive_login(), which makes no sense if the
                # username is invalid.
-                raise InvalidArgumentException('Login error: User {} does not exist.'.format(user))
+                raise LoginException('Login error: User {} does not exist.'.format(user))
        # '{"authenticated": true, "user": true, "userId": ..., "oneTapPrompt": false, "status": "ok"}'
        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': login.cookies['csrftoken']})
        self._session = session
@@ -343,33 +366,61 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        if self.sleep:
            time.sleep(min(random.expovariate(0.6), 15.0))

+    @staticmethod
+    def _response_error(resp: requests.Response) -> str:
+        extra_from_json: Optional[str] = None
+        with suppress(json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
+            resp_json = resp.json()
+            if "status" in resp_json:
+                extra_from_json = (
+                    f"\"{resp_json['status']}\" status, message \"{resp_json['message']}\""
+                    if "message" in resp_json
+                    else f"\"{resp_json['status']}\" status"
+                )
+        return (
+            f"{resp.status_code} {resp.reason}"
+            f"{f' - {extra_from_json}' if extra_from_json is not None else ''}"
+            f" when accessing {resp.url}"
+        )
+
    def get_json(self, path: str, params: Dict[str, Any], host: str = 'www.instagram.com',
                 session: Optional[requests.Session] = None, _attempt=1,
-                 response_headers: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                 response_headers: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+                 use_post: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """JSON request to Instagram.

        :param path: URL, relative to the given domain which defaults to www.instagram.com/
-        :param params: GET parameters
+        :param params: request parameters
        :param host: Domain part of the URL from where to download the requested JSON; defaults to www.instagram.com
        :param session: Session to use, or None to use self.session
+        :param use_post: Use POST instead of GET to make the request
        :return: Decoded response dictionary
        :raises QueryReturnedBadRequestException: When the server responds with a 400.
        :raises QueryReturnedNotFoundException: When the server responds with a 404.
        :raises ConnectionException: When query repeatedly failed.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.13
+           Added `use_post` parameter.
        """
        is_graphql_query = 'query_hash' in params and 'graphql/query' in path
+        is_doc_id_query = 'doc_id' in params and 'graphql/query' in path
        is_iphone_query = host == 'i.instagram.com'
-        is_other_query = not is_graphql_query and host == "www.instagram.com"
+        is_other_query = not is_graphql_query and not is_doc_id_query and host == "www.instagram.com"
        sess = session if session else self._session
        try:
            self.do_sleep()
            if is_graphql_query:
                self._rate_controller.wait_before_query(params['query_hash'])
+            if is_doc_id_query:
+                self._rate_controller.wait_before_query(params['doc_id'])
            if is_iphone_query:
                self._rate_controller.wait_before_query('iphone')
            if is_other_query:
                self._rate_controller.wait_before_query('other')
-            resp = sess.get('https://{0}/{1}'.format(host, path), params=params, allow_redirects=False)
+            if use_post:
+                resp = sess.post('https://{0}/{1}'.format(host, path), data=params, allow_redirects=False)
+            else:
+                resp = sess.get('https://{0}/{1}'.format(host, path), params=params, allow_redirects=False)
            if resp.status_code in self.fatal_status_codes:
                redirect = " redirect to {}".format(resp.headers['location']) if 'location' in resp.headers else ""
                body = ""
@@ -384,7 +435,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                if (redirect_url.startswith('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login') or
                    redirect_url.startswith('https://i.instagram.com/accounts/login')):
                    if not self.is_logged_in:
-                        raise LoginRequiredException("Redirected to login page. Use --login.")
+                        raise LoginRequiredException("Redirected to login page. Use --login or --load-cookies.")
                    raise AbortDownloadException("Redirected to login page. You've been logged out, please wait " +
                                                 "some time, recreate the session and try again")
                if redirect_url.startswith('https://{}/'.format(host)):
@@ -396,31 +447,17 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                response_headers.clear()
                response_headers.update(resp.headers)
            if resp.status_code == 400:
-                raise QueryReturnedBadRequestException("400 Bad Request")
+                raise QueryReturnedBadRequestException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code == 404:
-                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 Not Found")
+                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code == 429:
-                raise TooManyRequestsException("429 Too Many Requests")
+                raise TooManyRequestsException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code != 200:
-                raise ConnectionException("HTTP error code {}.".format(resp.status_code))
-            is_html_query = not is_graphql_query and not "__a" in params and host == "www.instagram.com"
-            if is_html_query:
-                # Extract JSON from HTML response
-                match = re.search('(?<={"raw":").*?(?<!\\\\)(?=")', resp.text)
-                if match is None:
-                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("Could not find JSON data in html response.")
-                # Unescape escaped JSON string
-                unescaped_string = match.group(0).encode("utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
-                resp_json = json.loads(unescaped_string)
-                return resp_json
+                raise ConnectionException(self._response_error(resp))
            else:
                resp_json = resp.json()
            if 'status' in resp_json and resp_json['status'] != "ok":
-                if 'message' in resp_json:
-                    raise ConnectionException("Returned \"{}\" status, message \"{}\".".format(resp_json['status'],
-                                                                                               resp_json['message']))
-                else:
-                    raise ConnectionException("Returned \"{}\" status.".format(resp_json['status']))
+                raise ConnectionException(self._response_error(resp))
            return resp_json
        except (ConnectionException, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, requests.exceptions.RequestException) as err:
            error_string = "JSON Query to {}: {}".format(path, err)
@@ -434,6 +471,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                if isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
                    if is_graphql_query:
                        self._rate_controller.handle_429(params['query_hash'])
+                    if is_doc_id_query:
+                        self._rate_controller.handle_429(params['doc_id'])
                    if is_iphone_query:
                        self._rate_controller.handle_429('iphone')
                    if is_other_query:
@@ -445,14 +484,48 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                raise ConnectionException(error_string) from err

    def graphql_query(self, query_hash: str, variables: Dict[str, Any],
-                      referer: Optional[str] = None, rhx_gis: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                      referer: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Do a GraphQL Query.

