First Release Candidate for Version 4.4.4

If logged-in, Post.url and Post.get_sidecar_nodes() now use the iPhone API
endpoint to obtain the highest-resolution image version. Resolves #630.

A notice "Warning: Use --login to download higher-quality versions of pictures"
is issued if the user tries to download posts without being logged-in.

Further, the message "Errors occurred:", which is displayed when the
InstaloaderContext is closed, has been changed to "Errors or warnings
occurred:".

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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+---
+name: 🐛 Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve 🤕
+labels: bug
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+**To Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behavior:
+(e.g. Instaloader command line)
+
+**Expected behavior**
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen (if not obvious).
+
+**Error messages and tracebacks**
+If applicable, add error messages and tracebacks to help explain your problem.
+
+**Instaloader version**
+`instaloader --version` output.
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context about the problem here.
+
+(please also see https://instaloader.github.io/contributing.html for how to report a bug)

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

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+---
+name: 🚀 Feature Suggestion
+about: Suggest an idea for this project 💡
+labels: "feature suggestion"
+
+---
+
+**Provide us a use case of the feature**
+How could the user invoke the new function? Which problem would it solve? If new information is obtained, how would it be further processed?
+
+**Describe the solution you'd like**
+A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
+
+**Describe alternatives you've considered**
+A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
+
+**If the feature request is accepted, would you be willing to submit a PR?**
+
+Yes / No _(Help can be provided if you need assistance submitting a PR)_
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context about the feature request here.
+
+(please also see https://instaloader.github.io/contributing.html for how to suggest a feature)

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: ❓ Question
+about: If you have a question about how to use Instaloader that's not well covered by our documentation
+labels: question
+
+---
+
+Your question here...

.github/workflows/stale.yml

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+name: Mark stale issues and pull requests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: "10 14 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        only-labels: 'question'
+        stale-issue-message: 'There has been no activity on this question for an extended period of time. This issue will be closed after further 14 days of inactivity.'
+        stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+        exempt-issue-labels: 'leave open'
+        days-before-stale: 15
+        days-before-close: -1
+        remove-stale-when-updated: false
+    - uses: actions/stale@v1
+      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'
+        days-before-stale: 90
+        days-before-close: 14

.github/workflows/windows_exe.yml

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+name: Windows EXE build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Instaloader repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+          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/}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Run custom python script for EXE creation
+        env:
+          VERSION_TAG: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: python deploy/windows/create_exe.py
+      - name: Create draft release
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          release_name: Version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'a') || contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'b') || contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'c')
+      - name: Upload EXE as release asset
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./instaloader-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-windows-standalone.zip
+          asset_name: instaloader-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-windows-standalone.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__/
-build/
-dist/
-instaloader.egg-info/
+.mypy_cache/

.pylintrc

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+[MASTER]
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# paths.
+ignore=CVS
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
+# regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use.
+jobs=0
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Specify a configuration file.
+#rcfile=
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+confidence=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=invalid-name,
+        missing-docstring,
+        too-many-lines,
+        print-statement,
+        parameter-unpacking,
+        unpacking-in-except,
+        old-raise-syntax,
+        backtick,
+        long-suffix,
+        old-ne-operator,
+        old-octal-literal,
+        import-star-module-level,
+        non-ascii-bytes-literal,
+        raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        too-many-instance-attributes,
+        too-many-public-methods,
+        too-many-branches,
+        too-many-arguments,
+        too-many-locals,
+        too-many-statements,
+        no-else-return,
+        no-else-raise,
+        unnecessary-pass,
+        wildcard-import,
+        unused-wildcard-import,
+        apply-builtin,
+        basestring-builtin,
+        buffer-builtin,
+        cmp-builtin,
+        coerce-builtin,
+        execfile-builtin,
+        file-builtin,
+        long-builtin,
+        raw_input-builtin,
+        reduce-builtin,
+        standarderror-builtin,
+        unicode-builtin,
+        xrange-builtin,
+        coerce-method,
+        delslice-method,
+        getslice-method,
+        setslice-method,
+        no-absolute-import,
+        old-division,
+        dict-iter-method,
+        dict-view-method,
+        next-method-called,
+        metaclass-assignment,
+        indexing-exception,
+        raising-string,
+        reload-builtin,
+        oct-method,
+        hex-method,
+        nonzero-method,
+        cmp-method,
+        input-builtin,
+        round-builtin,
+        intern-builtin,
+        unichr-builtin,
+        map-builtin-not-iterating,
+        zip-builtin-not-iterating,
+        range-builtin-not-iterating,
+        filter-builtin-not-iterating,
+        using-cmp-argument,
+        eq-without-hash,
+        div-method,
+        idiv-method,
+        rdiv-method,
+        exception-message-attribute,
+        invalid-str-codec,
+        sys-max-int,
+        bad-python3-import,
+        deprecated-string-function,
+        deprecated-str-translate-call,
+        deprecated-itertools-function,
+        deprecated-types-field,
+        next-method-defined,
+        dict-items-not-iterating,
+        dict-keys-not-iterating,
+        dict-values-not-iterating,
+        deprecated-operator-function,
+        deprecated-urllib-function,
+        xreadlines-attribute,
+        deprecated-sys-function,
+        exception-escape,
+        comprehension-escape
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=c-extension-no-member
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+#msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+output-format=text
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis. It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+
+[STRING]
+
+# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat-in-sequence should
+# generate a warning on implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over
+# several lines.
+check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it working
+# install python-enchant package..
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to indicated private dictionary in
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=no
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX,
+      TODO
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# Format style used to check logging format string. `old` means using %
+# formatting, while `new` is for `{}` formatting.
+logging-format-style=old
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=120
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
+# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
+# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
+# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
+no-space-check=trailing-comma,
+               dict-separator
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style.
+#argument-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           _
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style.
+#variable-rgx=
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=optparse,tkinter.tix
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=5
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement.
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "BaseException, Exception".
+overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
+                       Exception

.travis.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,36 @@
+dist: xenial
 language: python
 python:
- - "3.3"
- - "3.4"
  - "3.5"
- - "3.5-dev"
- - "nightly"
+ - "3.6"
+ - "3.7"
 install:
- - pip install pylint requests
+ - pipenv sync --dev
 script:
- - python3 -m pylint -r n -d bad-whitespace,bad-continuation,missing-docstring,multiple-imports,too-many-arguments,locally-disabled instaloader
+ - pylint instaloader
+ - mypy -m instaloader
+ - make -C docs html SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
+addons:
+  ssh_known_hosts: aur.archlinux.org
+deploy:
+  - provider: pypi
+    user: aandergr
+    on:
+      tags: true
+      python: 3.6
+    password:
+      secure: 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
+  - provider: pages
+    skip-cleanup: true
+    github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
+    local-dir: docs/_build/html
+    repo: instaloader/instaloader.github.io
+    target-branch: master
+    on:
+      tags: true
+      python: 3.6
+  - provider: script
+    script: deploy/arch/deploy.sh $TRAVIS_TAG
+    on:
+      tags: true
+      python: 3.6

AUTHORS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Authors
+=======
+
+Instaloader is written by
+
+- Alexander Graf (@aandergr)
+- André Koch-Kramer (@Thammus)
+- Lars Lindqvist (@e5150)

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Graf and André Koch-Kramer.
+Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Alexander Graf and André Koch-Kramer.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

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+
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+        }
+    }
+}

README.md

@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# instaloader
-
-Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given set
-of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile.
-
-## Usage
-
-instaloader is written in Python, thus ensure having
-[Python](https://www.python.org/) (at least version 3.3) installed.
-
-If you intend to use this tool under Windows, it is highly recommended to first install
-[win-unicode-console](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/win_unicode_console).
-
-After having [downloaded instaloader](https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases), unzip it and
-invoke bundled `setup.py` (requiring [setuptools](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools)) to
-install it:
-```
-./setup.py install [--user]
-```
-(pass `--user` to install it for your user only instead of globally)
-instaloader requires [python3-requests](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests/), which will be
-installed automatically by setup.py, if not already installed.
-
-Now, to download a set of profiles, do
-```
-instaloader profile [profile ...]
-```
-where `profile` is the name of a profile you want to download. Instead of only one profile, you may
-also specify a list of profiles.
-
-To later update your local copy of that profile, you may run
-```
-instaloader --fast-update profile [profile ...]
-```
-When `--fast-update` is given, instaloder terminates when arriving at the first already-downloaded
-picture.
-
-Instaloader can also be used to **download private profiles**. To do so, invoke it with
-```
-instaloader --login=your_username profile [profile ...]
-```
-When invoked like this, it also **stores the session cookies** in a file in `/tmp`, which will be
-reused later when `--login` is given. So you can download private profiles **non-interactively**
-when you already have a valid session cookies file.
-
-If you want to **download all followees of a given profile**, call
-```
-instaloader --login=your_username @profile
-```
-
-To **download all the pictures which you have liked**, call
-```
-instaloader --login=your_username :feed-liked
-```
-
-The `--quiet` option makes it also **suitable as a cron job**.
-
-To get a list of other helpful flags, run `instaloader --help`.
-
-## Usage as library
-
-You may also use parts of instaloader as library to do other interesting things.
-
-For example, to get a list of all followers of a profile as well as their follower count, do
-```python
-import instaloader
-
-# login
-session = instaloader.get_logged_in_session(USERNAME)
-
-# get followees
-followees = instaloader.get_followees(PROFILE, session)
-for f in followees:
-    print("%i\t%s\t%s" % (f['follower_count'], f['username'], f['full_name']))
-```
-
-Then, you may download all pictures of all followees with
-```python
-for f in followees:
-    try:
-        instaloader.download(f['username'], session)
-    except instaloader.NonfatalException:
-        pass
-```
-
-You could also download your last 20 liked pics with
-```python
-instaloader.download_feed_pics(session, max_count=20, fast_update=True,
-                               filter_func=lambda node: not node["likes"]["viewer_has_liked"])
-```
-
-Each Instagram profile has its own unique ID which stays unmodified even if a user changes his/her
-username. To get said ID, given the profile's name, you may call
-```python
-instaloader.get_id_by_username(PROFILE_NAME)
-```
-
-`get_followees()` also returns unique IDs for all loaded followees. To get the current username of a
-profile, given this unique ID
-`get_username_by_id()` can be used. For example:
-```python
-instaloader.get_username_by_id(session, followees[0]['id'])
-```

README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instaloader/instaloader/master/docs/logo_heading.png
+
+.. badges-start
+
+|travis| |pypi| |pyversion| |license| |aur| |contributors| |downloads|
+
+.. |travis| image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/instaloader/instaloader/master.svg
+   :alt: Travis-CI Build Status
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/instaloader/instaloader
+
+.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Instaloader PyPI Project Page
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/instaloader/
+
+.. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/instaloader/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: MIT License
+   :target: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+.. |pyversion| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Supported Python Versions
+
+.. |contributors| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/instaloader/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Contributor Count
+   :target: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/graphs/contributors
+
+.. |aur| image:: https://img.shields.io/aur/version/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Arch User Repository Package
+   :target: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/instaloader/
+
+.. |downloads| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: PyPI Download Count
+
+.. badges-end
+
+::
+
+    $ pip3 install instaloader
+
+    $ instaloader profile [profile ...]
+
+**Instaloader**
+
+- downloads **public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories,
+  feeds and saved media**,
+
+- downloads **comments, geotags and captions** of each post,
+
+- automatically **detects profile name changes** and renames the target
+  directory accordingly,
+
+- allows **fine-grained customization** of filters and where to store
+  downloaded media.
+
+::
+
+    instaloader [--comments] [--geotags]
+                [--stories] [--highlights] [--tagged] [--igtv]
+                [--login YOUR-USERNAME] [--fast-update]
+                profile | "#hashtag" | :stories | :feed | :saved
+
+`Instaloader Documentation <https://instaloader.github.io/>`__
+
+
+How to Automatically Download Pictures from Instagram
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+To **download all pictures and videos of a profile**, as well as the
+**profile picture**, do
+
+::
+
+    instaloader profile [profile ...]
+
+where ``profile`` is the name of a profile you want to download. Instead
+of only one profile, you may also specify a list of profiles.
+
+To later **update your local copy** of that profiles, you may run
+
+::
+
+    instaloader --fast-update profile [profile ...]
+
+If ``--fast-update`` is given, Instaloader stops when arriving at the
+first already-downloaded picture. When updating profiles, Instaloader
+automatically **detects profile name changes** and renames the target directory
+accordingly.
+
+Instaloader can also be used to **download private profiles**. To do so,
+invoke it with
+
+::
+
+    instaloader --login=your_username profile [profile ...]
+
+When logging in, Instaloader **stores the session cookies** in a file in your
+temporary directory, which will be reused later the next time ``--login``
+is given.  So you can download private profiles **non-interactively** when you
+already have a valid session cookie file.
+
+`Instaloader Documentation <https://instaloader.github.io/basic-usage.html>`__
+
+
+Disclaimer
+----------
+
+.. disclaimer-start
+
+Instaloader is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or
+subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial project. Use at your own risk.
+
+Instaloader is licensed under an MIT license. Refer to ``LICENSE`` file for more information.
+
+.. disclaimer-end
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+As an open source project, Instaloader heavily depends on the contributions from
+its community. See
+`contributing <https://instaloader.github.io/contributing.html>`__
+for how you may help Instaloader to become an even greater tool.
+
+It is a pleasure for us to share our Instaloader to the world, and we are proud
+to have attracted such an active and motivating community, with so many users
+who share their suggestions and ideas with us. Buying a community-sponsored beer
+or coffee from time to time is very likely to further raise our passion for the
+development of Instaloader.
+
+| For Donations, we provide a PayPal.Me link and a Bitcoin address.
+|  PayPal: `PayPal.me/aandergr <https://www.paypal.me/aandergr>`__
+|  BTC: 1Nst4LoadeYzrKjJ1DX9CpbLXBYE9RKLwY

deploy/arch/.SRCINFO.template

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+pkgbase = instaloader
+	pkgdesc = Command line tool to download pictures, videos and metadata from Instagram
+	pkgver = {{version}}
+	pkgrel = 1
+	url = https://instaloader.github.io/
+	arch = any
+	license = MIT
+	makedepends = python-setuptools
+	depends = python>=3.5
+	depends = python-requests>=2.4
+	options = !emptydirs
+	source = instaloader-{{version}}.tar.gz::https://codeload.github.com/instaloader/instaloader/tar.gz/v{{version}}
+	sha512sums = {{hash}}
+
+pkgname = instaloader

deploy/arch/PKGBUILD.template

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Maintainer: André Koch-Kramer <koch-kramer@web.de>
+
+pkgname=instaloader
+pkgver={{version}}
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Command line tool to download pictures, videos and metadata from Instagram"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://instaloader.github.io/"
+license=('MIT')
+groups=()
+depends=('python>=3.5' 'python-requests>=2.4')
+makedepends=('python-setuptools')
+options=('!emptydirs')
+source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://codeload.github.com/instaloader/instaloader/tar.gz/v$pkgver)
+sha512sums=('{{hash}}')
+
+build() {
+	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+	python setup.py clean --all
+	python setup.py build
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+	install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
+	python setup.py install --root "$pkgdir/" --skip-build
+}

deploy/arch/deploy.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=${1:1}
+
+# do not deploy pre-releases
+echo $VERSION | grep -qe "[abc]" && exit 0
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+# decrypt and add ssh key
+openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_354637631c28_key -iv $encrypted_354637631c28_iv -in id_rsa_AUR.enc -out /tmp/AUR_openssh -d
+eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
+chmod 600 /tmp/AUR_openssh
+ssh-add /tmp/AUR_openssh
+
+# clone and modify AUR repo
+git clone --depth 1 ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/instaloader.git
+
+curl -sSfOJ https://codeload.github.com/instaloader/instaloader/tar.gz/$1
+HASH=$(sha512sum instaloader-$VERSION.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d " ")
+sed -e "s/{{version}}/$VERSION/g" -e "s/{{hash}}/$HASH/g" PKGBUILD.template > instaloader/PKGBUILD
+sed -e "s/{{version}}/$VERSION/g" -e "s/{{hash}}/$HASH/g" .SRCINFO.template > instaloader/.SRCINFO
+
+# commit and push changes
+cd instaloader
+git config user.email "koch-kramer@web.de"
+git config user.name "André Koch-Kramer"
+git add .
+git commit -m "Release of version $VERSION"
+git push