        :param query_hash: Query identifying hash.
        :param variables: Variables for the Query.
        :param referer: HTTP Referer, or None.
-        :param rhx_gis: 'rhx_gis' variable as somewhere returned by Instagram, needed to 'sign' request
+        :return: The server's response dictionary.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.13.1
+           Removed the `rhx_gis` parameter.
+        """
+        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tmpsession:
+            tmpsession.headers.update(self._default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
+            del tmpsession.headers['Connection']
+            del tmpsession.headers['Content-Length']
+            tmpsession.headers['authority'] = 'www.instagram.com'
+            tmpsession.headers['scheme'] = 'https'
+            tmpsession.headers['accept'] = '*/*'
+            if referer is not None:
+                tmpsession.headers['referer'] = urllib.parse.quote(referer)
+
+            variables_json = json.dumps(variables, separators=(',', ':'))
+
+            resp_json = self.get_json('graphql/query',
+                                      params={'query_hash': query_hash,
+                                              'variables': variables_json},
+                                      session=tmpsession)
+        if 'status' not in resp_json:
+            self.error("GraphQL response did not contain a \"status\" field.")
+        return resp_json
+
+    def doc_id_graphql_query(self, doc_id: str, variables: Dict[str, Any],
+                             referer: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Do a doc_id-based GraphQL Query using method POST.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.13
+
+        :param doc_id: doc_id for the query.
+        :param variables: Variables for the Query.
+        :param referer: HTTP Referer, or None.
        :return: The server's response dictionary.
        """
        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tmpsession:
@@ -467,16 +540,12 @@ class InstaloaderContext:

            variables_json = json.dumps(variables, separators=(',', ':'))

-            if rhx_gis:
-                #self.log("rhx_gis {} query_hash {}".format(rhx_gis, query_hash))
-                values = "{}:{}".format(rhx_gis, variables_json)
-                x_instagram_gis = hashlib.md5(values.encode()).hexdigest()
-                tmpsession.headers['x-instagram-gis'] = x_instagram_gis
-
            resp_json = self.get_json('graphql/query',
-                                      params={'query_hash': query_hash,
-                                              'variables': variables_json},
-                                      session=tmpsession)
+                                      params={'variables': variables_json,
+                                              'doc_id': doc_id,
+                                              'server_timestamps': 'true'},
+                                      session=tmpsession,
+                                      use_post=True)
        if 'status' not in resp_json:
            self.error("GraphQL response did not contain a \"status\" field.")
        return resp_json
@@ -484,7 +553,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
    def graphql_node_list(self, query_hash: str, query_variables: Dict[str, Any],
                          query_referer: Optional[str],
                          edge_extractor: Callable[[Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, Any]],
-                          rhx_gis: Optional[str] = None,
+                          _rhx_gis: Optional[str] = None,
                          first_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
        """
        Retrieve a list of GraphQL nodes.
@@ -496,7 +565,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        def _query():
            query_variables['first'] = self._graphql_page_length
            try:
-                return edge_extractor(self.graphql_query(query_hash, query_variables, query_referer, rhx_gis))
+                return edge_extractor(self.graphql_query(query_hash, query_variables, query_referer))
            except QueryReturnedBadRequestException:
                new_page_length = int(self._graphql_page_length / 2)
                if new_page_length >= 12:
@@ -609,11 +678,11 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        else:
            if resp.status_code == 403:
                # suspected invalid URL signature
-                raise QueryReturnedForbiddenException("403 when accessing {}.".format(url))
+                raise QueryReturnedForbiddenException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code == 404:
                # 404 not worth retrying.
-                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 when accessing {}.".format(url))
-            raise ConnectionException("HTTP error code {}.".format(resp.status_code))
+                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(self._response_error(resp))
+            raise ConnectionException(self._response_error(resp))

    def get_and_write_raw(self, url: str, filename: str) -> None:
        """Downloads and writes anonymously-requested raw data into a file.
@@ -639,22 +708,11 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        else:
            if resp.status_code == 403:
                # suspected invalid URL signature
-                raise QueryReturnedForbiddenException("403 when accessing {}.".format(url))
+                raise QueryReturnedForbiddenException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code == 404:
                # 404 not worth retrying.
-                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 when accessing {}.".format(url))
-            raise ConnectionException("HTTP error code {}.".format(resp.status_code))
-
-    @property
-    def root_rhx_gis(self) -> Optional[str]:
-        """rhx_gis string returned in the / query."""
-        if self.is_logged_in:
-            # At the moment, rhx_gis seems to be required for anonymous requests only. By returning None when logged
-            # in, we can save the root_rhx_gis lookup query.
-            return None
-        if self._root_rhx_gis is None:
-            self._root_rhx_gis = self.get_json('', {}).get('rhx_gis', '')
-        return self._root_rhx_gis or None
+                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(self._response_error(resp))
+            raise ConnectionException(self._response_error(resp))


 class RateController:
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from lzma import LZMAError
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar

-from .exceptions import AbortDownloadException, InvalidArgumentException, QueryReturnedBadRequestException
+from .exceptions import AbortDownloadException, InvalidArgumentException
 from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext

 class FrozenNodeIterator(NamedTuple):
-    query_hash: str
+    query_hash: Optional[str]
    query_variables: Dict
    query_referer: Optional[str]
    context_username: Optional[str]
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class FrozenNodeIterator(NamedTuple):
    best_before: Optional[float]
    remaining_data: Optional[Dict]
    first_node: Optional[Dict]
+    doc_id: Optional[str]
 FrozenNodeIterator.query_hash.__doc__ = """The GraphQL ``query_hash`` parameter."""
 FrozenNodeIterator.query_variables.__doc__ = """The GraphQL ``query_variables`` parameter."""
 FrozenNodeIterator.query_referer.__doc__ = """The HTTP referer used for the GraphQL query."""
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ FrozenNodeIterator.best_before.__doc__ = """Date when parts of the stored nodes
 FrozenNodeIterator.remaining_data.__doc__ = \
    """The already-retrieved, yet-unprocessed ``edges`` and the ``page_info`` at time of freezing."""
 FrozenNodeIterator.first_node.__doc__ = """Node data of the first item, if an item has been produced."""
+FrozenNodeIterator.doc_id.__doc__ = """The GraphQL ``doc_id`` parameter."""

 T = TypeVar('T')

@@ -64,22 +66,27 @@ class NodeIterator(Iterator[T]):
    NodeIterators are matching if and only if they have the same magic.

    See also :func:`resumable_iteration` for a high-level context manager that handles a resumable iteration.
+
+    .. versionchanged: 4.13
+       Included support for `doc_id`-based queries (using POST method).
    """

-    _graphql_page_length = 50
+    _graphql_page_length = 12
    _shelf_life = timedelta(days=29)

    def __init__(self,
                 context: InstaloaderContext,
-                 query_hash: str,
+                 query_hash: Optional[str],
                 edge_extractor: Callable[[Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, Any]],
                 node_wrapper: Callable[[Dict], T],
                 query_variables: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
                 query_referer: Optional[str] = None,
                 first_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-                 is_first: Optional[Callable[[T, Optional[T]], bool]] = None):
+                 is_first: Optional[Callable[[T, Optional[T]], bool]] = None,
+                 doc_id: Optional[str] = None):
        self._context = context
        self._query_hash = query_hash
+        self._doc_id = doc_id
        self._edge_extractor = edge_extractor
        self._node_wrapper = node_wrapper
        self._query_variables = query_variables if query_variables is not None else {}
@@ -95,26 +102,38 @@ class NodeIterator(Iterator[T]):
        self._is_first = is_first

    def _query(self, after: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict:
+        if self._doc_id is not None:
+            return self._query_doc_id(self._doc_id, after)
+        else:
+            assert self._query_hash is not None
+            return self._query_query_hash(self._query_hash, after)
+
+    def _query_doc_id(self, doc_id: str, after: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict:
+        pagination_variables: Dict[str, Any] = {'__relay_internal__pv__PolarisFeedShareMenurelayprovider': False}
+        if after is not None:
+            pagination_variables['after'] = after
+            pagination_variables['before'] = None
+            pagination_variables['first'] = 12
+            pagination_variables['last'] = None
+        data = self._edge_extractor(
+            self._context.doc_id_graphql_query(
+                doc_id, {**self._query_variables, **pagination_variables}, self._query_referer
+            )
+        )
+        self._best_before = datetime.now() + NodeIterator._shelf_life
+        return data
+
+    def _query_query_hash(self, query_hash: str, after: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict:
        pagination_variables: Dict[str, Any] = {'first': NodeIterator._graphql_page_length}
        if after is not None:
            pagination_variables['after'] = after
-        try:
-            data = self._edge_extractor(
-                self._context.graphql_query(
-                    self._query_hash, {**self._query_variables, **pagination_variables}, self._query_referer
-                )
+        data = self._edge_extractor(
+            self._context.graphql_query(
+                query_hash, {**self._query_variables, **pagination_variables}, self._query_referer
            )
-            self._best_before = datetime.now() + NodeIterator._shelf_life
-            return data
-        except QueryReturnedBadRequestException:
-            new_page_length = int(NodeIterator._graphql_page_length / 2)
-            if new_page_length >= 12:
-                NodeIterator._graphql_page_length = new_page_length
-                self._context.error("HTTP Error 400 (Bad Request) on GraphQL Query. Retrying with shorter page length.",
-                                    repeat_at_end=False)
-                return self._query(after)
-            else:
-                raise
+        )
+        self._best_before = datetime.now() + NodeIterator._shelf_life
+        return data

    def __iter__(self):
        return self
@@ -184,6 +203,10 @@ class NodeIterator(Iterator[T]):
        """
        return self._node_wrapper(self._first_node) if self._first_node is not None else None

+    @staticmethod
+    def page_length() -> int:
+        return NodeIterator._graphql_page_length
+
    def freeze(self) -> FrozenNodeIterator:
        """Freeze the iterator for later resuming."""
        remaining_data = None
@@ -199,6 +222,7 @@ class NodeIterator(Iterator[T]):
            best_before=self._best_before.timestamp() if self._best_before else None,
            remaining_data=remaining_data,
            first_node=self._first_node,
+            doc_id=self._doc_id,
        )

    def thaw(self, frozen: FrozenNodeIterator) -> None:
@@ -216,7 +240,8 @@ class NodeIterator(Iterator[T]):
        if (self._query_hash != frozen.query_hash or
                self._query_variables != frozen.query_variables or
                self._query_referer != frozen.query_referer or
-                self._context.username != frozen.context_username):
+                self._context.username != frozen.context_username or
+                self._doc_id != frozen.doc_id):
            raise InvalidArgumentException("Mismatching resume information.")
        if not frozen.best_before:
            raise InvalidArgumentException("\"best before\" date missing.")
@@ -43,19 +43,91 @@ PostCommentAnswer.owner.__doc__ = "Owner :class:`Profile` of the comment."
 PostCommentAnswer.likes_count.__doc__ = "Number of likes on comment."


-class PostComment(NamedTuple):
-    id: int
-    created_at_utc: datetime
-    text: str
-    owner: 'Profile'
-    likes_count: int
-    answers: Iterator[PostCommentAnswer]
+class PostComment:
+    def __init__(self, context: 'InstaloaderContext', node: Dict[str, Any],
+                 answers: Iterator['PostCommentAnswer'], post: 'Post'):
+        self._context = context
+        self._node = node
+        self._answers = answers
+        self._post = post

+    @classmethod
+    def from_iphone_struct(
+        cls,
+        context: "InstaloaderContext",
+        media: Dict[str, Any],
+        answers: Iterator["PostCommentAnswer"],
+        post: "Post",
+    ):
+        return cls(
+            context=context,
+            node={
+                "id": int(media["pk"]),
+                "created_at": media["created_at"],
+                "text": media["text"],
+                "edge_liked_by": {
+                    "count": media["comment_like_count"],
+                },
+                "iphone_struct": media,
+            },
+            answers=answers,
+            post=post,
+        )

-for field in PostCommentAnswer._fields:
-    getattr(PostComment, field).__doc__ = getattr(PostCommentAnswer, field).__doc__  # pylint: disable=no-member
-PostComment.answers.__doc__ = r"Iterator which yields all :class:`PostCommentAnswer`\ s for the comment."
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> int:
+        """ ID number of comment. """
+        return self._node['id']

+    @property
+    def created_at_utc(self) -> datetime:
+        """ :class:`~datetime.datetime` when comment was created (UTC). """
+        return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self._node['created_at'])
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        """ Comment text. """
+        return self._node['text']
+
+    @property
+    def owner(self) -> "Profile":
+        """ Owner :class:`Profile` of the comment. """
+        if "iphone_struct" in self._node:
+            return Profile.from_iphone_struct(
+                self._context, self._node["iphone_struct"]["user"]
+            )
+        return Profile(self._context, self._node["owner"])
+
+    @property
+    def likes_count(self):
+        """ Number of likes on comment. """
+        return self._node.get('edge_liked_by', {}).get('count', 0)
+
+    @property
+    def answers(self) -> Iterator['PostCommentAnswer']:
+        """ Iterator which yields all :class:`PostCommentAnswer` for the comment. """
+        return self._answers
+
+    @property
+    def likes(self) -> Iterable['Profile']:
+        """
+        Iterate over all likes of a comment. A :class:`Profile` instance of each like is yielded.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.11
+        """
+        if self.likes_count != 0:
+            return NodeIterator(
+                self._context,
+                '5f0b1f6281e72053cbc07909c8d154ae',
+                lambda d: d['data']['comment']['edge_liked_by'],
+                lambda n: Profile(self._context, n),
+                {'comment_id': self.id},
+                'https://www.instagram.com/p/{0}/'.format(self._post.shortcode),
+            )
+        return []
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f'<PostComment {self.id} of {self._post.shortcode}>'

 class PostLocation(NamedTuple):
    id: int
@@ -160,21 +232,32 @@ class Post:
            "title": media.get("title"),
            "viewer_has_liked": media["has_liked"],
            "edge_media_preview_like": {"count": media["like_count"]},
+            "accessibility_caption": media.get("accessibility_caption"),
+            "comments": media.get("comment_count"),
            "iphone_struct": media,
        }
        with suppress(KeyError):
            fake_node["display_url"] = media['image_versions2']['candidates'][0]['url']
-        with suppress(KeyError):
+        with suppress(KeyError, TypeError):
            fake_node["video_url"] = media['video_versions'][-1]['url']
            fake_node["video_duration"] = media["video_duration"]
            fake_node["video_view_count"] = media["view_count"]
-        with suppress(KeyError):
-            fake_node["edge_sidecar_to_children"] = {"edges": [{"node": {
-                "display_url": node['image_versions2']['candidates'][0]['url'],
-                "is_video": media_types[node["media_type"]] == "GraphVideo",
-            }} for node in media["carousel_media"]]}
+        with suppress(KeyError, TypeError):
+            fake_node["edge_sidecar_to_children"] = {"edges": [{"node":
+                Post._convert_iphone_carousel(node, media_types)}
+                for node in media["carousel_media"]]}
        return cls(context, fake_node, Profile.from_iphone_struct(context, media["user"]) if "user" in media else None)