deploy/windows/create_exe.py

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import hashlib
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# copy the required files into repo root
+shutil.copy('docs/favicon.ico', '.')
+shutil.copy('deploy/windows/instaloader.spec', '.')
+
+code = """
+import contextlib
+import psutil
+import subprocess
+
+def __main():
+    with contextlib.suppress(AttributeError, psutil.Error):
+        if psutil.Process().parent().parent().name() == "explorer.exe":
+            subprocess.Popen("powershell -NoExit -Command \\\"& {0}\\\"".format(sys.argv[0]))
+            return
+    main()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    __main()
+"""
+
+with open('instaloader/__main__.py', 'r') as f:
+    # adjust imports for changed file structure
+    regex = re.compile(r'from (?:(\.[^ ]+ )|\.( ))import')
+    lines = [regex.sub(r'from instaloader\1\2import', line) for line in f.readlines()]
+
+    # insert code for magic exe behavior
+    index = lines.index('if __name__ == "__main__":\n')
+    code_lines = [cl + '\n' for cl in code.splitlines()]
+    for i, code_line in enumerate(code_lines):
+        if i + index < len(lines):
+            lines[i + index] = code_line
+        else:
+            lines.extend(code_lines[i:])
+            break
+
+with open('__main__.py', 'w+') as f:
+    f.writelines(lines)
+
+# install dependencies and invoke PyInstaller
+commands = ["pip install pipenv==2018.11.26",
+            "pipenv sync --dev",
+            "pipenv run pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG instaloader.spec"]
+
+for command in commands:
+    print()
+    print('#' * (len(command) + 6))
+    print('## {} ##'.format(command))
+    print('#' * (len(command) + 6))
+    print(flush=True)
+    err = subprocess.Popen(command).wait()
+    if err != 0:
+        sys.exit(err)
+
+# calculate and store MD5 hash for created executable
+hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
+with open('dist/instaloader.exe', 'rb') as f:
+    for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b''):
+        hash_md5.update(chunk)
+
+with open('dist/instaloader.exe.md5', 'w+') as f:
+    f.write('{} *instaloader.exe\n'.format(hash_md5.hexdigest()))
+
+# Create ZIP file
+shutil.make_archive('instaloader-{}-windows-standalone'.format(os.getenv('VERSION_TAG')), 'zip', 'dist')

deploy/windows/instaloader.spec

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+# -*- mode: python -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['__main__.py'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[],
+             hiddenimports=[],
+             hookspath=[],
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,
+          name='instaloader',
+          debug=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=False,
+          runtime_tmpdir=None,
+          console=True , icon='favicon.ico')

docs/.gitignore

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+_build/

docs/Makefile

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+# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line.
+SPHINXOPTS    =
+SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
+PAPER         =
+BUILDDIR      = _build
+
+# Internal variables.
+PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
+PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
+ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+# the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
+I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+
+.PHONY: help
+help:
+	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
+	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
+	@echo "  dirhtml    to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
+	@echo "  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
+	@echo "  pickle     to make pickle files"
+	@echo "  json       to make JSON files"
+	@echo "  htmlhelp   to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
+	@echo "  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project"
+	@echo "  applehelp  to make an Apple Help Book"
+	@echo "  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
+	@echo "  epub       to make an epub"
+	@echo "  epub3      to make an epub3"
+	@echo "  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
+	@echo "  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
+	@echo "  latexpdfja to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx"
+	@echo "  text       to make text files"
+	@echo "  man        to make manual pages"
+	@echo "  texinfo    to make Texinfo files"
+	@echo "  info       to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo"
+	@echo "  gettext    to make PO message catalogs"
+	@echo "  changes    to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
+	@echo "  xml        to make Docutils-native XML files"
+	@echo "  pseudoxml  to make pseudoxml-XML files for display purposes"
+	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
+	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
+	@echo "  coverage   to run coverage check of the documentation (if enabled)"
+	@echo "  dummy      to check syntax errors of document sources"
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
+
+.PHONY: html
+html:
+	LC_ALL=C $(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
+
+.PHONY: dirhtml
+dirhtml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml."
+
+.PHONY: singlehtml
+singlehtml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b singlehtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML page is in $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml."
+
+.PHONY: pickle
+pickle:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
+
+.PHONY: json
+json:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
+
+.PHONY: htmlhelp
+htmlhelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
+	      ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
+
+.PHONY: qthelp
+qthelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
+	      ".qhcp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp, like this:"
+	@echo "# qcollectiongenerator $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/Instaloader.qhcp"
+	@echo "To view the help file:"
+	@echo "# assistant -collectionFile $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/Instaloader.qhc"
+
+.PHONY: applehelp
+applehelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b applehelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/applehelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The help book is in $(BUILDDIR)/applehelp."
+	@echo "N.B. You won't be able to view it unless you put it in" \
+	      "~/Library/Documentation/Help or install it in your application" \
+	      "bundle."
+
+.PHONY: devhelp
+devhelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished."
+	@echo "To view the help file:"
+	@echo "# mkdir -p $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/Instaloader"
+	@echo "# ln -s $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/Instaloader"
+	@echo "# devhelp"
+
+.PHONY: epub
+epub:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
+
+.PHONY: epub3
+epub3:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub3 $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub3
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The epub3 file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub3."
+
+.PHONY: latex
+latex:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
+	      "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
+
+.PHONY: latexpdf
+latexpdf:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
+	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+
+.PHONY: latexpdfja
+latexpdfja:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo "Running LaTeX files through platex and dvipdfmx..."
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf-ja
+	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+
+.PHONY: text
+text:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b text $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/text
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The text files are in $(BUILDDIR)/text."
+
+.PHONY: man
+man:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
+
+.PHONY: texinfo
+texinfo:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The Texinfo files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through makeinfo" \
+	      "(use \`make info' here to do that automatically)."
+
+.PHONY: info
+info:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+	@echo "Running Texinfo files through makeinfo..."
+	make -C $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo info
+	@echo "makeinfo finished; the Info files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+
+.PHONY: gettext
+gettext:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext $(I18NSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/locale
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
+
+.PHONY: changes
+changes:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
+	@echo
+	@echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
+
+.PHONY: linkcheck
+linkcheck:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
+	@echo
+	@echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
+	      "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."
+
+.PHONY: doctest
+doctest:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
+	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
+	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
+
+.PHONY: coverage
+coverage:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b coverage $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/coverage
+	@echo "Testing of coverage in the sources finished, look at the " \
+	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/coverage/python.txt."
+
+.PHONY: xml
+xml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b xml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/xml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/xml."
+
+.PHONY: pseudoxml
+pseudoxml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pseudoxml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The pseudo-XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml."
+
+.PHONY: dummy
+dummy:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b dummy $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dummy
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. Dummy builder generates no files."
+
+favicon.ico: logo.svg
+	convert -density 384 -background transparent -define icon:auto-resize -colors 256 logo.svg favicon.ico
+
+logo.png: logo.svg
+	inkscape -z -e logo.png -w 100 -h 100 logo.svg

docs/README.md

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+# Instaloader Documentation
+
+This directory contains sources for the Instaloader documentation.
+
+The documentation is hosted at:
+https://instaloader.github.io/
+
+## Build
+
+The documentation is created with [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/). To build it, use
+
+```
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+make html
+```

docs/_static/instaloader.css

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+@import url(bootstrap-4.1.3.min.css);
+a {
+  color: #008d06; }
+  a:hover, a.current, a.active {
+    color: #f48400; }
+  a.current, a.active {
+    font-weight: 500; }
+
+.doc-sidebar a:hover, .modal-body a:hover {
+  text-decoration: none; }
+
+code {
+  color: #212529; }
+
+.highlight {
+  border-radius: 0.3em; }
+  .highlight pre {
+    padding: 0.7em;
+    color: #fff; }
+  .highlight .c1, .highlight .k, .highlight .kn, .highlight .ow {
+    color: #008d06; }
+  .highlight .nb, .highlight .ne, .highlight .nf, .highlight .vm {
+    color: #f48400; }
+  .highlight .s1, .highlight .s2, .highlight .sa, .highlight .se, .highlight .si, .highlight .mi {
+    color: #ff7efd; }
+  .highlight .c1, .highlight .nf, .highlight .sa, .highlight .se, .highlight .si {
+    font-style: italic; }
+  .highlight .k, .highlight .kn, .highlight .ow {
+    font-weight: bold; }
+
+.doc-content {
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+  top: 3.5625em;
+  position: fixed;
+  bottom: 0;
+  overflow-y: auto; }
+
+.doc-sidebar {
+  position: fixed;
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+  top: 3.5625em;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  overflow-y: auto; }
+  .doc-sidebar ul {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    padding-left: 1em; }
+    .doc-sidebar ul.current {
+      padding-left: 0; }
+  .doc-sidebar li {
+    padding-top: 0.2em;
+    padding-bottom: 0.2em; }
+
+.admonition {
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  background-color: #f8f9fa; }
+  .admonition .admonition-title {
+    color: #ff7efd; }
+
+.topic {
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+  background-color: #f8f9fa; }
+
+.nav-link {
+  padding-top: 0;
+  padding-bottom: 0; }
+
+.btn-success {
+  background-color: #008d06;
+  border-color: #008d06; }
+  .btn-success:hover {
+    background-color: #f48400;
+    border-color: #f48400; }
+
+/*# sourceMappingURL=instaloader.css.map */

docs/_static/instaloader.js

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+$(function () {
+    $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip();
+
+    $('.doc-sidebar > ul > li.current').attr("id", "localtoc");
+    $('#localtoc ul').addClass("nav flex-column");
+    $('#localtoc ul li').addClass("nav-item");
+    $('#localtoc ul li a').addClass("nav-link");
+    $('.doc-content').scrollspy({target: '#localtoc'});
+
+    const top_href = '#' + $('.section:first').attr("id");
+    $('#localtoc > a.current').attr("href", top_href);
+
+    $('#navbarToc a').on("click", function () {
+        const href = $(this).attr("href");
+        if (href === '#') {
+            window.location.href = top_href;
+        } else {
+            window.location.href = href;
+        }
+        $('#navbarToc').modal('hide');
+    });
+});

docs/_static/instaloader.scss

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+@import 'bootstrap-4.1.3.min.css';
+
+$color_instaloader_main: #008d06;
+$color_instaloader_accent: #f48400;
+$color_instaloader_hyper: #ff7efd;
+$color_normal_text: #212529;
+$color_light_bg: #f8f9fa;
+
+a {
+  color: $color_instaloader_main;
+
+  &:hover, &.current, &.active {
+    color: $color_instaloader_accent;
+  }
+
+  &.current, &.active {
+    font-weight: 500;
+  }
+}
+
+.doc-sidebar, .modal-body {
+  a:hover {
+    text-decoration: none
+  }
+}
+
+code {
+  color: $color_normal_text;
+}
+
+.highlight {
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+
+  pre {
+    padding: 0.7em;
+    color: #fff;
+  }
+
+  .c1, .k, .kn, .ow {
+    color: $color_instaloader_main
+  }
+
+  .nb, .ne, .nf, .vm {
+    color: $color_instaloader_accent
+  }
+
+  .s1, .s2, .sa, .se, .si, .mi {
+    color: $color_instaloader_hyper
+  }
+
+  .c1, .nf, .sa, .se, .si {
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+
+  .k, .kn, .ow {
+    font-weight: bold
+  }
+}
+
+.doc-content {
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+  top: 3.5625em;
+  position: fixed;
+  bottom: 0;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
+.doc-sidebar {
+  position: fixed;
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+  top: 3.5625em;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+
+  ul {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    padding-left: 1em;
+
+    &.current {
+      padding-left: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  li {
+    padding-top: 0.2em;
+    padding-bottom: 0.2em;
+
+  }
+}
+
+.admonition {
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  background-color: $color_light_bg;
+
+  .admonition-title {
+    color: $color_instaloader_hyper;
+  }
+}
+
+.topic {
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+  background-color: $color_light_bg;
+}
+
+.nav-link {
+  padding-top: 0;
+  padding-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.btn-success {
+  background-color: $color_instaloader_main;
+  border-color: $color_instaloader_main;
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: $color_instaloader_accent;
+    border-color: $color_instaloader_accent;
+  }
+}

docs/_templates/layout.html

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+{% extends "!layout.html" %}
+
+{% set html5_doctype = True %}
+
+{% set script_files = script_files + ['_static/bootstrap-4.1.3.bundle.min.js', '_static/instaloader.js'] %}
+
+{% block htmltitle %}
+  {% if pagename == "index" %}
+    <title>{{ title|striptags|e }}</title>
+  {% else %}
+    <title>{{ title|striptags|e }}{{ titlesuffix }}</title>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extrahead %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+  <meta name="google-site-verification" content="FNUsDdkOJM9obm9QEdrNBVd9AtAzHzA-aaSMCUrS6C8"/>
+  {% if pagename == "index" %}
+    <link rel="canonical" href="https://instaloader.github.io/"/>
+  {% else %}
+    <link rel="canonical" href="https://instaloader.github.io/{{ pagename }}.html"/>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block header %}
+  <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar-light bg-light fixed-top 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">
+      Instaloader
+    </a>
+    <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
+      <li class="nav-item ml-0 ml-sm-2 ml-md-0">
+        <a target="_blank" class="nav-link"
+           href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/tag/v{{ current_release }}"
+           title="Released on {{ current_release_date }}" data-toggle="tooltip">v<b>{{ current_release }}</b></a>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+    <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarLinks"
+            aria-controls="navbarLinks" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
+      <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
+    </button>
+    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarLinks">
+      <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
+        <li class="nav-item">
+          <a target="_blank" class="nav-link" href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues">Issues</a>
+        </li>
+        <li class="nav-item">
+          <a target="_blank" class="nav-link" href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases">Releases</a>
+        </li>
+        <li class="nav-item">
+          <a target="_blank" class="nav-link" href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader">GitHub</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+      <form class="form-inline" action="search.html" method="get">
+        <div class="input-group my-2 my-sm-0 ml-2">
+          <input class="form-control" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" name="q">
+          <div class="input-group-append">
+            <button class="btn btn-success btn-small" type="submit">Go</button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+    {% if pagename != "index" %}
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-success d-md-none btn-small ml-2" data-toggle="modal"
+              data-target="#navbarToc">
+        TOC
+      </button>
+    {% endif %}
+  </nav>
+  {% if pagename != "index" %}
+    <div class="modal fade" id="navbarToc" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"
+         aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="navbarTocTitle">
+      <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered" role="document">
+        <div class="modal-content">
+          <div class="modal-header">
+            <h5 class="modal-title" id="navbarTocTitle">Contents</h5>
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+              <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          <div class="modal-body">
+            {{ toctree(maxdepth=-1) }}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block relbar1 %}{% endblock %}
+{% block relbar2 %}{% endblock %}
+{% block footer %}{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+  <div class="container-fluid row">
+    <div class="col-12 {% if pagename != "index" %}col-md-9 col-xl-10{% endif %} doc-content">
+      {% block body %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+    {% if pagename != "index" %}
+      <div class="d-none col-md-3 col-xl-2 bg-light doc-sidebar d-md-flex flex-column border-left">
+
+        <h3>{{ _('Table of Contents') }}</h3>
+        {{ toctree(maxdepth=-1) }}
+
+        <div class="d-flex justify-content-between small mt-auto mb-2">
+          <a class="reference internal{% if pagename == "genindex" %} current{% endif %}" href="genindex.html">Index</a>
+          {% if pagename != "genindex" and pagename != "search" %}
+            <a class="reference external"
+               href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/edit/master/docs/{{ pagename }}.rst">Edit this page</a>
+          {% endif %}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    {% endif %}
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}

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+{% extends "!page.html" %}
+{% block body %}
+{{ super() }}
+{% if next and prev %}
+<h2>Next Section</h2>
+<p>
+  <a class="reference internal" href="{{ next.link|e }}">{{ next.title }}</a>
+</p>
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}