+    @staticmethod
+    def _convert_iphone_carousel(iphone_node: Dict[str, Any], media_types: Dict[int, str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        fake_node = {
+            "display_url": iphone_node["image_versions2"]["candidates"][0]["url"],
+            "is_video": media_types[iphone_node["media_type"]] == "GraphVideo",
+        }
+        if "video_versions" in iphone_node and iphone_node["video_versions"] is not None:
+            fake_node["video_url"] = iphone_node["video_versions"][0]["url"]
+        return fake_node
+
    @staticmethod
    def shortcode_to_mediaid(code: str) -> int:
        if len(code) > 11:
@@ -236,13 +319,23 @@ class Post:

    def _obtain_metadata(self):
        if not self._full_metadata_dict:
-            pic_json = self._context.graphql_query(
-                '2b0673e0dc4580674a88d426fe00ea90',
-                {'shortcode': self.shortcode}
-            )
-            self._full_metadata_dict = pic_json['data']['shortcode_media']
-            if self._full_metadata_dict is None:
+            pic_json = self._context.doc_id_graphql_query(
+                "8845758582119845", {"shortcode": self.shortcode}
+            )["data"]["xdt_shortcode_media"]
+            if pic_json is None:
                raise BadResponseException("Fetching Post metadata failed.")
+            try:
+                xdt_types = {
+                    "XDTGraphImage": "GraphImage",
+                    "XDTGraphVideo": "GraphVideo",
+                    "XDTGraphSidecar": "GraphSidecar",
+                }
+                pic_json["__typename"] = xdt_types[pic_json["__typename"]]
+            except KeyError as exc:
+                raise BadResponseException(
+                    f"Unknown __typename in metadata: {pic_json['__typename']}."
+                ) from exc
+            self._full_metadata_dict = pic_json
            if self.shortcode != self._full_metadata_dict['shortcode']:
                self._node.update(self._full_metadata_dict)
                raise PostChangedException
@@ -258,7 +351,7 @@ class Post:
        if not self._context.iphone_support:
            raise IPhoneSupportDisabledException("iPhone support is disabled.")
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to access iPhone media info endpoint.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access iPhone media info endpoint.")
        if not self._iphone_struct_:
            data = self._context.get_iphone_json(path='api/v1/media/{}/info/'.format(self.mediaid), params={})
            self._iphone_struct_ = data['items'][0]
@@ -545,16 +638,77 @@ class Post:
        except KeyError:
            return self._field('edge_media_to_comment', 'count')

+    def _get_comments_via_iphone_endpoint(self) -> Iterable[PostComment]:
+        """
+        Iterate over all comments of the post via an iPhone endpoint.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.10.3
+           fallback for :issue:`2125`.
+        """
+        def _query(min_id=None):
+            pagination_params = {"min_id": min_id} if min_id is not None else {}
+            return self._context.get_iphone_json(
+                f"api/v1/media/{self.mediaid}/comments/",
+                {
+                    "can_support_threading": "true",
+                    "permalink_enabled": "false",
+                    **pagination_params,
+                },
+            )
+
+        def _answers(comment_node):
+            def _answer(child_comment):
+                return PostCommentAnswer(
+                    id=int(child_comment["pk"]),
+                    created_at_utc=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(child_comment["created_at"]),
+                    text=child_comment["text"],
+                    owner=Profile.from_iphone_struct(self._context, child_comment["user"]),
+                    likes_count=child_comment["comment_like_count"],
+                )
+
+            child_comment_count = comment_node["child_comment_count"]
+            if child_comment_count == 0:
+                return
+            preview_child_comments = comment_node["preview_child_comments"]
+            if child_comment_count == len(preview_child_comments):
+                yield from (
+                    _answer(child_comment) for child_comment in preview_child_comments
+                )
+                return
+            pk = comment_node["pk"]
+            answers_json = self._context.get_iphone_json(
+                f"api/v1/media/{self.mediaid}/comments/{pk}/child_comments/",
+                {"max_id": ""},
+            )
+            yield from (
+                _answer(child_comment) for child_comment in answers_json["child_comments"]
+            )
+
+        def _paginated_comments(comments_json):
+            for comment_node in comments_json.get("comments", []):
+                yield PostComment.from_iphone_struct(
+                    self._context, comment_node, _answers(comment_node), self
+                )
+
+            next_min_id = comments_json.get("next_min_id")
+            if next_min_id:
+                yield from _paginated_comments(_query(next_min_id))
+
+        return _paginated_comments(_query())
+
    def get_comments(self) -> Iterable[PostComment]:
-        r"""Iterate over all comments of the post.
+        """Iterate over all comments of the post.

        Each comment is represented by a PostComment NamedTuple with fields text (string), created_at (datetime),
-        id (int), owner (:class:`Profile`) and answers (:class:`~typing.Iterator`\ [:class:`PostCommentAnswer`])
+        id (int), owner (:class:`Profile`) and answers (:class:`~typing.Iterator` [:class:`PostCommentAnswer`])
        if available.