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+{% extends "!search.html" %}
+
+{% block body %}
+  <div id="fallback" class="admonition warning">
+    <script type="text/javascript">$('#fallback').hide();</script>
+    <p>
+      {% trans %}Please activate JavaScript to enable the search
+        functionality.{% endtrans %}
+    </p>
+  </div>
+  {% if search_performed %}
+    <h1>{{ _('Search Results') }}</h1>
+    {% if not search_results %}
+      <p>{{ _('Your search did not match any documents. Please make sure that all words are spelled correctly and that you\'ve selected enough categories.') }}</p>
+    {% endif %}
+  {% endif %}
+  <div id="search-results">
+    {% if search_results %}
+      <ul>
+        {% for href, caption, context in search_results %}
+          <li><a href="{{ pathto(item.href) }}">{{ caption }}</a>
+            <div class="context">{{ context|e }}</div>
+          </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    {% endif %}
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}

docs/as-module.rst

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+.. meta::
+   :description:
+      Documentation of Instaloader module, a powerful and intuitive
+      Python library to download Instagram media and metadata.
+
+.. _python-module-instaloader:
+
+Python Module :mod:`instaloader`
+--------------------------------
+
+.. module:: instaloader
+
+.. highlight:: python
+
+.. contents::
+  :backlinks: none
+
+Instaloader exposes its internally used methods and structures as a Python
+module, making it a **powerful and intuitive Python API for Instagram**,
+allowing to further customize obtaining media and metadata.
+
+Start with getting an instance of :class:`Instaloader`::
+
+    import instaloader
+
+    # Get instance
+    L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+    # Optionally, login or load session
+    L.login(USER, PASSWORD)        # (login)
+    L.interactive_login(USER)      # (ask password on terminal)
+    L.load_session_from_file(USER) # (load session created w/
+                                   #  `instaloader -l USERNAME`)
+
+:mod:`instaloader` provides the :class:`Post` structure, which represents a
+picture, video or sidecar (set of multiple pictures/videos) posted in a user's
+profile. :class:`Instaloader` provides methods to iterate over Posts from a
+certain source::
+
+    for post in instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, 'cat').get_posts():
+        # post is an instance of instaloader.Post
+        L.download_post(post, target='#cat')
+
+:class:`Post` instances can be created with:
+
+- :func:`Post.from_shortcode`
+   Use a Post shortcode (part of the Post URL,
+   ``https://www.instagram.com/p/SHORTCODE/``) to create a Post
+   object::
+
+      post = Post.from_shortcode(L.context, SHORTCODE)
+
+- :meth:`Profile.get_posts`
+   All media of a :class:`Profile`.
+
+- :meth:`Profile.get_saved_posts`
+   Media that the user marked as saved (:class:`Profile` must be own profile
+   for this to work)
+
+- :meth:`Instaloader.get_feed_posts`
+   Media in the user's feed.
+
+- :meth:`Instaloader.get_explore_posts`
+   Media that is suggested by Instagram to explore.
+
+- :meth:`Hashtag.get_posts`
+   Media associated with given hashtag.
+
+With the :class:`Profile` class, Instaloader also makes it easy to access
+metadata of a Profile. :class:`Profile` instances can be created with:
+
+- :meth:`Profile.from_username`::
+
+     profile = Profile.from_username(L.context, USERNAME)
+
+- :meth:`Profile.from_id`
+   given its User ID. This allows to easily lookup a Profile's username given
+   its ID::
+
+      Profile.from_id(L.context, USERID).username
+
+- :meth:`Profile.get_followees`
+   Profiles that are followed by given user.
+
+- :meth:`Profile.get_followers`
+   Profiles that follow given user.
+
+- :attr:`Post.owner_profile`, :attr:`Story.owner_profile` and :attr:`StoryItem.owner_profile`
+   Owner profile of particular object.
+
+- :meth:`Post.get_likes`
+   Profiles that liked a given :class:`Post`
+
+- :attr:`PostComment.owner` attribute for comment in :meth:`Post.get_comments`
+   Profile of a Post comment.
+
+A reference of the many methods provided by the :mod:`instaloader` module is
+provided in the remainder of this document.
+
+For a list of real code examples using the Instaloader module for advanced
+tasks, see :ref:`codesnippets`.
+
+``Instaloader`` (Main Class)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. autoclass:: Instaloader
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+Instagram Structures
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Posts
+"""""
+
+.. autoclass:: Post
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+Additionally, the following trivial structures are defined:
+
+.. autoclass:: PostSidecarNode
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+.. autoclass:: PostComment
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+.. autoclass:: PostCommentAnswer
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+.. autoclass:: PostLocation
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+User Stories
+""""""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: Story
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+.. autoclass:: StoryItem
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+Highlights
+""""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: Highlight
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+   :inherited-members:
+
+   Bases: :class:`Story`
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+Profiles
+""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: Profile
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+Hashtags
+""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: Hashtag
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.4
+
+TopSearchResults
+""""""""""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: TopSearchResults
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
+Loading and Saving
+""""""""""""""""""
+
+:class:`Post`, :class:`StoryItem`, :class:`Profile` and :class:`Hashtag` can be saved and loaded
+to/from JSON files.
+
+.. autofunction:: load_structure_from_file
+
+.. autofunction:: save_structure_to_file
+
+Exceptions
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. currentmodule:: instaloader.exceptions
+
+.. autoexception:: InstaloaderException
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+.. autoexception:: ConnectionException
+
+.. currentmodule:: instaloader
+
+.. autoexception:: QueryReturnedBadRequestException
+
+.. autoexception:: QueryReturnedForbiddenException
+
+.. autoexception:: ProfileNotExistsException
+
+.. autoexception:: ProfileHasNoPicsException
+
+.. autoexception:: PrivateProfileNotFollowedException
+
+.. autoexception:: LoginRequiredException
+
+.. autoexception:: TwoFactorAuthRequiredException
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.2
+
+.. autoexception:: InvalidArgumentException
+
+.. autoexception:: BadResponseException
+
+.. autoexception:: BadCredentialsException
+
+.. autoexception:: PostChangedException
+
+.. autoexception:: QueryReturnedNotFoundException
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.3
+      QueryReturnedNotFoundException now inherits ConnectionException
+      to retry on 404 errors.
+
+
+.. autoexception:: TooManyRequestsException
+
+``InstaloaderContext`` (Low-level functions)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. autoclass:: InstaloaderContext
+   :no-show-inheritance:

docs/basic-usage.rst

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+.. meta::
+   :description:
+      How to download pictures from Instagram. Description of basic
+      usage of Instaloader, free tool to download photos from public
+      and private profiles, hashtags, stories, feeds, saved media, and
+      their metadata, comments and captions.
+
+.. _download-pictures-from-instagram:
+
+Download Pictures from Instagram
+---------------------------------
+
+.. highlight:: none
+
+Here we describe how to use Instaloader to download pictures from Instagram. If
+you do not have Instaloader installed yet, see :ref:`install`.
+
+.. NOTE that Section "Basic Usage" is duplicated in README.rst.
+
+Basic Usage
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To **download all pictures and videos of a profile**, as well as the
+**profile picture**, do
+
+::
+
+    instaloader profile [profile ...]
+
+where ``profile`` is the name of a profile you want to download. Instead
+of only one profile, you may also specify a list of profiles.
+
+To later **update your local copy** of that profiles, you may run
+
+::
+
+    instaloader --fast-update profile [profile ...]
+
+If :option:`--fast-update` is given, Instaloader stops when arriving at the
+first already-downloaded picture.
+
+When updating profiles, Instaloader
+automatically **detects profile name changes** and renames the target directory
+accordingly.
+
+Instaloader can also be used to **download private profiles**. To do so,
+invoke it with
+
+::
+
+    instaloader --login=your_username profile [profile ...]
+
+When logging in, Instaloader **stores the session cookies** in a file in your
+home directory, which will be reused later the next time :option:`--login`
+is given.  So you can download private profiles **non-interactively** when you
+already have a valid session cookie file.
+
+.. _what-to-download:
+
+What to Download
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. targets-start
+
+Instaloader supports the following targets:
+
+- ``profile``
+   Public profile, or private profile with :option:`--login`.
+
+   If an already-downloaded profile has been renamed, Instaloader automatically
+   finds it by its unique ID and renames the folder accordingly.
+
+   Besides the profile's posts, its current profile picture is downloaded. For
+   each profile you download,
+
+   - :option:`--stories`
+      instructs Instaloader to also **download the user's stories**,
+
+   - :option:`--highlights`
+      to **download highlights of each profile that is downloaded**,
+
+   - :option:`--tagged`
+      to **download posts where the user is tagged**, and
+
+   - :option:`--igtv`
+      to **download IGTV videos**.
+
+- ``"#hashtag"``
+   Posts with a certain **hashtag** (the quotes are usually necessary),
+
+- ``%location id``
+   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`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.2
+
+- ``:stories``
+   The currently-visible **stories** of your followees (requires
+   :option:`--login`),
+
+- ``:feed``
+   Your **feed** (requires :option:`--login`),
+
+- ``:saved``
+   Posts which are marked as **saved** (requires :option:`--login`),
+
+- ``@profile``
+   All profiles that are followed by ``profile``, i.e. the *followees* of
+   ``profile`` (requires :option:`--login`).
+
+- ``-post``
+   The single **post** with the given shortcode. Must be preceeded by ``--`` in
+   the argument list to not be mistaken as an option flag.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+.. targets-end
+
+Instaloader goes through all media matching the specified targets and
+downloads the pictures and videos and their captions. You can specify
+
+- :option:`--comments`
+   also **download comments** of each post,
+
+- :option:`--geotags`
+   **download geotags** of each post and save them as
+   Google Maps link (requires :option:`--login`),
+
+For a reference of all supported command line options, see
+:ref:`command-line-options`.
+
+.. _filename-specification:
+
+Filename Specification
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For each target, Instaloader creates a directory named after the target,
+i.e. ``profile``, ``#hashtag``, ``%location id``, ``:feed``, etc. and therein saves the
+posts in files named after the post's timestamp.
+
+:option:`--dirname-pattern` allows to configure the directory name of each
+target. The default is ``--dirname-pattern={target}``. In the dirname
+pattern, the token ``{target}`` is replaced by the target name, and
+``{profile}`` is replaced by the owner of the post which is downloaded.
+
+:option:`--filename-pattern` configures the path of the post's files relative
+to the target directory that is specified with :option:`--dirname-pattern`.
+The default is ``--filename-pattern={date_utc}_UTC``.
+The tokens ``{target}`` and ``{profile}`` are replaced like in the
+dirname pattern. The following tokens are defined for usage with
+:option:`--filename-pattern`:
+
+- ``{target}``
+   Target name (as given in Instaloader command line)
+
+- ``{profile}`` (same as ``{owner_username}``)
+   Owner of the Post / StoryItem.
+
+- ``{owner_id}``
+   Unique integer ID of owner profile.
+
+- ``{shortcode}``
+   Shortcode (identifier string).
+
+- ``{mediaid}``
+   Integer representation of shortcode.
+
+- ``{date_utc}`` (same as ``{date}``)
+   Creation time in UTC timezone.
+   `strftime()-style formatting options <https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`__
+   are supported as format specifier. The default date format specifier used by
+   Instaloader is::
+
+      {date_utc:%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S}
+
+For example, encode the poster's profile name in the filenames with::
+
+    instaloader --filename-pattern={date_utc}_UTC_{profile} "#hashtag"
+
+As another example, you may instruct Instaloader to store posts in a
+``PROFILE/YEAR/SHORTCODE.jpg`` directory structure::
+
+    instaloader --dirname-pattern={profile} --filename-pattern={date_utc:%Y}/{shortcode} <target> ...
+
+.. _filter-posts:
+
+Filter Posts
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. py:currentmodule:: instaloader
+
+The options :option:`--post-filter` and :option:`--storyitem-filter`
+allows to specify criteria that posts or story items have to
+meet to be downloaded. If not given, all posts are downloaded.
+
+The filter string must be a
+`Python boolean expression <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#boolean-operations>`__
+where the attributes from :class:`Post` or
+:class:`StoryItem` respectively are defined.
+
+Id est, 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)
+   Owner profile username / userid.
+
+- :attr:`~Post.date_utc` (datetime), :attr:`~Post.date_local` (datetime)
+   Creation timestamp. Since :class:`~datetime.datetime` objects can be created
+   inside filter strings, this easily allows filtering by creation date. E.g.::
+
+      instaloader --post-filter="date_utc <= datetime(2018, 5, 31)" target
+
+- :attr:`~Post.is_video` (bool)
+   Post/StoryItem is a video. For example, you may skip videos::
+
+      instaloader --post-filter="not is_video" target
+
+   This is not the same as :option:`--no-videos` and
+   :option:`--no-video-thumbnails`, since sidecar posts (posts that contain
+   multiple pictures/videos in one post) have this attribute set to False.
+
+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
+   pictures from your feed that you have liked::
+
+      instaloader --login=your_username --post-filter=viewer_has_liked :feed
+
+- :attr:`~Post.likes` (int), :attr:`~Post.comments` (int)
+   Likes count / Comments count. You might only want to download posts that
+   either you liked or were liked by many others**::
+
+      instaloader --login=your_username --post-filter="likes>100 or viewer_has_liked" profile
+
+- :attr:`~Post.caption_hashtags` (list of str) / :attr:`~Post.caption_mentions` (list of str)
+   ``#hashtags`` or ``@mentions`` (lowercased) in the Post's caption. For example, to
+   download posts of kittens that are cute::
+
+       instaloader --post-filter="'cute' in caption_hashtags" "#kitten"
+
+- :attr:`~Post.tagged_users` (list of str)
+   Lowercased usernames that are tagged in the Post.
+
+For :option:`--storyitem-filter`, the following additional attributes are
+defined:
+
+- :attr:`~StoryItem.expiring_utc` (datetime) / :attr:`~StoryItem.expiring_local` (datetime)
+   Timestamp when StoryItem will get unavailable.
+
+.. _metadata-text-files:
+
+Metadata Text Files
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Unless :option:`--no-captions` is given, Instaloader creates a ``.txt`` file
+along with each post where the Post's caption is saved.
+
+You can customize what metadata to save for each Post or StoryItem with
+:option:`--post-metadata-txt` and :option:`--storyitem-metadata-txt`. The
+default is ``--post-metadata-txt={caption}`` and no storyitem metadata txt.
+These strings are formatted similar as in the :ref:`filename-specification` and
+the result is saved in text files, unless it is empty.
+
+Specifying these options multiple times results in output having multiple lines,
+in the order they were given to Instaloader.
+
+The field names are evaluated to :class:`Post` or :class:`StoryItem` attributes,
+and as such, the same fields are supported as in :ref:`filename-specification`
+and :ref:`filter-posts`.
+
+For example, to save the current number of likes for each post, rather than
+the post's caption::
+
+   instaloader --post-metadata-txt="{likes} likes." <target>
+
+Note that with this feature, it is possible to easily and fastly 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
+
+.. _instaloader-as-cronjob:
+
+Instaloader as Cronjob
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Instaloader is suitable for running as a cronjob to periodically update your
+personal Instagram archive. The :option:`--quiet` option disables user
+interactions and logging of non-error messages. To non-interactively use
+Instaloader logged-in, create a session file::
+
+   instaloader --login=your_username
+
+Then use the same parameter in your cronjob to load the session and download
+the given targets::
+
+   instaloader --login=your_username --quiet <target> [...]
+
+Instaloader saves the session file to
+``~/.config/instaloader/session-YOUR-USERNAME``. See
+:option:`--sessionfile` option for how to override this path.
+
+Programming Instaloader
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If your task cannot be done with the command line interface of Instaloader,
+consider taking a look at the :ref:`python-module-instaloader`.
+Instaloader exposes its internally used methods and structures, making it a
+powerful and intuitive Python API for Instagram, allowing to further customize
+obtaining media and metadata.
+
+Also see :ref:`codesnippets`, where we collect example scripts that use
+Instaloader to achieve more complex tasks.

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+.. _command-line-options:
+
+Command Line Options
+====================
+
+Instaloader is invoked with::
+
+   $ instaloader [options] target [target ...]
+
+where ``target`` is a ``profile``, a ``"#hashtag"``, ``@profile`` (all profiles
+that *profile* is following), ``%location ID``, or if logged in ``:feed`` (pictures from your
+feed), ``:stories`` (stories of your followees) or ``:saved`` (collection of
+posts marked as saved).
+
+Here we explain the additional options that can be given to Instaloader to
+customize its behavior.  For an
+introduction on how to use Instaloader, see
+:ref:`download-pictures-from-instagram`.
+
+To get a list of all flags, their abbreviations and
+their descriptions, you may also run::
+
+   instaloader --help
+
+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.
+
+.. include:: basic-usage.rst
+   :start-after: targets-start
+   :end-before: targets-end
+
+- ``filename.json[.xz]``
+   Re-Download the given object
+
+- ``+args.txt``
+   Read targets (and options) from given textfile. See :option:`+args.txt`.
+
+What to Download of each Post
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. option:: --no-pictures
+
+   Do not download post pictures. Cannot be used together with
+   :option:`--fast-update`. Implies :option:`--no-video-thumbnails`, does not
+   imply :option:`--no-videos`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+.. option:: --no-videos, -V
+
+   Do not download videos.
+
+.. option:: --no-video-thumbnails
+
+   Do not download thumbnails of videos.
+
+.. option:: --geotags, -G
+
+   **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`.
+
+.. 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.
+
+.. option:: --no-captions
+
+   Do not create txt files.
+
+.. option:: --post-metadata-txt
+
+   Template to write in txt file for each Post. See :ref:`metadata-text-files`.
+
+.. option:: --storyitem-metadata-txt
+
+   Template to write in txt file for each StoryItem. See
+   :ref:`metadata-text-files`.
+
+.. option:: --no-metadata-json
+
+   Do not create a JSON file containing the metadata of each post.
+
+.. option:: --no-compress-json
+
+   Do not xz compress JSON files, rather create pretty formatted JSONs.
+
+
+What to Download of each Profile
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. option:: --profile-pic-only, -P
+
+   .. deprecated:: 4.1
+      Use :option:`--no-posts`.
+
+   Only download profile picture.
+
+.. option:: --no-posts
+
+   Do not download regular posts.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+.. option:: --no-profile-pic
+
+   Do not download profile picture.
+
+.. option:: --stories, -s
+
+   Also **download stories** of each profile that is downloaded. Requires
+   :option:`--login`.
+
+.. option:: --highlights
+
+   Also **download highlights** of each profile that is downloaded. Requires
+   :option:`--login`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+.. option:: --tagged
+
+   Also download posts where each profile is tagged.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1
+
+.. option:: --igtv
+
+   Also download IGTV videos.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
+.. option:: --stories-only
+
+   .. deprecated:: 4.1
+      Use :option:`--stories` :option:`--no-posts`.
+
+   Rather than downloading regular posts of each specified profile, only
+   download stories.  Requires :option:`--login`. Does not imply
+   :option:`--no-profile-pic`.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      If possible, use ``:stories`` target rather than :option:`--stories-only`
+      with all your followees. ``:stories`` uses fewer API requests.
+
+Which Posts to Download
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. option:: --fast-update, -F
+
+   For each target, stop when encountering the first already-downloaded picture.
+   This flag is recommended when you use Instaloader to update your personal
+   Instagram archive.
+
+.. option:: --post-filter filter, --only-if filter
+
+   Expression that, if given, must evaluate to True for each post to be
+   downloaded.  Must be a syntactically valid Python expression. Variables are
+   evaluated to :class:`instaloader.Post` attributes.  Example:
+   ``--post-filter=viewer_has_liked``. See :ref:`filter-posts` for more
+   examples.
+
+.. option:: --storyitem-filter filter
+
+   Expression that, if given, must evaluate to True for each storyitem to be
+   downloaded.  Must be a syntactically valid Python expression. Variables are
+   evaluated to :class:`instaloader.StoryItem` attributes.
+   See :ref:`filter-posts` for more examples.
+
+.. option:: --count COUNT, -c
+
+   Do not attempt to download more than COUNT posts.  Applies only to
+   ``#hashtag``, ``%location id``, and ``:feed``.
+
+
+Login (Download Private Profiles)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Instaloader can **login to Instagram**. This allows downloading private
+profiles. To login, pass the :option:`--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.
+
+.. option:: --login YOUR-USERNAME, -l YOUR-USERNAME
+
+   Login name (profile name) for your Instagram account.
+
+.. option:: --sessionfile SESSIONFILE, -f SESSIONFILE
+
+   Path for loading and storing session key file.  Defaults to
+   ``~/.config/instaloader/session-YOUR-USERNAME``.
+
+.. option:: --password YOUR-PASSWORD, -p YOUR-PASSWORD
+
+   Password for your Instagram account.  Without this option, you'll be prompted
+   for your password interactively if there is not yet a valid session file.
+
+   .. warning:: Using :option:`--password` option is discouraged for security
+      reasons.  Enter your password interactively when asked, or use the
+      sessionfile feature (:option:`--sessionfile` to customize path).
+
+How to Download
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. option:: --dirname-pattern DIRNAME_PATTERN
+
+   Name of directory where to store posts. ``{profile}`` is replaced by the
+   profile name, ``{target}`` is replaced by the target you specified, i.e.
+   either ``:feed``, ``#hashtag`` or the profile name. Defaults to ``{target}``.
+   See :ref:`filename-specification`.
+
+.. option:: --filename-pattern FILENAME_PATTERN
+
+   Prefix of filenames, relative to the directory given with
+   :option:`--dirname-pattern`. ``{profile}`` is replaced by the profile name,
+   ``{target}`` is replaced by the target you specified, i.e.  either ``:feed``,
+   ``#hashtag`` or the profile name. Defaults to ``{date_utc}_UTC``.
+   See :ref:`filename-specification` for a list of supported tokens.
+
+.. option:: --user-agent USER_AGENT
+
+   User Agent to use for HTTP requests. Per default, Instaloader pretends being
+   Chrome/51.
+
+.. option:: --max-connection-attempts N
+
+   Maximum number of connection attempts until a request is aborted. Defaults
+   to ``3``. If a connection fails, it can be manually skipped by hitting
+   :kbd:`Control-c`. Set this to ``0`` to retry infinitely.
+
+.. option:: --commit-mode
+
+   Tries to ensure downloaded images avoid corruption in case of unexpected
+   interruption. If the last picture is corrupted, Instaloader will fix the
+   picture the next time it is run.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.2
+
+   .. warning::
+      We discourage from using the "commit mode" due to its bugs when being used
+      with other command line options (e.g. :issue:`257` with
+      :option:`--fast-update` and :issue:`483` with :option:`--tagged`).
+
+.. option:: --request-timeout N
+
+   Seconds to wait before timing out a connection request.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
+Miscellaneous Options
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. option:: --quiet, -q
+
+   Disable user interaction, i.e. do not print messages (except errors) and fail
+   if login credentials are needed but not given.
+   This is handy for running :ref:`instaloader-as-cronjob`.
+
+.. option:: +args.txt
+
+   Read arguments from file `args.txt`, a shortcut to provide arguments from
+   file rather than command-line. This provides a convenient way to hide login
+   info from CLI, and can also be used to simplify managment of long arguments.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      Text file should separate arguments with line breaks.
+
+      args.txt example::
+
+         --login=MYUSERNAME
+         --password=MYPASSWORD
+         --fast-update
+         profile1
+         profile2
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.1