        .. versionchanged:: 4.7
           Change return type to ``Iterable``.
        """
+        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access comments of a post.")
+
        def _postcommentanswer(node):
            return PostCommentAnswer(id=int(node['id']),
                                     created_at_utc=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(node['created_at']),
@@ -584,18 +738,28 @@ class Post:
            )

        def _postcomment(node):
-            return PostComment(*_postcommentanswer(node),
-                               answers=_postcommentanswers(node))
+            return PostComment(context=self._context, node=node,
+                               answers=_postcommentanswers(node), post=self)
        if self.comments == 0:
            # Avoid doing additional requests if there are no comments
            return []

-        comment_edges = self._field('edge_media_to_comment', 'edges')
+        try:
+            comment_edges = self._field("edge_media_to_parent_comment", "edges")
+        except KeyError:
+            comment_edges = self._field("edge_media_to_comment", "edges")
+
        answers_count = sum(edge['node'].get('edge_threaded_comments', {}).get('count', 0) for edge in comment_edges)

        if self.comments == len(comment_edges) + answers_count:
            # If the Post's metadata already contains all parent comments, don't do GraphQL requests to obtain them
            return [_postcomment(comment['node']) for comment in comment_edges]
+
+        if self.comments > NodeIterator.page_length():
+            # comments pagination via our graphql query does not work reliably anymore (issue #2125), fallback to an
+            # iphone endpoint if needed.
+            return self._get_comments_via_iphone_endpoint()
+
        return NodeIterator(
            self._context,
            '97b41c52301f77ce508f55e66d17620e',
@@ -613,7 +777,7 @@ class Post:
           Require being logged in (as required by Instagram).
        """
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to access likes of a post.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access likes of a post.")
        if self.likes == 0:
            # Avoid doing additional requests if there are no comments
            return
@@ -678,7 +842,11 @@ class Post:

    @property
    def is_pinned(self) -> bool:
-        """True if this Post has been pinned by at least one user.
+        """
+        .. deprecated: 4.10.3
+           This information is not returned by IG anymore
+
+        Used to return True if this Post has been pinned by at least one user, now likely returns always false.

        .. versionadded: 4.9.2"""
        return 'pinned_for_users' in self._node and bool(self._node['pinned_for_users'])
@@ -754,8 +922,7 @@ class Profile:
                                      'include_reel': True,
                                      'include_suggested_users': False,
                                      'include_logged_out_extras': False,
-                                      'include_highlight_reels': False},
-                                     rhx_gis=context.root_rhx_gis)['data']['user']
+                                      'include_highlight_reels': False})['data']['user']
        if data:
            profile = cls(context, data['reel']['owner'])
        else:
@@ -786,7 +953,7 @@ class Profile:

        .. versionadded:: 4.5.2"""
        if not context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to access own profile.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access own profile.")
        return cls(context, context.graphql_query("d6f4427fbe92d846298cf93df0b937d3", {})["data"]["user"])

    def _asdict(self):
@@ -840,7 +1007,7 @@ class Profile:
        if not self._context.iphone_support:
            raise IPhoneSupportDisabledException("iPhone support is disabled.")
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to access iPhone profile info endpoint.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access iPhone profile info endpoint.")
        if not self._iphone_struct_:
            data = self._context.get_iphone_json(path='api/v1/users/{}/info/'.format(self.userid), params={})
            self._iphone_struct_ = data['user']
@@ -1031,14 +1198,17 @@ class Profile:
        :rtype: NodeIterator[Post]"""
        self._obtain_metadata()
        return NodeIterator(
-            self._context,
-            '003056d32c2554def87228bc3fd9668a',
-            lambda d: d['data']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media'],
-            lambda n: Post(self._context, n, self),
-            {'id': self.userid},
-            'https://www.instagram.com/{0}/'.format(self.username),
-            self._metadata('edge_owner_to_timeline_media'),
-            Profile._make_is_newest_checker()
+            context = self._context,
+            edge_extractor = lambda d: d['data']['xdt_api__v1__feed__user_timeline_graphql_connection'],
+            node_wrapper = lambda n: Post.from_iphone_struct(self._context, n),
+            query_variables = {'data': {
+                'count': 12, 'include_relationship_info': True,
+                'latest_besties_reel_media': True, 'latest_reel_media': True},
+             'username': self.username},
+            query_referer = 'https://www.instagram.com/{0}/'.format(self.username),
+            is_first = Profile._make_is_newest_checker(),
+            doc_id = '7898261790222653',
+            query_hash = None,
        )

    def get_saved_posts(self) -> NodeIterator[Post]:
@@ -1047,7 +1217,7 @@ class Profile:
        :rtype: NodeIterator[Post]"""

        if self.username != self._context.username:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login={} required to get that profile's saved posts.".format(self.username))
+            raise LoginRequiredException(f"Login as {self.username} required to get that profile's saved posts.")