docs/codesnippets.rst

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+.. _codesnippets:
+
+Advanced Instaloader Examples
+=============================
+
+.. currentmodule:: instaloader
+
+.. highlight:: python
+
+.. contents::
+   :backlinks: none
+
+Here we present code examples that use the :ref:`python-module-instaloader` for
+more advanced Instagram downloading or metadata mining than what is possible
+with the Instaloader command line interface.
+
+The scripts presented here can be downloaded from our source tree:
+`instaloader/docs/codesnippets/ <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/tree/master/docs/codesnippets>`__
+
+.. For each code snippet:
+   - title
+   - brief description of what it does / motivation / how it works
+   - code, or link to code
+   - link to discussion issue
+   - link used methods
+
+Download Posts in a Specific Period
+-----------------------------------
+
+To only download Instagram pictures (and metadata) that are within a specific
+period, you can play around with :func:`~itertools.dropwhile` and
+:func:`~itertools.takewhile` from :mod:`itertools` like in this snippet.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/121_since_until.py
+
+See also :class:`Post`, :meth:`Instaloader.download_post`.
+
+Discussed in :issue:`121`.
+
+Likes of a Profile / Ghost Followers
+------------------------------------
+
+To obtain a list of your inactive followers, i.e. followers that did not like
+any of your pictures, into a file you can use this approach.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/120_ghost_followers.py
+
+See also :meth:`Profile.get_posts`, :meth:`Post.get_likes`,
+:meth:`Profile.get_followers`, :meth:`Instaloader.load_session_from_file`,
+:meth:`Profile.from_username`.
+
+Discussed in :issue:`120`.
+
+Track Deleted Posts
+-------------------
+
+This script uses Instaloader to obtain a list of currently-online Instagram and
+compares it with the set of posts that you already have downloaded.  It outputs
+a list of posts which are online but not offline (i.e. not yet downloaded) and a
+list of posts which are offline but not online (i.e. deleted in the profile).
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/56_track_deleted.py
+
+See also :func:`load_structure_from_file`, :meth:`Profile.from_username`,
+:meth:`Profile.get_posts`, :class:`Post`.
+
+Discussed in :issue:`56`.
+
+Only one Post per User
+----------------------
+
+To download only the one most recent post from each user, this snippet creates a
+:class:`set` that contains the users of which a post has already been
+downloaded. While iterating the posts, it checks whether the post's owner
+already is in the set. If not, the post is downloaded from Instagram and the
+user is added to that set.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/113_only_one_per_user.py
+
+See also :class:`Post`, :meth:`Instaloader.download_post`,
+:attr:`Post.owner_profile`, :class:`Profile`.
+
+Discussed in :issue:`113`.
+
+Top X Posts of User
+-------------------
+
+With Instaloader, it is easy to download the few most-liked pictres of a user.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/194_top_x_of_user.py
+
+Discussed in :issue:`194`.
+
+Upgrade Images by Local Copies
+------------------------------
+
+The following script finds local versions of images fetched by Instaloader, in
+order to upgrade the downloaded images by locally-found versions with better
+quality. It uses image hashing to identify similar images.
+
+`updgrade-instaloader-images.py <https://gist.github.com/pavelkryukov/15f93d19a99428a284a8bcec27e0187b>`__ (external link to GitHub Gist)
+
+Discussed in :issue:`46`.
+
+Add Captions to Images
+----------------------
+
+Instaloader does not modify the downloaded JPEG file. However, one could combine
+it with an imaging library such as Pillow or PIL to render the caption on
+Instagram pictures.  The following shows an approach.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/110_pil_captions.py
+
+See also :attr:`Post.caption`, :attr:`Post.url`, :meth:`Post.from_shortcode`,
+:func:`load_structure_from_file`.
+
+Discussed in :issue:`110`.
+
+Metadata JSON Files
+-------------------
+
+The JSON files Instaloader saves along with each Post contain all the metadata
+that has been retrieved from Instagram while downloading the picture and
+associated required information.
+
+With `jq <https://stedolan.github.io/jq/>`__, a command-line JSON processor, the
+metadata can be easily post-processed. For example, Instaloader's JSON files can
+be pretty-formatted with:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   xzcat 2018-05-13_11-18-45_UTC.json.xz | jq .node
+
+However, Instaloader tries to do as few metadata requests as possible, so,
+depending on how Instaloader has been invoked, it may occur that these files do
+not contain the complete available metadata structure. Nevertheless, the file
+can be loaded into Instaloader with :func:`load_structure_from_file` and the
+required metadata then be accessed via the :class:`Post` or :class:`Profile`
+attributes, which trigger an Instagram request if that particular information is
+not present in the JSON file.

docs/codesnippets/110_pil_captions.py

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+from io import BytesIO
+
+from requests import get
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+from instaloader import *
+
+L = Instaloader()
+
+# Load Post instance
+post = load_structure_from_file(L.context, '2017-10-01_18-53-03_UTC.json.xz')
+# or post = Post.from_shortcode(L.context, SHORTCODE)
+
+# Render caption
+image = Image.open(BytesIO(get(post.url).content))
+draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+color = 'rgb(0, 0, 0)'  # black color
+draw.text((300,100), post.caption.encode('latin1', errors='ignore'), fill=color)
+
+# Save image
+image.save('test.jpg')

docs/codesnippets/113_only_one_per_user.py

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+import instaloader
+
+L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, 'urbanphotography').get_posts()
+
+users = set()
+
+for post in posts:
+    if not post.owner_profile in users:
+        L.download_post(post, '#urbanphotography')
+        users.add(post.owner_profile)
+    else:
+        print("{} from {} skipped.".format(post, post.owner_profile))

docs/codesnippets/120_ghost_followers.py

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+import instaloader
+
+L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+USER = 'your_account'
+PROFILE = USER
+
+# Your preferred way of logging in:
+L.load_session_from_file(USER)
+
+profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE)
+
+likes = set()
+print('Fetching likes of all posts of profile {}.'.format(profile.username))
+for post in profile.get_posts():
+    print(post)
+    likes = likes | set(post.get_likes())
+
+print('Fetching followers of profile {}.'.format(profile.username))
+followers = set(profile.get_followers())
+
+ghosts = followers - likes
+
+print('Storing ghosts into file.')
+with open('/YOUR PATH/inactive-users.txt', 'w') as f:
+    for ghost in ghosts:
+        print(ghost.username, file=f)

docs/codesnippets/121_since_until.py

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+from datetime import datetime
+from itertools import dropwhile, takewhile
+
+import instaloader
+
+L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, 'urbanphotography').get_posts()
+# or
+# posts = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE).get_posts()
+
+SINCE = datetime(2015, 5, 1)
+UNTIL = datetime(2015, 3, 1)
+
+for post in takewhile(lambda p: p.date > UNTIL, dropwhile(lambda p: p.date > SINCE, posts)):
+    print(post.date)
+    L.download_post(post, '#urbanphotography')

docs/codesnippets/194_top_x_of_user.py

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+from itertools import islice
+from math import ceil
+
+from instaloader import Instaloader, Profile
+
+PROFILE = ...        # profile to download from
+X_percentage = 10    # percentage of posts that should be downloaded
+
+L = Instaloader()
+
+profile = Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE)
+posts_sorted_by_likes = sorted(profile.get_posts(),
+                               key=lambda p: p.likes + p.comments,
+                               reverse=True)
+
+for post in islice(posts_sorted_by_likes, ceil(profile.mediacount * X_percentage / 100)):
+    L.download_post(post, PROFILE)

docs/codesnippets/56_track_deleted.py

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+from glob import glob
+from sys import argv
+from os import chdir
+
+from instaloader import Instaloader, Post, Profile, load_structure_from_file
+
+# Instaloader instantiation - you may pass additional arguments to the constructor here
+L = Instaloader()
+
+# If desired, load session previously saved with `instaloader -l USERNAME`:
+#L.load_session_from_file(USERNAME)
+
+try:
+    TARGET = argv[1]
+except IndexError:
+    raise SystemExit("Pass profile name as argument!")
+
+# Obtain set of posts that are on hard disk
+chdir(TARGET)
+offline_posts = set(filter(lambda s: isinstance(s, Post),
+                           (load_structure_from_file(L.context, file)
+                            for file in (glob('*.json.xz') + glob('*.json')))))
+
+# Obtain set of posts that are currently online
+post_iterator = Profile.from_username(L.context, TARGET).get_posts()
+online_posts = set(post_iterator)
+
+if online_posts - offline_posts:
+    print("Not yet downloaded posts:")
+    print(" ".join(str(p) for p in (online_posts - offline_posts)))
+
+if offline_posts - online_posts:
+    print("Deleted posts:")
+    print(" ".join(str(p) for p in (offline_posts - online_posts)))

docs/codesnippets/615_import_firefox_session.py

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+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from glob import glob
+from os.path import expanduser
+from platform import system
+from sqlite3 import OperationalError, connect
+
+try:
+    from instaloader import ConnectionException, Instaloader
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    raise SystemExit("Instaloader not found.\n  pip install [--user] instaloader")
+
+
+def get_cookiefile():
+    default_cookiefile = {
+        "Windows": "~/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite",
+        "Darwin": "~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite",
+    }.get(system(), "~/.mozilla/firefox/*/cookies.sqlite")
+    cookiefiles = glob(expanduser(default_cookiefile))
+    if not cookiefiles:
+        raise SystemExit("No Firefox cookies.sqlite file found. Use -c COOKIEFILE.")
+    return cookiefiles[0]
+
+
+def import_session(cookiefile, sessionfile):
+    print("Using cookies from {}.".format(cookiefile))
+    conn = connect(cookiefile)
+    try:
+        cookie_data = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT name, value FROM moz_cookies WHERE baseDomain='instagram.com'"
+        )
+    except OperationalError:
+        cookie_data = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT name, value FROM moz_cookies WHERE host LIKE '%instagram.com'"
+        )
+    instaloader = Instaloader(max_connection_attempts=1)
+    instaloader.context._session.cookies.update(cookie_data)
+    username = instaloader.test_login()
+    if not username:
+        raise SystemExit("Not logged in. Are you logged in successfully in Firefox?")
+    print("Imported session cookie for {}.".format(username))
+    instaloader.context.username = username
+    instaloader.save_session_to_file(sessionfile)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    p = ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("-c", "--cookiefile")
+    p.add_argument("-f", "--sessionfile")
+    args = p.parse_args()
+    try:
+        import_session(args.cookiefile or get_cookiefile(), args.sessionfile)
+    except (ConnectionException, OperationalError) as e:
+        raise SystemExit("Cookie import failed: {}".format(e))

docs/codesnippets/README.md

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+# Advanced Instaloader Examples
+
+This directory contains the scripts that are presented at:
+https://instaloader.github.io/codesnippets.html

docs/conf.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# 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.
+
+# 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 subprocess
+import sys
+import typing
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+import docs.sphinx_autodoc_typehints as sphinx_autodoc_typehints
+
+# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+#
+# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# 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'
+]
+
+autodoc_default_flags = ['show-inheritance', 'members', 'undoc-members']
+
+autodoc_member_order = 'bysource'
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
+                       'requests': ('https://requests.kennethreitz.org/en/master/', None)}
+
+current_release = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--abbrev=0"]).decode("ascii")[1:-1]
+current_release_date = subprocess.check_output(
+    ["git", "log", "-1", "--tags", "--format=%ad", "--date=format:%e %b %Y"]).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/v' + current_release + '/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("instaloader.css")
+    app.connect('autodoc-process-signature', sphinx_autodoc_typehints.process_signature)
+    app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', sphinx_autodoc_typehints.process_docstring)

docs/contributing.rst

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+.. _contributing:
+
+Contributing to Instaloader
+===========================
+
+As an open source project, Instaloader heavily depends on the contributions from
+its community.  In this document, we advise on how you may help Instaloader to
+become an even greater tool.
+
+Instaloader's development is organized on 
+`GitHub <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader>`__, where Issues and Pull
+Requests are discussed.
+
+Reporting Bugs
+--------------
+
+If you encounter a bug, do not hesitate to report it in our
+`Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__. When
+reporting a problem, please keep the following in mind:
+
+- Ensure you **use the latest version** of Instaloader. The currently-installed
+  version can be found out with ``instaloader --version``.
+
+- Check whether there is a valid solution in our :ref:`troubleshooting` section.
+
+- Briefly **check whether the bug has already been reported**. If you find an
+  issue reporting the same bug you encountered, comment there rather than
+  opening a new issue. However, if unsure, please create a new issue.
+
+- State **how the bug can be reproduced**, i.e. how Instaloader was invoked
+  when the problem occurred (of course, you may anonymize profile names etc.).
+
+- Include all **error messages and tracebacks** in the report.
+
+- If not obvious, describe **which behavior you expected**
+  instead of what actually happened.
+
+- If you think an issue has been closed accidentally or inappropriately, feel
+  free to reopen it.
+
+Writing Code or Improving the Documentation
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Changes of the Instaloader source can be proposed as a
+`Pull Request <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/pulls>`__. There are only
+few things to consider:
+
+- Sometimes, the most current code is not in the ``master`` branch. Check that
+  you forked from the most recent branch.
+
+- We use `Pylint <https://www.pylint.org/>`__ for error and syntax checking of
+  the source. The file ``.travis.yml`` in the project's root directory
+  shows how it is invoked. Note that sometimes it might be better to disable a
+  warning rather than adapting the code to Pylint's desires.
+
+- The documentation source is located in the ``docs`` folder. The file
+  ``cli-options.rst`` is merely an RST-formatted copy of ``instaloader --help``
+  output, of which the source is in ``instaloader/__main__.py``.
+
+- Feel free to contact us, even if you "only" have Proof-of-Concepts or
+  not-fully integrated changes. They already might be an advance for the
+  project.
+
+Suggesting Features
+-------------------
+
+.. goal-start
+
+Instaloader's goal is to mimick the browser's behavior to access the data that
+is available through the Instagram web interface, pack this data into complete
+and easily-(re)usable python objects, and provide a user interface for the most
+common downloading and metadata collection tasks, without changing any of the
+online data.
+
+.. goal-end
+
+If you have an idea of how Instaloader should be enhanced, but do not want to
+implement the feature yourself, feel free to open a ticket in our 
+`Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__.
+Please consider the following:
+
+- Instaloader already has plenty of features. **Check the documentation**
+  beforehand to ensure your desired suggestion is not already implemented.
+
+- Briefly **ensure that your idea has not already been suggested**. If you find
+  an issue suggesting the same or a similar feature, share your thoughts in a
+  comment there, instead of opening a new issue.
+
+- If possible, provide us a **use case of the feature**: How could the user
+  invoke the new function? Which problem would it solve? If new information is
+  obtained, how would it be further processed?
+
+- If not obvious, briefly motivate how your suggested feature **conforms with
+  Instaloader's project goal**.
+
+- **Be patient**. Naturally, bugs and pull requests have a higher priority than
+  feature suggestions. Keep in mind that this is a free software project, and
+  unfortunately we only have limited time to work on it.
+
+Donations
+---------
+
+.. donations-start
+
+It is a pleasure for us to share our Instaloader to the world, and we are proud
+to have attracted such an active and motivating community, with so many users
+who share their suggestions and ideas with us. Buying a community-sponsored beer
+or coffee from time to time is very likely to further raise our passion for the
+development of Instaloader.
+
+| For donations, we provide a PayPal.Me link and a Bitcoin address.
+|  `PayPal.me/aandergr <https://www.paypal.me/aandergr>`__
+|  BTC: 1Nst4LoadeYzrKjJ1DX9CpbLXBYE9RKLwY
+
+.. donations-end
+
+.. (Discussion in :issue:`130`)