        return NodeIterator(
            self._context,
@@ -1107,7 +1277,7 @@ class Profile:
        .. versionadded:: 4.10
        """
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to get a profile's followers.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to get a profile's followers.")
        self._obtain_metadata()
        return NodeIterator(
            self._context,
@@ -1126,7 +1296,7 @@ class Profile:
        :rtype: NodeIterator[Profile]
        """
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to get a profile's followers.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to get a profile's followers.")
        self._obtain_metadata()
        return NodeIterator(
            self._context,
@@ -1145,7 +1315,7 @@ class Profile:
        :rtype: NodeIterator[Profile]
        """
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to get a profile's followees.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to get a profile's followees.")
        self._obtain_metadata()
        return NodeIterator(
            self._context,
@@ -1164,7 +1334,7 @@ class Profile:
        .. versionadded:: 4.4
        """
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to get a profile's similar accounts.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to get a profile's similar accounts.")
        self._obtain_metadata()
        yield from (Profile(self._context, edge["node"]) for edge in
                    self._context.graphql_query("ad99dd9d3646cc3c0dda65debcd266a7",
@@ -1243,7 +1413,7 @@ class StoryItem:
        if not self._context.iphone_support:
            raise IPhoneSupportDisabledException("iPhone support is disabled.")
        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("--login required to access iPhone media info endpoint.")
+            raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to access iPhone media info endpoint.")
        if not self._iphone_struct_:
            data = self._context.get_iphone_json(
                path='api/v1/feed/reels_media/?reel_ids={}'.format(self.owner_id), params={}
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
    sys.exit('Instaloader requires Python >= 3.8.')

 requirements = ['requests>=2.4']
+optional_requirements = {
+    'browser_cookie3': ['browser_cookie3>=0.19.1'],
+}

 keywords = (['instagram', 'instagram-scraper', 'instagram-client', 'instagram-feed', 'downloader', 'videos', 'photos',
             'pictures', 'instagram-user-photos', 'instagram-photos', 'instagram-metadata', 'instagram-downloader',
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ setup(
    long_description=open(os.path.join(SRC, 'README.rst')).read(),
    install_requires=requirements,
    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    extras_require=optional_requirements,
    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['instaloader=instaloader.__main__:main']},
    zip_safe=False,
    keywords=keywords,
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ setup(
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
        'Topic :: Internet',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics'
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Alexander Graf	ba8faec6fe	Release of version 4.13.2	2024-10-26 18:08:19 +02:00
Alexander Graf	9a74d9e109	Post._obtain_metadata: Use new XDT doc_id graphql query Fixes #2384.	2024-10-26 18:08:19 +02:00
Alexander Graf	c5dacb5f6d	Release of version 4.13.1	2024-08-28 08:29:57 +02:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	3a314de191	Remove rhx_gis header support (#2340 ) The query used to obtain it does not work anymore. The parameter was only used when obtaining a profile by its id, when not logged in. This query is working fine without the special header, so the whole functionality concerning rhx_gis was removed. This also fixes this misleading messages logged when trying to obtain a profile anonymously: JSON Query to : Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)	2024-08-28 08:28:35 +02:00
Alex Chan	3a95250265	Clarify that post short codes should be preceded by a hyphen (#2343 )	2024-08-28 08:27:58 +02:00
Yash Malik	2a3e5980ff	minor doc update in basic-usage.rst (#2336 ) (almost) nobody says "Id est". Even I, being a native English speaker, had to search for it. It should've been "i.e." in the first place. But, even that is not needed. Let's keep it simple.	2024-08-15 13:20:09 +02:00
Alexander Graf	e159065799	Release of Version 4.13	2024-08-10 17:36:41 +02:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	ed21752365	Use new doc_id based query to get posts (#2330 ) Fixes #2319.	2024-08-10 17:27:07 +02:00
Alexander Graf	b0157d9bc1	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.13	2024-08-10 17:13:54 +02:00
Alexander Graf	754c3845d7	Release of Version 4.12.2	2024-08-10 17:00:58 +02:00
Caramel7	e3b8c38f8c	Reduce GraphQL page length to 12 (#2332 ) Fixes #2319.	2024-08-10 17:00:19 +02:00
Alexander Graf	7dac8ad1e5	Release of Version 4.12.1	2024-07-31 08:47:41 +02:00
Liponex	b4cb9ea83a	PEP 561 compliance enhancement (#2314 )	2024-07-31 08:46:00 +02:00
Michel Ledig	eb2accc088	feat: add max_count parameter to limit posts on download (#2276 )	2024-07-17 08:03:57 +02:00
Seamus MullanandAlexander Graf	66c257362d	Fix for issue #1085 (#2214 ) Implement check for post.mediacount before checking if posts have been downloaded. --------- Co-authored-by: Alexander Graf <17130992+aandergr@users.noreply.github.com>	2024-07-03 08:19:16 +02:00
Alexander Graf	a0169b7094	Update default user agent	2024-06-29 19:48:19 +02:00
Alexander Graf	0a9fccaf26	Update dependencies	2024-06-29 19:48:19 +02:00
Alexander Graf	36d9f66e8e	Release of Version 4.12	2024-06-29 19:20:24 +02:00
Alexander Graf	5e04063002	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.12	2024-06-29 19:19:30 +02:00
Alexander Graf	76e8154b58	Release of Version 4.11.1	2024-06-29 19:13:16 +02:00
Alexander Graf	4a969882b5	Produce more verbose HTTP error messages	2024-06-29 17:52:12 +02:00
Alexander Graf	dc1eb2b193	Catch KeyboardInterrupt when asking for password	2024-05-30 10:22:45 +02:00
Alexander Graf	2a95589a1d	Fix checkpoint URL output	2024-05-30 10:15:46 +02:00
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI	0c7398882b	Detect errors when checking if the user is logged in	2024-05-30 08:04:51 +00:00
tinyboxvk	3b705fe5d1	Update actions versions (#2260 ) Fix GitHub Actions Node.js deprecation warnings. Use actions/setup-python cache where appropriate.	2024-05-20 20:07:44 +02:00
Alexander Graf	3ac790d30f	Fix actions/stale 'leave open' handling	2024-05-20 09:50:48 +02:00
Alexander Graf	fbfcd5df18	Close stale issues as "not planned" Fixes #2168.	2024-05-18 16:32:35 +02:00
Alexander Graf	b44a006344	Replace deprecated 'set-output' command in packages workflow	2024-05-18 16:17:59 +02:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	253144203b	Download stories when --load-cookies is used (#2263 )	2024-05-18 16:13:44 +02:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	7d0e46798e	Add support for more browsers (#2258 )	2024-05-18 16:11:12 +02:00
Alexander Graf	fd8245a216	Fix workflow that deploys the documentation	2024-05-18 15:54:38 +02:00
tinyboxvk	3e335984f2	Replace deprecated 'set-output' command (#2261 )	2024-05-18 15:44:36 +02:00
Hector Oliveros	98791fb0aa	Add login required message when getting comments (#2237 ) The comment function in the command line options documentation and the main program file has been edited to state that it now requires login. This change was crucial as the additional requests to Instagram server made for each post necessitate user authentication.	2024-05-12 18:16:36 +00:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	65b12d650c	Use different exit codes for different failures (#2243 )	2024-05-12 18:10:23 +00:00
Henry Mai	1fb98b066a	docs: fix wording and grammar usage (#2203 )	2024-03-29 10:20:13 +01:00
Alexander Graf	14f1c3cb82	Release of version 4.11	2024-03-18 08:08:09 +01:00
Alexander Graf	7a36512093	Third release candidate of version 4.11	2024-03-17 21:08:38 +01:00
Alexander Graf	f423aa1507	Update dependencies	2024-03-17 21:04:56 +01:00
Alexander Graf	1875aede82	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.11	2024-03-17 20:49:37 +01:00
Alexander Graf	2cae933d66	Fix downloading comments Closes issue #2125 by using an iphone endpoint for posts that have more than 50 comments.	2024-03-17 20:42:26 +01:00
Alexander Graf	5509ea7daf	Update sponsors in README	2024-01-12 08:29:09 +01:00
Alexander Graf	2b594909bb	Release of version 4.10.3	2024-01-12 08:15:56 +01:00
Alexander Graf	1852447825	Fix downloading comments Closes issue #2125 by using an iphone endpoint for posts that have more than 50 comments.	2024-01-12 08:13:45 +01:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	baaa2c2998	Add myself to AUTHORS.md (#2160 )	2024-01-08 12:15:13 +01:00
Eduardo Kalinowski	47235bf2b8	Change pinned post detection, fixes #2142 (#2147 ) The property that indicated whether a post is pinned is not available anymore. As a workaround, the first five posts are treated differently (as pinned posts were): if they were already downloaded, they are skipped, but they do not cause the iteration to stop.	2024-01-08 07:46:27 +01:00
Alexander Graf	6eea8e6fcd	Second release candidate of Version 4.11	2023-12-18 08:08:43 +01:00
Alexander Graf	5166fe691a	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.11	2023-12-18 08:07:43 +01:00
Alexander Graf	9fa01509df	Update pipfile.lock dependencies	2023-12-18 08:05:44 +01:00
Alexander Graf	f0420e8a20	Update default user agent	2023-12-18 08:01:06 +01:00
Alexander Graf	7cc13ee08e	Add versionadded directives and spacings	2023-12-18 07:58:53 +01:00
Juned Khan	bf396f0e6c	Implemented fix to avoid simuntaneous use of --login and --load-cookies (#2119 )	2023-12-18 07:50:45 +01:00
Alexander Graf	39566735f7	Release of version 4.10.2	2023-12-09 17:59:08 +01:00
Alexander Graf	fff25d6f4a	Remove unnecessary do_sleep()	2023-12-09 17:58:40 +01:00
LostXOR	b52547ea1c	Fix 403 during login due to incorrect login endpoint and CSRF token location (#2133 )	2023-12-09 17:56:21 +01:00
Alexander Graf	08bf0fef29	Attempt to fix publish package workflow	2023-11-15 08:02:57 +01:00
Alexander Graf	5efa5b3637	First release candidate of Version 4.11	2023-11-15 07:54:59 +01:00
Alexander Graf	82b46605a2	Add notice of 2FA currently not working	2023-11-15 07:53:45 +01:00
Alexander Graf	f80eebec7a	Update default user agent	2023-11-15 07:47:34 +01:00
Juned Khan	5a92f264c8	Load cookies from browser (#2040 )	2023-11-15 07:32:18 +01:00
Alexander Graf	acb65b5cca	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.11	2023-10-16 08:54:59 +02:00
Alexander Graf	51a16a433e	Release of version 4.10.1	2023-10-16 08:27:46 +02:00
Alexander Graf	6145c5b383	Temporarily disable lint check on python 3.11 It fails due to a problem with installing dependencies, which is already fixed in `a3dc75c04e`.	2023-10-16 08:26:10 +02:00
Alexander Graf	a3dc75c04e	Update all dependencies	2023-10-14 17:31:41 +02:00
ybenel	3ebfe40729	Get comment likes (#1998 )	2023-07-17 08:09:20 +02:00