docs/index.rst

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+.. meta::
+   :description:
+      Free command line tool to download photos from Instagram.
+      Scrapes public and private profiles, hashtags, stories, feeds,
+      saved media, and their metadata, comments and captions.
+      Written in Python.
+
+.. title:: Instaloader — Download Instagram Photos and Metadata
+
+Instaloader
+===========
+
+.. highlight:: none
+
+**Instaloader** is a tool to download pictures (or videos) along with
+their captions and other metadata from Instagram.
+
+.. include:: ../README.rst
+   :start-after: badges-start
+   :end-before: badges-end
+
+With `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__ installed, do::
+
+    $ pip3 install instaloader
+
+    $ instaloader profile [profile ...]
+
+See :ref:`install` for more options on how to install Instaloader.
+
+**Instaloader**
+
+- downloads **public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories,
+  feeds and saved media**,
+
+- downloads **comments, geotags and captions** of each post,
+
+- automatically **detects profile name changes** and renames the target
+  directory accordingly,
+
+- allows **fine-grained customization** of filters and where to store
+  downloaded media,
+
+- is free `open source <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader>`__
+  software written in Python.
+
+::
+
+    instaloader [--comments] [--geotags]
+                [--stories] [--highlights] [--tagged] [--igtv]
+                [--login YOUR-USERNAME] [--fast-update]
+                profile | "#hashtag" | %location_id |
+                :stories | :feed | :saved
+
+See :ref:`download-pictures-from-instagram` for a detailed introduction on how
+to use Instaloader to download pictures from Instagram.
+
+Instaloader Documentation
+-------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   installation
+   basic-usage
+   cli-options
+   as-module
+   codesnippets
+   troubleshooting
+   contributing
+
+Useful Links
+------------
+
+- `Git Repository (on GitHub) <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader>`__
+- `PyPI Project Page <https://pypi.org/project/instaloader/>`__
+- `Issue Tracker / Bug Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__
+- `Version History <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases>`__
+
+Disclaimer
+----------
+
+.. include:: ../README.rst
+   :start-after: disclaimer-start
+   :end-before: disclaimer-end
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+As an open source project, Instaloader heavily depends on the contributions from
+its community. See :ref:`contributing` for how you may help Instaloader to
+become an even greater tool.
+
+.. include:: contributing.rst
+   :start-after: donations-start
+   :end-before: donations-end
+
+..
+   * :ref:`genindex`
+   * :ref:`modindex`
+   * :ref:`search`
+

docs/installation.rst

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+.. _install:
+
+Install Instaloader
+===================
+
+.. highlight:: none
+
+**To install Instaloader**,
+
+#. Ensure that you have `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__, at least
+   version 3.5 and `pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`__
+   installed
+
+#. Then, install Instaloader using::
+
+      pip3 install instaloader
+
+**To upgrade Instaloader**, do::
+
+   pip3 install --upgrade instaloader
+
+
+**Alternative methods for installing Instaloader:**
+
+- If you do not want to use pip, even though it is highly recommended,
+  and prefer to **install Instaloader manually**,
+  `Download the Source <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/latest>`__,
+  extract the Zip or Tarball and execute ``instaloader.py`` from there.
+
+- On **Arch Linux**, you may install Instaloader using the
+  `Instaloader AUR package <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/instaloader/>`__.
+
+- On **Windows 10**, you may download the standalone executable from the
+  `current release page <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases/latest>`__.
+
+- To test the most current pre-release or development version of Instaloader::
+
+     pip3 install --pre instaloader

docs/requirements.txt

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+requests
+sphinx!=1.7.7

docs/sphinx_autodoc_typehints.py

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+# 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

docs/troubleshooting.rst

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+.. _troubleshooting:
+
+Troubleshooting
+===============
+
+.. highlight:: python
+
+429 - Too Many Requests
+-----------------------
+
+Instaloader has a logic to keep track of its requests to Instagram and to obey
+their rate limits. Since they are nowhere documented, we try them out
+experimentally. We have a daily cron job running to confirm that Instaloader
+still stays within the rate limits. Nevertheless, the rate control logic assumes
+that
+
+- at one time, Instaloader is the only application that consumes requests. I.e.
+  neither the Instagram browser interface, nor a mobile app, nor another
+  Instaloader instance is running in parallel,
+
+- no requests had been consumed when Instaloader starts.
+
+The latter one implies that restarting or reinstantiating Instaloader often
+within short time is prone to cause a 429. When a request is denied with a 429,
+Instaloader retries the request as soon as the temporary ban is assumed to be
+expired. In case the retry continuously fails for some reason, which should not
+happen in normal conditions, consider adjusting the
+:option:`--max-connection-attempts` option.
+
+**"Too many queries in the last time"** is not an error. It is a notice that the
+rate limit has almost been reached, according to Instaloader's own rate
+accounting mechanism. We regularly adjust this mechanism to match Instagram's
+current rate limiting.
+
+Login Error
+-----------
+
+Instaloader's login *should* work fine, both with and without
+Two-Factor-Authentication. It also supports handling the *checkpoint challenge*,
+issued when Instagram suspects authentication activity on your account, by
+pointing the user to an URL to be opened in a browser.
+
+Nevertheless, in :issue:`92` and :issue:`615` users reported problems with
+logging in. We recommend to always keep the sessionfile which Instaloader
+creates when using :option:`--login`. If a sessionfile is present,
+:option:`--login` does not make make use of the failure-prone login procedure.
+Also, sessionfiles usually do not expire and can be copied between different
+computers without any problems.
+
+If you do not have a sessionfile present, you may use the following script
+(:example:`615_import_firefox_session.py`) to workaround login problems by
+importing the session cookies from Firefox and bypassing Instaloader's login and
+so still use Instaloader's logged-in functionality.
+
+.. literalinclude:: codesnippets/615_import_firefox_session.py
+
+To use this script,
+
+#. Download the script: :example:`615_import_firefox_session.py`,
+
+#. Login to Instagram in Firefox,
+
+#. Execute the snippet, e.g. with ``python 615_import_firefox_session.py``,
+
+#. Then, ``instaloader -l USERNAME`` should work fine.
+
+This script also supports specifying a cookiefile path, which may be useful if
+you use multiple Firefox profiles or if your operating system has the directory
+structure differently set up. Also, you can specify an alternative sessionfile
+path.

instaloader.py

@@ -1,691 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-"""Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given set
-of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile."""
+from instaloader.__main__ import main
 
-import re, json, datetime, shutil, os, time, random, sys, pickle, getpass, tempfile
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from io import BytesIO
-import requests, requests.utils
-
-# To get version from setup.py for instaloader --version
-import pkg_resources
-try:
-    # pylint:disable=no-member
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('instaloader').version
-except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    __version__ = 'Run ./setup.py --version'
-
-try:
-    # pylint:disable=wrong-import-position
-    import win_unicode_console
-except ImportError:
-    WINUNICODE = False
-else:
-    win_unicode_console.enable()
-    WINUNICODE = True
-
-
-class InstaloaderException(Exception):
-    """Base exception for this script"""
-    pass
-
-class NonfatalException(InstaloaderException):
-    """Base exception for errors which should not cause instaloader to stop"""
-    pass
-
-class ProfileNotExistsException(NonfatalException):
-    pass
-
-class ProfileHasNoPicsException(NonfatalException):
-    pass
-
-class PrivateProfileNotFollowedException(NonfatalException):
-    pass
-
-class LoginRequiredException(NonfatalException):
-    pass
-
-class BadCredentialsException(InstaloaderException):
-    pass
-
-class ConnectionException(InstaloaderException):
-    pass
-
-
-def _log(*msg, sep='', end='\n', flush=False, quiet=False):
-    if not quiet:
-        print(*msg, sep=sep, end=end, flush=flush)
-
-
-def get_json(name, session, max_id=0, sleep=True):
-    """Return JSON of a profile"""
-    resp = session.get('http://www.instagram.com/'+name, \
-        params={'max_id': max_id})
-    if sleep:
-        time.sleep(4 * random.random() + 1)
-    match = re.search('window\\._sharedData = .*<', resp.text)
-    if match is None:
-        return None
-    else:
-        return json.loads(match.group(0)[21:-2])
-
-
-def get_username_by_id(session, profile_id):
-    """To get the current username of a profile, given its unique ID, this function can be used.
-    session is required to be a logged-in (i.e. non-anonymous) session."""
-    tempsession = copy_session(session)
-    tempsession.headers.update({'Content-Type' : 'application/json'})
-    resp = tempsession.post('https://www.instagram.com/query/', data='q=ig_user(' +
-                            str(profile_id) +')+%7B%0A++username%0A%7D%0A')
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        data = json.loads(resp.text)
-        if 'username' in data:
-            return json.loads(resp.text)['username']
-        raise ProfileNotExistsException("No profile found, the user may have blocked " +
-                                            "you (id: " + str(profile_id) + ").")
-    else:
-        if test_login(session):
-            raise ConnectionException("Username could not be determined due to connection error" +
-                                        " (id: "+ str(profile_id) +").")
-        raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to determine username (id: " +
-                                        str(profile_id) + ").")
-
-
-def get_id_by_username(profile):
-    """Each Instagram profile has its own unique ID which stays unmodified even if a user changes
-    his/her username. To get said ID, given the profile's name, you may call this function."""
-    data = get_json(profile, get_anonymous_session())
-    if len(data["entry_data"]) == 0 or "ProfilePage" not in data("entry_data"):
-        raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile))
-    return int(data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['id'])
-
-
-def _epoch_to_string(epoch):
-    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(epoch).strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
-
-
-def get_followees(profile, session):
-    """
-    Retrieve list of followees of given profile
-
-    :param profile: Name of profile to lookup followees
-    :param session: Session belonging to a user, i.e. not an anonymous session
-    :return: List of followees (list of dictionaries), as returned by instagram server
-    """
-    tmpsession = copy_session(session)
-    data = get_json(profile, tmpsession)
-    profile_id = data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['id']
-    query = ["q=ig_user(" + profile_id + ")+%7B%0A"
-             "++follows.",
-             str(data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['follows']['count']) +
-             ")+%7B%0A"
-             "++++count%2C%0A"
-             "++++page_info+%7B%0A"
-             "++++++end_cursor%2C%0A"
-             "++++++has_next_page%0A"
-             "++++%7D%2C%0A"
-             "++++nodes+%7B%0A"
-             "++++++id%2C%0A"
-             "++++++full_name%2C%0A"
-             "++++++username%2C%0A"
-             "++++++followed_by+%7B%0A"
-             "++++++++count%0A"
-             "++++++%7D%0A"
-             "++++%7D%0A"
-             "++%7D%0A"
-             "%7D%0A"
-             "&ref=relationships%3A%3Afollow_list"]
-    tmpsession.headers.update(default_http_header())
-    tmpsession.headers.update({'Referer' : 'https://www.instagram.com/'+profile+'/following/'})
-    tmpsession.headers.update({'Content-Type' : 'application/json'})
-    resp = tmpsession.post('https://www.instagram.com/query/', data=query[0]+"first("+query[1])
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        data = json.loads(resp.text)
-        followees = []
-        while True:
-            for followee in data['follows']['nodes']:
-                followee['follower_count'] = followee.pop('followed_by')['count']
-                followees = followees + [followee]
-            if data['follows']['page_info']['has_next_page']:
-                resp = tmpsession.post('https://www.instagram.com/query/', data=query[0]
-                                            + "after("
-                                            + data['follows']['page_info']['end_cursor']
-                                            + "%2C+" + query[1] )
-                data = json.loads(resp.text)
-            else:
-                break
-        return followees
-    if test_login(tmpsession):
-        raise ConnectionException("ConnectionError("+str(resp.status_code)+"): "
-                                  "unable to gather followees.")
-    raise LoginRequiredException("Login required to gather followees.")
-
-
-def download_pic(name, url, date_epoch, outputlabel=None, quiet=False):
-    """Downloads and saves picture with given url under given directory with given timestamp.
-    Returns true, if file was actually downloaded, i.e. updated."""
-    if outputlabel is None:
-        outputlabel = _epoch_to_string(date_epoch)
-    urlmatch = re.search('\\.[a-z]*\\?', url)
-    file_extension = url[-3:] if urlmatch is None else urlmatch.group(0)[1:-1]
-    filename = name.lower() + '/' + _epoch_to_string(date_epoch) + '.' + file_extension
-    if os.path.isfile(filename):
-        _log(outputlabel + ' exists', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-        return False
-    resp = get_anonymous_session().get(url, stream=True)
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        _log(outputlabel, end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-        os.makedirs(name.lower(), exist_ok=True)
-        with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
-            resp.raw.decode_content = True
-            shutil.copyfileobj(resp.raw, file)
-        os.utime(filename, (datetime.datetime.now().timestamp(), date_epoch))
-        return True
-    else:
-        raise ConnectionException("File \'" + url + "\' could not be downloaded.")
-
-
-def save_caption(name, date_epoch, caption, shorter_output=False, quiet=False):
-    """Updates picture caption"""
-    filename = name.lower() + '/' + _epoch_to_string(date_epoch) + '.txt'
-    pcaption = caption.replace('\n', ' ').strip()
-    caption = caption.encode("UTF-8")
-    if shorter_output:
-        pcaption = "txt"
-    else:
-        pcaption = '[' + ((pcaption[:29]+u"\u2026") if len(pcaption)>31 else pcaption) + ']'
-    try:
-        with open(filename, 'rb') as file:
-            file_caption = file.read()
-        if file_caption.replace(b'\r\n', b'\n') == caption.replace(b'\r\n', b'\n'):
-            try:
-                _log(pcaption + ' unchanged', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-            except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                _log('txt unchanged', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-            return None
-        else:
-            def get_filename(index):
-                return filename if index==0 else (filename[:-4] + '_old_' + \
-                        (str(0) if index<10 else str()) + str(index) + filename[-4:])
-            i = 0
-            while os.path.isfile(get_filename(i)):
-                i = i + 1
-            for index in range(i, 0, -1):
-                os.rename(get_filename(index-1), get_filename(index))
-            try:
-                _log(pcaption + ' updated', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-            except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                _log('txt updated', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        _log(pcaption, end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        _log('txt', end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-    os.makedirs(name.lower(), exist_ok=True)
-    with open(filename, 'wb') as text_file:
-        shutil.copyfileobj(BytesIO(caption), text_file)
-    os.utime(filename, (datetime.datetime.now().timestamp(), date_epoch))
-
-
-def download_profilepic(name, url, quiet=False):
-    """Downloads and saves profile pic with given url."""
-    date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(requests.head(url).headers["Last-Modified"], \
-        '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
-    filename = name.lower() + '/' + _epoch_to_string(date_object.timestamp()) + \
-        '_UTC_profile_pic.' + url[-3:]
-    if os.path.isfile(filename):
-        _log(filename + ' already exists', quiet=quiet)
-        return None
-    match = re.search('http.*://.*instagram.*[^/]*\\.(com|net)/[^/]+/.', url)
-    if match is None:
-        raise ConnectionException("URL \'" + url + "\' could not be processed.")
-    index = len(match.group(0))-1
-    offset = 8 if match.group(0)[-1:] == 's' else 0
-    url = url[:index] + 's2048x2048' + ('/' if offset == 0 else str()) + url[index+offset:]
-    resp = get_anonymous_session().get(url, stream=True)
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        _log(filename, quiet=quiet)
-        os.makedirs(name.lower(), exist_ok=True)
-        with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
-            resp.raw.decode_content = True
-            shutil.copyfileobj(resp.raw, file)
-        os.utime(filename, (datetime.datetime.now().timestamp(), date_object.timestamp()))
-    else:
-        raise ConnectionException("File \'" + url + "\' could not be downloaded.")
-
-
-def get_default_session_filename(username):
-    """Returns default session filename for given username."""
-    dirname = tempfile.gettempdir() + "/" + ".instaloader-" + getpass.getuser()
-    filename = dirname + "/" + "session-" + username
-    return filename
-
-
-def save_session(session, username, filename=None, quiet=False):
-    """Saves requests.Session object."""
-    if filename is None:
-        filename = get_default_session_filename(username)
-    dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
-    if not os.path.exists(dirname):
-        os.makedirs(dirname)
-        os.chmod(dirname, 0o700)
-    with open(filename, 'wb') as sessionfile:
-        os.chmod(filename, 0o600)
-        pickle.dump(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(session.cookies), sessionfile)
-        _log("Saved session to %s." % filename, quiet=quiet)
-
-
-def load_session(username, filename=None, quiet=False):
-    """Returns loaded requests.Session object, or None if not found."""
-    if filename is None:
-        filename = get_default_session_filename(username)
-    try:
-        with open(filename, 'rb') as sessionfile:
-            session = requests.Session()
-            session.cookies = requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(pickle.load(sessionfile))
-            session.headers.update(default_http_header())
-            session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken':session.cookies.get_dict()['csrftoken']})
-            _log("Loaded session from %s." % filename, quiet=quiet)
-            return session
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-
-
-def copy_session(session):
-    """Duplicates a requests.Session."""
-    new = requests.Session()
-    new.cookies = \
-            requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(session.cookies))
-    new.headers = session.headers
-    return new
-
-
-def test_login(session):
-    """Returns the Instagram username to which given requests.Session object belongs, or None."""
-    if session is None:
-        return
-    data = get_json(str(), session)
-    if data['config']['viewer'] is None:
-        return
-    time.sleep(4 * random.random() + 1)
-    return data['config']['viewer']['username']
-
-
-def default_http_header(empty_session_only=False):
-    """Returns default HTTP header we use for requests."""
-    user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 ' \
-                '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.79 Safari/537.36'
-    header = {  'Accept-Encoding' : 'gzip, deflate', \
-                'Accept-Language' : 'en-US,en;q=0.8', \
-                'Connection' : 'keep-alive', \
-                'Content-Length' : '0', \
-                'Host' : 'www.instagram.com', \
-                'Origin' : 'https://www.instagram.com', \
-                'Referer' : 'https://www.instagram.com/', \
-                'User-Agent' : user_agent, \
-                'X-Instagram-AJAX' : '1', \
-                'X-Requested-With' : 'XMLHttpRequest'}
-    if empty_session_only:
-        del header['Host']
-        del header['Origin']
-        del header['Referer']
-        del header['X-Instagram-AJAX']
-        del header['X-Requested-With']
-    return header
-
-
-def get_anonymous_session():
-    """Returns our default anonymous requests.Session object."""
-    session = requests.Session()
-    session.cookies.update({'sessionid' : '', 'mid' : '', 'ig_pr' : '1', \
-                                 'ig_vw' : '1920', 'csrftoken' : '', \
-                                       's_network' : '', 'ds_user_id' : ''})
-    session.headers.update(default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
-    return session
-
-
-def get_session(user, passwd):
-    """Log in to instagram with given username and password and return session object"""
-    session = requests.Session()
-    session.cookies.update({'sessionid' : '', 'mid' : '', 'ig_pr' : '1', \
-                                 'ig_vw' : '1920', 'csrftoken' : '', \
-                                       's_network' : '', 'ds_user_id' : ''})
-    session.headers.update(default_http_header())
-    resp = session.get('https://www.instagram.com/')
-    session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken':resp.cookies['csrftoken']})
-    time.sleep(9 * random.random() + 3)
-    login = session.post('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/', \
-            data={'password':passwd,'username':user}, allow_redirects=True)
-    session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken':login.cookies['csrftoken']})
-    time.sleep(5 * random.random())
-    if login.status_code == 200:
-        if user == test_login(session):
-            return session
-        else:
-            raise BadCredentialsException('Login error! Check your credentials!')
-    else:
-        raise ConnectionException('Login error! Connection error!')
-
-
-def get_feed_json(session, end_cursor=None, sleep=True):
-    """
-    Get JSON of the user's feed.
-
-    :param session: Session belonging to a user, i.e. not an anonymous session
-    :param end_cursor: The end cursor, as from json["feed"]["media"]["page_info"]["end_cursor"]
-    :param sleep: Sleep between requests to instagram server
-    :return: JSON
-    """
-    if end_cursor is None:
-        return get_json(str(), session, sleep=sleep)["entry_data"]["FeedPage"][0]
-    tmpsession = copy_session(session)
-    query = "q=ig_me()+%7B%0A++feed+%7B%0A++++media.after(" + end_cursor + "%2C+12)+%7B%0A"+\
-            "++++++nodes+%7B%0A++++++++id%2C%0A++++++++caption%2C%0A++++++++code%2C%0A++++++++"+\
-            "comments.last(4)+%7B%0A++++++++++count%2C%0A++++++++++nodes+%7B%0A++++++++++++"+\
-            "id%2C%0A++++++++++++created_at%2C%0A++++++++++++text%2C%0A++++++++++++"+\
-            "user+%7B%0A++++++++++++++id%2C%0A++++++++++++++profile_pic_url%2C%0A++++++++++++++"+\
-            "username%0A++++++++++++%7D%0A++++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "page_info%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++comments_disabled%2C%0A++++++++"+\
-            "date%2C%0A++++++++dimensions+%7B%0A++++++++++height%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "width%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++display_src%2C%0A++++++++is_video%2C%0A++++++++"+\
-            "likes+%7B%0A++++++++++count%2C%0A++++++++++nodes+%7B%0A++++++++++++"+\
-            "user+%7B%0A++++++++++++++id%2C%0A++++++++++++++profile_pic_url%2C%0A++++++++++++++"+\
-            "username%0A++++++++++++%7D%0A++++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "viewer_has_liked%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++location+%7B%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "id%2C%0A++++++++++has_public_page%2C%0A++++++++++name%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++"+\
-            "owner+%7B%0A++++++++++id%2C%0A++++++++++blocked_by_viewer%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "followed_by_viewer%2C%0A++++++++++full_name%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "has_blocked_viewer%2C%0A++++++++++is_private%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "profile_pic_url%2C%0A++++++++++requested_by_viewer%2C%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "username%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++usertags+%7B%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "nodes+%7B%0A++++++++++++user+%7B%0A++++++++++++++"+\
-            "username%0A++++++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++++++x%2C%0A++++++++++++y%0A++++++++++"+\
-            "%7D%0A++++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++++video_url%2C%0A++++++++"+\
-            "video_views%0A++++++%7D%2C%0A++++++page_info%0A++++%7D%0A++%7D%2C%0A++id%2C%0A++"+\
-            "profile_pic_url%2C%0A++username%0A%7D%0A&ref=feed::show"
-    tmpsession.headers.update(default_http_header())
-    tmpsession.headers.update({'Referer' : 'https://www.instagram.com/'})
-    tmpsession.headers.update({'Content-Type' : 'application/json'})
-    resp = tmpsession.post('https://www.instagram.com/query/', data=query)
-    if sleep:
-        time.sleep(4 * random.random() + 1)
-    return json.loads(resp.text)
-
-
-def download_node(node, session, name,
-                  download_videos=True, sleep=True, shorter_output=False, quiet=False):
-    """
-    Download everything associated with one instagram node, i.e. picture, caption and video.
-
-    :param node: Node, as from media->nodes list in instagram's JSONs
-    :param session: Session
-    :param name: Name of profile to which this node belongs
-    :param download_videos: True, if videos should be downloaded
-    :param sleep: Sleep between requests to instagram server
-    :param shorter_output: Shorten log output by not printing captions
-    :param quiet: Suppress output
-    :return: True if something was downloaded, False otherwise, i.e. file was already there
-    """
-    downloaded = download_pic(name, node["display_src"], node["date"], quiet=quiet)
-    if sleep:
-        time.sleep(1.75 * random.random() + 0.25)
-    if "caption" in node:
-        save_caption(name, node["date"], node["caption"], shorter_output, quiet)
-    else:
-        _log("<no caption>", end=' ', flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-    if node["is_video"] and download_videos:
-        video_data = get_json('p/' + node["code"], session, sleep=sleep)
-        download_pic(name,
-                     video_data['entry_data']['PostPage'][0]['media']['video_url'],
-                     node["date"], 'mp4', quiet=quiet)
-    _log(quiet=quiet)
-    return downloaded
-
-
-def download_feed_pics(session, max_count=None, fast_update=False, filter_func=None,
-                       download_videos=True, shorter_output=False, sleep=True, quiet=False):
-    """
-    Download pictures from the user's feed.
-
-    Example to download up to the 20 pics the user last liked:
-    >>> download_feed_pics(load_session('USER'), max_count=20, fast_update=True,
-    >>>                    filter_func=lambda node: not node["likes"]["viewer_has_liked"])
-
-    :param session: Session belonging to a user, i.e. not an anonymous session
-    :param max_count: Maximum count of pictures to download
-    :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
-    :param filter_func: function(node), which returns True if given picture should not be downloaded
-    :param download_videos: True, if videos should be downloaded
-    :param shorter_output: Shorten log output by not printing captions
-    :param sleep: Sleep between requests to instagram server
-    :param quiet: Suppress output
-    """
-    data = get_feed_json(session, sleep=sleep)
-    count = 1
-    while data["feed"]["media"]["page_info"]["has_next_page"]:
-        for node in data["feed"]["media"]["nodes"]:
-            if max_count is not None and count > max_count:
-                return
-            name = node["owner"]["username"]
-            if filter_func is not None and filter_func(node):
-                _log("<pic by %s skipped>" % name, flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-                continue
-            _log("[%3i] %s " % (count, name), end="", flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-            count += 1
-            downloaded = download_node(node, session, name,
-                                       download_videos=download_videos, sleep=sleep,
-                                       shorter_output=shorter_output, quiet=quiet)
-            if fast_update and not downloaded:
-                return
-        data = get_feed_json(session, end_cursor=data["feed"]["media"]["page_info"]["end_cursor"],
-                             sleep=sleep)
-
-
-def check_id(profile, session, json_data, quiet=False):
-    """
-    Consult locally stored ID of profile with given name, check whether ID matches and whether name
-    has changed and return current name of the profile, and store ID of profile.
-    """
-    profile_exists = len(json_data["entry_data"]) > 0 and "ProfilePage" in json_data["entry_data"]
-    is_logged_in = json_data["config"]["viewer"] is not None
-    try:
-        with open(profile + "/id", 'rb') as id_file:
-            profile_id = int(id_file.read())
-        if (not profile_exists) or \
-            (profile_id != int(json_data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['id'])):
-            if is_logged_in:
-                newname = get_username_by_id(session, profile_id)
-                _log("Profile {0} has changed its name to {1}.".format(profile, newname),
-                     quiet=quiet)
-                os.rename(profile, newname)
-                return newname
-            if profile_exists:
-                raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not match the stored "
-                                                "unique ID {1}.".format(profile, profile_id))
-            raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist. Please login to "
-                                            "update profile name. Unique ID: {1}."
-                                            .format(profile, profile_id))
-        return profile
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-    if profile_exists:
-        os.makedirs(profile.lower(), exist_ok=True)
-        with open(profile + "/id", 'w') as text_file:
-            profile_id = json_data['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['id']
-            text_file.write(profile_id+"\n")
-            _log("Stored ID {0} for profile {1}.".format(profile_id, profile), quiet=quiet)
-        return profile
-    raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile))
-
-
-def download(name, session, profile_pic_only=False, download_videos=True,
-        fast_update=False, shorter_output=False, sleep=True, quiet=False):
-    """Download one profile"""
-    # pylint:disable=too-many-branches
-    # Get profile main page json
-    data = get_json(name, session, sleep=sleep)
-    # check if profile does exist or name has changed since last download
-    # and update name and json data if necessary
-    name_updated = check_id(name, session, data, quiet=quiet)
-    if name_updated != name:
-        name = name_updated
-        data = get_json(name, session, sleep=sleep)
-    # Download profile picture
-    download_profilepic(name, data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["profile_pic_url"],
-            quiet=quiet)
-    if sleep:
-        time.sleep(1.75 * random.random() + 0.25)
-    if profile_pic_only:
-        return
-    # Catch some errors
-    if data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["is_private"]:
-        if data["config"]["viewer"] is None:
-            raise LoginRequiredException("profile %s requires login" % name)
-        if not data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["followed_by_viewer"]:
-            raise PrivateProfileNotFollowedException("Profile %s: private but not followed." % name)
-    else:
-        if data["config"]["viewer"] is not None:
-            _log("profile %s could also be downloaded anonymously." % name, quiet=quiet)
-    if ("nodes" not in data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"] or
-            len(data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"]["nodes"]) == 0) \
-                    and not profile_pic_only:
-        raise ProfileHasNoPicsException("Profile %s: no pics found." % name)
-    # Iterate over pictures and download them
-    def get_last_id(data):
-        if len(data["entry_data"]) == 0 or \
-                        len(data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"]["nodes"]) == 0:
-            return None
-        else:
-            data = data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"]["nodes"]
-            return int(data[len(data) - 1]["id"])
-    totalcount = data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"]["count"]
-    count = 1
-    while get_last_id(data) is not None:
-        for node in data["entry_data"]["ProfilePage"][0]["user"]["media"]["nodes"]:
-            _log("[%3i/%3i] " % (count, totalcount), end="", flush=True, quiet=quiet)
-            count += 1
-            downloaded = download_node(node, session, name,
-                                       download_videos=download_videos, sleep=sleep,
-                                       shorter_output=shorter_output, quiet=quiet)
-            if fast_update and not downloaded:
-                return
-        data = get_json(name, session, max_id=get_last_id(data), sleep=sleep)
-
-def get_logged_in_session(username, password=None, quiet=False):
-    """Logs in and returns session, asking user for password if needed"""
-    if password is not None:
-        return get_session(username, password)
-    if quiet:
-        raise LoginRequiredException("Quiet mode requires given password or valid "
-                "session file.")
-    while password is None:
-        password = getpass.getpass(prompt="Enter Instagram password for %s: " % username)
-        try:
-            return get_session(username, password)
-        except BadCredentialsException as err:
-            print(err, file=sys.stderr)
-            password = None
-
-def download_profiles(profilelist, username=None, password=None, sessionfile=None,
-        profile_pic_only=False, download_videos=True, fast_update=False,
-        sleep=True, shorter_output=False, quiet=False):
-    """Download set of profiles and handle sessions"""
-    # pylint:disable=too-many-branches,too-many-locals
-    # Login, if desired
-    if username is not None:
-        session = load_session(username, sessionfile, quiet=quiet)
-        if username != test_login(session):
-            session = get_logged_in_session(username, password, quiet)
-        _log("Logged in as %s." % username, quiet=quiet)
-    else:
-        session = get_anonymous_session()
-    # Try block for KeyboardInterrupt (save session on ^C)
-    failedtargets = []
-    targets = set()
-    try:
-        # Generate set of targets
-        for pentry in profilelist:
-            if pentry[0] == '@':
-                _log("Retrieving followees of %s..." % pentry[1:], quiet=quiet)
-                followees = get_followees(pentry[1:], session)
-                targets.update([followee['username'] for followee in followees])
-            elif pentry == ":feed-all" and username is not None:
-                _log("Retrieving pictures from your feed...", quiet=quiet)
-                download_feed_pics(session, fast_update=fast_update,
-                                   download_videos=download_videos, shorter_output=shorter_output,
-                                   sleep=sleep, quiet=quiet)
-            elif pentry == ":feed-liked" and username is not None:
-                _log("Retrieving pictures you liked from your feed...", quiet=quiet)
-                download_feed_pics(session, fast_update=fast_update,
-                                   filter_func=lambda node: not node["likes"]["viewer_has_liked"],
-                                   download_videos=download_videos, shorter_output=shorter_output,
-                                   sleep=sleep, quiet=quiet)
-            else:
-                targets.add(pentry)
-        if len(targets) == 0:
-            _log("No profiles to download given.", quiet=quiet)
-        elif len(targets) > 1:
-            _log("Downloading %i profiles..." % len(targets), quiet=quiet)
-        # Iterate through targets list and download them
-        for target in targets:
-            try:
-                download(target, session, profile_pic_only, download_videos,
-                        fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
-            except NonfatalException as err:
-                failedtargets.append(target)
-                print(err, file=sys.stderr)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        print("\nInterrupted by user.", file=sys.stderr)
-    if len(targets) > 1 and len(failedtargets) > 0:
-        print("Errors occured (see above) while downloading profiles: %s." %
-                ", ".join(failedtargets), file=sys.stderr)
-    # Save session if it is useful
-    if username is not None:
-        save_session(session, username, sessionfile, quiet=quiet)
-
-def main():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
-    parser.add_argument('profile', nargs='*',
-                        help='Name of profile to download; @<profile> to download all followees of '
-                             '<profile>; or the special targets :feed-all or :feed-liked to '
-                             'download pictures from your feed if --login is given (using '
-                             '--fast-update is recommended).')
-    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
-                        version=__version__)
-    parser.add_argument('-l', '--login', metavar='YOUR-USERNAME',
-            help='Login name for your Instagram account. Not needed to download public '\
-                    'profiles, but if you want to download private profiles or all followees of '\
-                    'some profile, you have to specify a username used to login.')
-    parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', metavar='YOUR-PASSWORD',
-            help='Password for your Instagram account. If --login is given and there is '\
-                    'not yet a valid session file, you\'ll be prompted for your password if '\
-                    '--password is not given. Specifying this option without --login has no '\
-                    'effect.')
-    parser.add_argument('-f', '--sessionfile',
-            help='File to store session key, defaults to '+ \
-            get_default_session_filename("<login_name>"))
-    parser.add_argument('-P', '--profile-pic-only', action='store_true',
-            help='Only download profile picture')
-    parser.add_argument('-V', '--skip-videos', action='store_true',
-            help='Do not download videos')
-    parser.add_argument('-F', '--fast-update', action='store_true',
-            help='Abort at encounter of first already-downloaded picture')
-    parser.add_argument('-S', '--no-sleep', action='store_true',
-            help='Do not sleep between actual downloads of pictures')
-    parser.add_argument('-O', '--shorter-output', action='store_true',
-            help='Do not display captions while downloading')
-    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action='store_true',
-            help='Disable user interaction, i.e. do not print messages (except errors) and fail ' \
-                    'if login credentials are needed but not given.')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    try:
-        download_profiles(args.profile, args.login, args.password, args.sessionfile,
-                args.profile_pic_only, not args.skip_videos, args.fast_update,
-                not args.no_sleep, args.shorter_output, args.quiet)
-    except InstaloaderException as err:
-        raise SystemExit("Fatal error: %s" % err)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

instaloader/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""
+
+
+__version__ = '4.4.4rc1'
+
+
+try:
+    # pylint:disable=wrong-import-position
+    import win_unicode_console  # type: ignore
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    win_unicode_console.enable()
+
+from .exceptions import *
+from .instaloader import Instaloader
+from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext
+from .structures import (Hashtag, Highlight, Post, PostSidecarNode, PostComment, PostCommentAnswer, PostLocation,
+                         Profile, Story, StoryItem, TopSearchResults, load_structure_from_file, save_structure_to_file)

instaloader/__main__.py

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+"""Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""
+
+import ast
+import datetime
+import os
+import platform
+import re
+import sys
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, SUPPRESS
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+from . import (Instaloader, InstaloaderException, InvalidArgumentException, Post, Profile, ProfileNotExistsException,
+               StoryItem, __version__, load_structure_from_file, TwoFactorAuthRequiredException,
+               BadCredentialsException)
+from .instaloader import get_default_session_filename
+from .instaloadercontext import default_user_agent
+
+
+def get_simple_argv0() -> str:
+    if platform.system() != "Windows":
+        argv0 = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+    else:
+        dirname = os.path.relpath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
+        basename = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+        argv0 = os.path.join(dirname, basename)
+    argv0 = "instaloader" if argv0 == "__main__.py" else argv0
+    return argv0
+
+
+def usage_string():
+    # NOTE: duplicated in README.rst and docs/index.rst
+    argv0 = get_simple_argv0()
+    return """
+{0} [--comments] [--geotags]
+{2:{1}} [--stories] [--highlights] [--tagged] [--igtv]
+{2:{1}} [--login YOUR-USERNAME] [--fast-update]
+{2:{1}} profile | "#hashtag" | %%location_id | :stories | :feed | :saved
+{0} --help""".format(argv0, len(argv0), '')
+
+
+def filterstr_to_filterfunc(filter_str: str, item_type: type):
+    """Takes an --post-filter=... or --storyitem-filter=... filter
+     specification and makes a filter_func Callable out of it."""
+
+    # The filter_str is parsed, then all names occurring in its AST are replaced by loads to post.<name>. A
+    # function Post->bool is returned which evaluates the filter with the post as 'post' in its namespace.
+
+    class TransformFilterAst(ast.NodeTransformer):
+        def visit_Name(self, node: ast.Name):
+            # pylint:disable=no-self-use
+            if not isinstance(node.ctx, ast.Load):
+                raise InvalidArgumentException("Invalid filter: Modifying variables ({}) not allowed.".format(node.id))
+            if node.id == "datetime":
+                return node
+            if not hasattr(item_type, node.id):
+                raise InvalidArgumentException("Invalid filter: {} not a {} attribute.".format(node.id,
+                                                                                               item_type.__name__))
+            new_node = ast.Attribute(ast.copy_location(ast.Name('item', ast.Load()), node), node.id,
+                                     ast.copy_location(ast.Load(), node))
+            return ast.copy_location(new_node, node)
+
+    input_filename = '<command line filter parameter>'
+    compiled_filter = compile(TransformFilterAst().visit(ast.parse(filter_str, filename=input_filename, mode='eval')),
+                              filename=input_filename, mode='eval')
+
+    def filterfunc(item) -> bool:
+        # pylint:disable=eval-used
+        return bool(eval(compiled_filter, {'item': item, 'datetime': datetime.datetime}))
+
+    return filterfunc
+
+
+def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
+          username: Optional[str] = None, password: Optional[str] = None,
+          sessionfile: Optional[str] = None,
+          download_profile_pic: bool = True, download_posts=True,
+          download_stories: bool = False,
+          download_highlights: bool = False,
+          download_tagged: bool = False,
+          download_igtv: bool = False,
+          fast_update: bool = False,
+          max_count: Optional[int] = None, post_filter_str: Optional[str] = None,
+          storyitem_filter_str: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+    """Download set of profiles, hashtags etc. and handle logging in and session files if desired."""
+    # Parse and generate filter function
+    post_filter = None
+    if post_filter_str is not None:
+        post_filter = filterstr_to_filterfunc(post_filter_str, Post)
+        instaloader.context.log('Only download posts with property "{}".'.format(post_filter_str))
+    storyitem_filter = None
+    if storyitem_filter_str is not None:
+        storyitem_filter = filterstr_to_filterfunc(storyitem_filter_str, StoryItem)
+        instaloader.context.log('Only download storyitems with property "{}".'.format(storyitem_filter_str))
+    # Login, if desired
+    if username is not None:
+        try:
+            instaloader.load_session_from_file(username, sessionfile)
+        except FileNotFoundError as err:
+            if sessionfile is not None:
+                print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+            instaloader.context.log("Session file does not exist yet - Logging in.")
+        if not instaloader.context.is_logged_in or username != instaloader.test_login():
+            if password is not None:
+                try:
+                    instaloader.login(username, password)
+                except TwoFactorAuthRequiredException:
+                    while True:
+                        try:
+                            code = input("Enter 2FA verification code: ")
+                            instaloader.two_factor_login(code)
+                            break
+                        except BadCredentialsException:
+                            pass
+            else:
+                instaloader.interactive_login(username)
+        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.")
+    # Try block for KeyboardInterrupt (save session on ^C)
+    profiles = set()
+    anonymous_retry_profiles = set()
+    try:
+        # Generate set of profiles, already downloading non-profile targets
+        for target in targetlist:
+            if (target.endswith('.json') or target.endswith('.json.xz')) and os.path.isfile(target):
+                with instaloader.context.error_catcher(target):
+                    structure = load_structure_from_file(instaloader.context, target)
+                    if isinstance(structure, Post):
+                        if post_filter is not None and not post_filter(structure):
+                            instaloader.context.log("<{} ({}) skipped>".format(structure, target), flush=True)
+                            continue
+                        instaloader.context.log("Downloading {} ({})".format(structure, target))
+                        instaloader.download_post(structure, os.path.dirname(target))
+                    elif isinstance(structure, StoryItem):
+                        if storyitem_filter is not None and not storyitem_filter(structure):
+                            instaloader.context.log("<{} ({}) skipped>".format(structure, target), flush=True)
+                            continue
+                        instaloader.context.log("Attempting to download {} ({})".format(structure, target))
+                        instaloader.download_storyitem(structure, os.path.dirname(target))
+                    elif isinstance(structure, Profile):
+                        raise InvalidArgumentException("Profile JSON are ignored. Pass \"{}\" to download that profile"
+                                                       .format(structure.username))
+                    else:
+                        raise InvalidArgumentException("{} JSON file not supported as target"
+                                                       .format(structure.__class__.__name__))
+                continue
+            # strip '/' characters to be more shell-autocompletion-friendly
+            target = target.rstrip('/')
+            with instaloader.context.error_catcher(target):
+                if re.match(r"^@[A-Za-z0-9._]+$", target):
+                    instaloader.context.log("Retrieving followees of %s..." % target[1:])
+                    profile = Profile.from_username(instaloader.context, target[1:])
+                    for followee in profile.get_followees():
+                        instaloader.save_profile_id(followee)
+                        profiles.add(followee)
+                elif re.match(r"^#\w+$", target):
+                    instaloader.download_hashtag(hashtag=target[1:], max_count=max_count, fast_update=fast_update,
+                                                 post_filter=post_filter,
+                                                 profile_pic=download_profile_pic, posts=download_posts)
+                elif re.match(r"^-[A-Za-z0-9-_]+$", target):
+                    instaloader.download_post(Post.from_shortcode(instaloader.context, target[1:]), target)
+                elif re.match(r"^%[0-9]+$", target):
+                    instaloader.download_location(location=target[1:], max_count=max_count, fast_update=fast_update,
+                                                  post_filter=post_filter)
+                elif target == ":feed":
+                    instaloader.download_feed_posts(fast_update=fast_update, max_count=max_count,
+                                                    post_filter=post_filter)
+                elif target == ":stories":
+                    instaloader.download_stories(fast_update=fast_update, storyitem_filter=storyitem_filter)
+                elif target == ":saved":
+                    instaloader.download_saved_posts(fast_update=fast_update, max_count=max_count,
+                                                     post_filter=post_filter)
+                elif re.match(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._]+$", target):
+                    try:
+                        profile = instaloader.check_profile_id(target)
+                        if instaloader.context.is_logged_in and profile.has_blocked_viewer:
+                            if download_profile_pic or ((download_posts or download_tagged or download_igtv)
+                                                        and not profile.is_private):
+                                raise ProfileNotExistsException("{} blocked you; But we download her anonymously."
+                                                                .format(target))
+                            else:
+                                instaloader.context.error("{} blocked you.".format(target))
+                        else:
+                            profiles.add(profile)
+                    except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+                        # Not only our profile.has_blocked_viewer condition raises ProfileNotExistsException,
+                        # check_profile_id() also does, since access to blocked profile may be responded with 404.
+                        if instaloader.context.is_logged_in and (download_profile_pic or download_posts or
+                                                                 download_tagged or download_igtv):
+                            instaloader.context.log(err)
+                            instaloader.context.log("Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked.")
+                            with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
+                                with instaloader.context.error_catcher():
+                                    anonymous_retry_profiles.add(anonymous_loader.check_profile_id(target))
+                                    instaloader.context.error("Warning: {} will be downloaded anonymously (\"{}\")."
+                                                              .format(target, err))
+                        else:
+                            raise
+                else:
+                    target_type = {
+                        '#': 'hashtag',
+                        '%': 'location',
+                        '-': 'shortcode',
+                    }.get(target[0], 'username')
+                    raise ProfileNotExistsException('Invalid {} {}'.format(target_type, target))
+        if len(profiles) > 1:
+            instaloader.context.log("Downloading {} profiles: {}".format(len(profiles),
+                                                                         ' '.join([p.username for p in profiles])))
+        if ((profiles and download_profile_pic) or download_posts) and not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+            instaloader.context.error("Warning: Use --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,
+                                      fast_update, post_filter, storyitem_filter)
+        if anonymous_retry_profiles:
+            instaloader.context.log("Downloading anonymously: {}"
+                                    .format(' '.join([p.username for p in anonymous_retry_profiles])))
+            with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
+                anonymous_loader.download_profiles(anonymous_retry_profiles,
+                                                   download_profile_pic, download_posts, download_tagged, download_igtv,
+                                                   fast_update=fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nInterrupted by user.", file=sys.stderr)
+    # Save session if it is useful
+    if instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+        instaloader.save_session_to_file(sessionfile)
+    # User might be confused if Instaloader does nothing
+    if not targetlist:
+        if instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+            # Instaloader did at least save a session file
+            instaloader.context.log("No targets were specified, thus nothing has been downloaded.")
+        else:
+            # Instloader did not do anything
+            instaloader.context.log("usage:" + usage_string())
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, add_help=False, usage=usage_string(),
+                            epilog="Report issues at https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues. "
+                                   "The complete documentation can be found at "
+                                   "https://instaloader.github.io/.",
+                            fromfile_prefix_chars='+')
+
+    g_targets = parser.add_argument_group("What to Download",
+                                          "Specify a list of targets. For each of these, Instaloader creates a folder "
+                                          "and downloads all posts. The following targets are supported:")
+    g_targets.add_argument('profile', nargs='*',
+                           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. "
+                                "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.")
+    g_targets.add_argument('_feed', nargs='*', metavar=":feed",
+                           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.")
+    g_targets.add_argument('_saved', nargs='*', metavar=":saved",
+                           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]",
+                           help="Re-Download the given object.")
+    g_targets.add_argument('_fromfile', nargs='*', metavar="+args.txt",
+                           help="Read targets (and options) from given textfile.")
+
+    g_post = parser.add_argument_group("What to Download of each Post")
+
+    g_prof = parser.add_argument_group("What to Download of each Profile")
+
+    g_prof.add_argument('-P', '--profile-pic-only', action='store_true',
+                        help=SUPPRESS)
+    g_prof.add_argument('--no-posts', action='store_true',
+                        help="Do not download regular posts.")
+    g_prof.add_argument('--no-profile-pic', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not download profile picture.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--no-pictures', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not download post pictures. Cannot be used together with --fast-update. '
+                             'Implies --no-video-thumbnails, does not imply --no-videos.')
+    g_post.add_argument('-V', '--no-videos', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not download videos.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--no-video-thumbnails', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not download thumbnails of videos.')
+    g_post.add_argument('-G', '--geotags', action='store_true',
+                        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.')
+    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.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--no-captions', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not create txt files.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--post-metadata-txt', action='append',
+                        help='Template to write in txt file for each Post.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--storyitem-metadata-txt', action='append',
+                        help='Template to write in txt file for each StoryItem.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--no-metadata-json', action='store_true',
+                        help='Do not create a JSON file containing the metadata of each post.')
+    g_post.add_argument('--metadata-json', action='store_true',
+                        help=SUPPRESS)
+    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.')
+    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.')
+    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',
+                        help='Also download IGTV videos.')
+
+    g_cond = parser.add_argument_group("Which Posts to Download")
+
+    g_cond.add_argument('-F', '--fast-update', action='store_true',
+                        help='For each target, stop when encountering the first already-downloaded picture. This '
+                             'flag is recommended when you use Instaloader to update your personal Instagram archive.')
+
+    g_cond.add_argument('--post-filter', '--only-if', metavar='filter',
+                        help='Expression that, if given, must evaluate to True for each post to be downloaded. Must be '
+                             'a syntactically valid python expression. Variables are evaluated to '
+                             'instaloader.Post attributes. Example: --post-filter=viewer_has_liked.')
+    g_cond.add_argument('--storyitem-filter', metavar='filter',
+                        help='Expression that, if given, must evaluate to True for each storyitem to be downloaded. '
+                             'Must be a syntactically valid python expression. Variables are evaluated to '
+                             'instaloader.StoryItem attributes.')
+
+    g_cond.add_argument('-c', '--count',
+                        help='Do not attempt to download more than COUNT posts. '
+                             'Applies only to #hashtag and :feed.')
+
+    g_login = parser.add_argument_group('Login (Download Private Profiles)',
+                                        '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.')
+    g_login.add_argument('-l', '--login', metavar='YOUR-USERNAME',
+                         help='Login name (profile name) for your Instagram account.')
+    g_login.add_argument('-f', '--sessionfile',
+                         help='Path for loading and storing session key file. '
+                              'Defaults to ' + get_default_session_filename("<login_name>"))
+    g_login.add_argument('-p', '--password', metavar='YOUR-PASSWORD',
+                         help='Password for your Instagram account. Without this option, '
+                              'you\'ll be prompted for your password interactively if '
+                              'there is not yet a valid session file.')
+
+    g_how = parser.add_argument_group('How to Download')
+    g_how.add_argument('--dirname-pattern',
+                       help='Name of directory where to store posts. {profile} is replaced by the profile name, '
+                            '{target} is replaced by the target you specified, i.e. either :feed, #hashtag or the '
+                            'profile name. Defaults to \'{target}\'.')
+    g_how.add_argument('--filename-pattern',
+                       help='Prefix of filenames, relative to the directory given with '
+                            '--dirname-pattern. {profile} is replaced by the profile name,'
+                            '{target} is replaced by the target you specified, i.e. either :feed'
+                            '#hashtag or the profile name. Defaults to \'{date_utc}_UTC\'')
+    g_how.add_argument('--user-agent',
+                       help='User Agent to use for HTTP requests. Defaults to \'{}\'.'.format(default_user_agent()))
+    g_how.add_argument('-S', '--no-sleep', action='store_true', help=SUPPRESS)
+    g_how.add_argument('--max-connection-attempts', metavar='N', type=int, default=3,
+                       help='Maximum number of connection attempts until a request is aborted. Defaults to 3. If a '
+                            'connection fails, it can be manually skipped by hitting CTRL+C. Set this to 0 to retry '
+                            'infinitely.')
+    g_how.add_argument('--commit-mode', action='store_true',
+                       help='Tries to ensure downloaded images avoid corruption in case of unexpected interruption. '
+                       'If the last picture is corrupted, Instaloader will fix the picture the next time it is run. '
+                       'Requires the JSON metadata to be saved.')
+    g_how.add_argument('--request-timeout', metavar='N', type=float,
+                       help='seconds to wait before timing out a connection request')
+
+    g_misc = parser.add_argument_group('Miscellaneous Options')
+    g_misc.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action='store_true',
+                        help='Disable user interaction, i.e. do not print messages (except errors) and fail '
+                             'if login credentials are needed but not given. This makes Instaloader suitable as a '
+                             'cron job.')
+    g_misc.add_argument('-h', '--help', action='help', help='Show this help message and exit.')
+    g_misc.add_argument('--version', action='version', help='Show version number and exit.',
+                        version=__version__)
+
+    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)
+            args.stories = False
+            if args.stories_only:
+                raise SystemExit(1)
+
+        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.")
+
+        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
+
+        if args.no_captions:
+            if not (post_metadata_txt_pattern or storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern):
+                post_metadata_txt_pattern = ''
+                storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern = ''
+            else:
+                raise SystemExit("--no-captions and --post-metadata-txt or --storyitem-metadata-txt given; "
+                                 "That contradicts.")
+
+        if args.no_pictures and args.fast_update:
+            raise SystemExit('--no-pictures and --fast-update cannot be used together.')
+
+        # Determine what to download
+        download_profile_pic = not args.no_profile_pic or args.profile_pic_only
+        download_posts = not (args.no_posts or args.stories_only or args.profile_pic_only)
+        download_stories = args.stories or args.stories_only
+
+        if args.commit_mode and args.no_metadata_json:
+            raise SystemExit('--commit-mode requires JSON metadata to be saved.')
+
+        loader = Instaloader(sleep=not args.no_sleep, quiet=args.quiet, user_agent=args.user_agent,
+                             dirname_pattern=args.dirname_pattern, filename_pattern=args.filename_pattern,
+                             download_pictures=not args.no_pictures,
+                             download_videos=not args.no_videos, download_video_thumbnails=not args.no_video_thumbnails,
+                             download_geotags=args.geotags,
+                             download_comments=args.comments, save_metadata=not args.no_metadata_json,
+                             compress_json=not args.no_compress_json,
+                             post_metadata_txt_pattern=post_metadata_txt_pattern,
+                             storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern=storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern,
+                             max_connection_attempts=args.max_connection_attempts,
+                             request_timeout=args.request_timeout,
+                             commit_mode=args.commit_mode)
+        _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,
+              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)
+        loader.close()
+    except InstaloaderException as err:
+        raise SystemExit("Fatal error: %s" % err)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

instaloader/exceptions.py

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+class InstaloaderException(Exception):
+    """Base exception for this script.
+
+    :note: This exception should not be raised directly."""
+    pass
+
+
+class QueryReturnedBadRequestException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class QueryReturnedForbiddenException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class ProfileNotExistsException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class ProfileHasNoPicsException(InstaloaderException):
+    """
+    .. deprecated:: 4.2.2
+       Not raised anymore.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class PrivateProfileNotFollowedException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class LoginRequiredException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class TwoFactorAuthRequiredException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class InvalidArgumentException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class BadResponseException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class BadCredentialsException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class ConnectionException(InstaloaderException):
+    pass
+
+
+class PostChangedException(InstaloaderException):
+    """.. versionadded:: 4.2.2"""
+    pass
+
+
+class QueryReturnedNotFoundException(ConnectionException):
+    pass
+
+
+class TooManyRequestsException(ConnectionException):
+    pass

instaloader/instaloadercontext.py

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+import hashlib
+import json
+import pickle
+import random
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+import textwrap
+import time
+import urllib.parse
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
+
+import requests
+import requests.utils
+
+from .exceptions import *
+
+
+def copy_session(session: requests.Session, request_timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> requests.Session:
+    """Duplicates a requests.Session."""
+    new = requests.Session()
+    new.cookies = requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(session.cookies))
+    new.headers = session.headers.copy() # type: ignore
+    if request_timeout is not None:
+        # Override default timeout behavior.
+        # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
+        new.request = partial(new.request, timeout=request_timeout) # type: ignore
+    return new
+
+
+def default_user_agent() -> str:
+    return 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 ' \
+           '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.79 Safari/537.36'
+
+
+class InstaloaderContext:
+    """Class providing methods for (error) logging and low-level communication with Instagram.
+
+    It is not thought to be instantiated directly, rather :class:`Instaloader` instances maintain a context
+    object.
+
+    For logging, it provides :meth:`log`, :meth:`error`, :meth:`error_catcher`.
+
+    It provides low-level communication routines :meth:`get_json`, :meth:`graphql_query`, :meth:`graphql_node_list`,
+    :meth:`get_and_write_raw` and implements mechanisms for rate controlling and error handling.
+
+    Further, it provides methods for logging in and general session handles, which are used by that routines in
+    class :class:`Instaloader`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, sleep: bool = True, quiet: bool = False, user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
+                 max_connection_attempts: int = 3, request_timeout: Optional[float] = None):
+
+        self.user_agent = user_agent if user_agent is not None else default_user_agent()
+        self.request_timeout = request_timeout
+        self._session = self.get_anonymous_session()
+        self.username = None
+        self.sleep = sleep
+        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
+
+        # error log, filled with error() and printed at the end of Instaloader.main()
+        self.error_log = []                      # type: List[str]
+
+        # For the adaption of sleep intervals (rate control)
+        self._graphql_query_timestamps = dict()  # type: Dict[str, List[float]]
+        self._graphql_earliest_next_request_time = 0.0
+
+        # Can be set to True for testing, disables supression of InstaloaderContext._error_catcher
+        self.raise_all_errors = False
+
+        # Cache profile from id (mapping from id to Profile)
+        self.profile_id_cache = dict()           # type: Dict[int, Any]
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def anonymous_copy(self):
+        session = self._session
+        username = self.username
+        self._session = self.get_anonymous_session()
+        self.username = None
+        try:
+            yield self
+        finally:
+            self._session.close()
+            self.username = username
+            self._session = session
+
+    @property
+    def is_logged_in(self) -> bool:
+        """True, if this Instaloader instance is logged in."""
+        return bool(self.username)
+
+    def log(self, *msg, sep='', end='\n', flush=False):
+        """Log a message to stdout that can be suppressed with --quiet."""
+        if not self.quiet:
+            print(*msg, sep=sep, end=end, flush=flush)
+
+    def error(self, msg, repeat_at_end=True):
+        """Log a non-fatal error message to stderr, which is repeated at program termination.
+
+        :param msg: Message to be printed.
+        :param repeat_at_end: Set to false if the message should be printed, but not repeated at program termination."""
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+        if repeat_at_end:
+            self.error_log.append(msg)
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Print error log and close session"""
+        if self.error_log and not self.quiet:
+            print("\nErrors or warnings occurred:", file=sys.stderr)
+            for err in self.error_log:
+                print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+        self._session.close()
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def error_catcher(self, extra_info: Optional[str] = None):
+        """
+        Context manager to catch, print and record InstaloaderExceptions.
+
+        :param extra_info: String to prefix error message with."""
+        try:
+            yield
+        except InstaloaderException as err:
+            if extra_info:
+                self.error('{}: {}'.format(extra_info, err))
+            else:
+                self.error('{}'.format(err))
+            if self.raise_all_errors:
+                raise
+
+    def _default_http_header(self, empty_session_only: bool = False) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Returns default HTTP header we use for requests."""
+        header = {'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
+                  'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.8',
+                  'Connection': 'keep-alive',
+                  'Content-Length': '0',
+                  'Host': 'www.instagram.com',
+                  'Origin': 'https://www.instagram.com',
+                  'Referer': 'https://www.instagram.com/',
+                  'User-Agent': self.user_agent,
+                  'X-Instagram-AJAX': '1',
+                  'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'}
+        if empty_session_only:
+            del header['Host']
+            del header['Origin']
+            del header['Referer']
+            del header['X-Instagram-AJAX']
+            del header['X-Requested-With']
+        return header
+
+    def get_anonymous_session(self) -> requests.Session:
+        """Returns our default anonymous requests.Session object."""
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.cookies.update({'sessionid': '', 'mid': '', 'ig_pr': '1',
+                                'ig_vw': '1920', 'csrftoken': '',
+                                's_network': '', 'ds_user_id': ''})
+        session.headers.update(self._default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # 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
+        return session
+
+    def save_session_to_file(self, sessionfile):
+        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.save_session_to_file`."""
+        pickle.dump(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self._session.cookies), sessionfile)
+
+    def load_session_from_file(self, username, sessionfile):
+        """Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.load_session_from_file`."""
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.cookies = requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(pickle.load(sessionfile))
+        session.headers.update(self._default_http_header())
+        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': session.cookies.get_dict()['csrftoken']})
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # 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
+        self._session = session
+        self.username = username
+
+    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
+
+    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`."""
+        # pylint:disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        import http.client
+        # pylint:disable=protected-access
+        http.client._MAXHEADERS = 200
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.cookies.update({'sessionid': '', 'mid': '', 'ig_pr': '1',
+                                'ig_vw': '1920', 'ig_cb': '1', 'csrftoken': '',
+                                's_network': '', 'ds_user_id': ''})
+        session.headers.update(self._default_http_header())
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # 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
+        session.get('https://www.instagram.com/web/__mid/')
+        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/',
+                             data={'enc_password': enc_password, 'username': user}, allow_redirects=True)
+        try:
+            resp_json = login.json()
+        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+            raise ConnectionException("Login error: JSON decode fail, {} - {}.".format(login.status_code, login.reason))
+        if resp_json.get('two_factor_required'):
+            two_factor_session = copy_session(session, self.request_timeout)
+            two_factor_session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': csrf_token})
+            two_factor_session.cookies.update({'csrftoken': csrf_token})
+            self.two_factor_auth_pending = (two_factor_session,
+                                            user,
+                                            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')))
+        if resp_json['status'] != 'ok':
+            if 'message' in resp_json:
+                raise ConnectionException("Login error: \"{}\" status, message \"{}\".".format(resp_json['status'],
+                                                                                               resp_json['message']))
+            else:
+                raise ConnectionException("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']))
+            else:
+                raise ConnectionException("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
+                # 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))
+        # '{"authenticated": true, "user": true, "userId": ..., "oneTapPrompt": false, "status": "ok"}'
+        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': login.cookies['csrftoken']})
+        self._session = session
+        self.username = user
+
+    def two_factor_login(self, two_factor_code):
+        """Second step of login if 2FA is enabled.
+        Not meant to be used directly, use :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`.
+
+        :raises InvalidArgumentException: No two-factor authentication pending.
+        :raises BadCredentialsException: 2FA verification code invalid.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.2"""
+        if not self.two_factor_auth_pending:
+            raise InvalidArgumentException("No two-factor authentication pending.")
+        (session, user, two_factor_id) = self.two_factor_auth_pending
+
+        login = session.post('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/two_factor/',
+                             data={'username': user, 'verificationCode': two_factor_code, 'identifier': two_factor_id},
+                             allow_redirects=True)
+        resp_json = login.json()
+        if resp_json['status'] != 'ok':
+            if 'message' in resp_json:
+                raise BadCredentialsException("Login error: {}".format(resp_json['message']))
+            else:
+                raise BadCredentialsException("Login error: \"{}\" status.".format(resp_json['status']))
+        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': login.cookies['csrftoken']})
+        self._session = session
+        self.username = user
+        self.two_factor_auth_pending = None
+
+    def do_sleep(self):
+        """Sleep a short time if self.sleep is set. Called before each request to instagram.com."""
+        if self.sleep:
+            time.sleep(min(random.expovariate(0.7), 5.0))
+
+    def _dump_query_timestamps(self, current_time: float):
+        """Output the number of GraphQL queries grouped by their query_hash within the last time."""
+        windows = [10, 11, 15, 20, 30, 60]
+        print("GraphQL requests:", file=sys.stderr)
+        for query_hash, times in self._graphql_query_timestamps.items():
+            print("  {}".format(query_hash), file=sys.stderr)
+            for window in windows:
+                reqs_in_sliding_window = sum(t > current_time - window * 60 for t in times)
+                print("    last {} minutes: {} requests".format(window, reqs_in_sliding_window), file=sys.stderr)
+
+    def _graphql_request_count_per_sliding_window(self, query_hash: str) -> int:
+        """Return how many GraphQL requests can be done within the sliding window."""
+        if self.is_logged_in:
+            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 20,
+                        '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 20,
+                        'iphone': 100,
+                        'other': 100}
+        else:
+            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 200,
+                        '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 200,
+                        'other': 200}
+        return max_reqs.get(query_hash) or min(max_reqs.values())
+
+    def _graphql_query_waittime(self, query_hash: str, current_time: float, untracked_queries: bool = False) -> float:
+        """Calculate time needed to wait before GraphQL query can be executed."""
+        sliding_window = 660
+        if query_hash not in self._graphql_query_timestamps:
+            self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash] = []
+        self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash] = list(filter(lambda t: t > current_time - 60 * 60,
+                                                                 self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash]))
+        reqs_in_sliding_window = list(filter(lambda t: t > current_time - sliding_window,
+                                             self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash]))
+        count_per_sliding_window = self._graphql_request_count_per_sliding_window(query_hash)
+        if len(reqs_in_sliding_window) < count_per_sliding_window and not untracked_queries:
+            return max(0, self._graphql_earliest_next_request_time - current_time)
+        next_request_time = min(reqs_in_sliding_window) + sliding_window + 6
+        if untracked_queries:
+            self._graphql_earliest_next_request_time = next_request_time
+        return round(max(next_request_time, self._graphql_earliest_next_request_time) - current_time)
+
+    def _ratecontrol_graphql_query(self, query_hash: str, untracked_queries: bool = False):
+        """Called before a GraphQL query is made in order to stay within Instagram's rate limits.
+
+        :param query_hash: The query_hash parameter of the query.
+        :param untracked_queries: True, if 429 has been returned to apply 429 logic.
+        """
+        if not untracked_queries:
+            waittime = self._graphql_query_waittime(query_hash, time.monotonic(), untracked_queries)
+            assert waittime >= 0
+            if waittime > 10:
+                self.log('\nToo many queries in the last time. Need to wait {} seconds, until {:%H:%M}.'
+                         .format(waittime, datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=waittime)))
+            time.sleep(waittime)
+            if query_hash not in self._graphql_query_timestamps:
+                self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash] = [time.monotonic()]
+            else:
+                self._graphql_query_timestamps[query_hash].append(time.monotonic())
+        else:
+            text_for_429 = ("HTTP error code 429 was returned because too many queries occurred in the last time. "
+                            "Please do not use Instagram in your browser or run multiple instances of Instaloader "
+                            "in parallel.")
+            print(textwrap.fill(text_for_429), file=sys.stderr)
+            current_time = time.monotonic()
+            waittime = self._graphql_query_waittime(query_hash, current_time, untracked_queries)
+            assert waittime >= 0
+            if waittime > 10:
+                self.log('The request will be retried in {} seconds, at {:%H:%M}.'
+                         .format(waittime, datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=waittime)))
+            self._dump_query_timestamps(current_time)
+            time.sleep(waittime)
+
+    def get_json(self, path: str, params: Dict[str, Any], host: str = 'www.instagram.com',
+                 session: Optional[requests.Session] = None, _attempt=1) -> 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 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
+        :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.
+        """
+        is_graphql_query = 'query_hash' 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"
+        sess = session if session else self._session
+        try:
+            self.do_sleep()
+            if is_graphql_query:
+                self._ratecontrol_graphql_query(params['query_hash'])
+            if is_iphone_query:
+                self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('iphone')
+            if is_other_query:
+                self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('other')
+            resp = sess.get('https://{0}/{1}'.format(host, path), params=params, allow_redirects=False)
+            while resp.is_redirect:
+                redirect_url = resp.headers['location']
+                self.log('\nHTTP redirect from https://{0}/{1} to {2}'.format(host, path, redirect_url))
+                if redirect_url.startswith('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login'):
+                    # alternate rate limit exceeded behavior
+                    raise TooManyRequestsException("429 Too Many Requests: redirected to login")
+                if redirect_url.startswith('https://{}/'.format(host)):
+                    resp = sess.get(redirect_url if redirect_url.endswith('/') else redirect_url + '/',
+                                    params=params, allow_redirects=False)
+                else:
+                    break
+            if resp.status_code == 400:
+                raise QueryReturnedBadRequestException("400 Bad Request")
+            if resp.status_code == 404:
+                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 Not Found")
+            if resp.status_code == 429:
+                raise TooManyRequestsException("429 Too Many Requests")
+            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:
+                match = re.search(r'window\._sharedData = (.*);</script>', resp.text)
+                if match is None:
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("Could not find \"window._sharedData\" in html response.")
+                resp_json = json.loads(match.group(1))
+                entry_data = resp_json.get('entry_data')
+                post_or_profile_page = list(entry_data.values())[0] if entry_data is not None else None
+                if post_or_profile_page is None:
+                    raise ConnectionException("\"window._sharedData\" does not contain required keys.")
+                # If GraphQL data is missing in `window._sharedData`, search for it in `__additionalDataLoaded`.
+                if 'graphql' not in post_or_profile_page[0]:
+                    match = re.search(r'window\.__additionalDataLoaded\([^{]+{"graphql":({.*})}\);</script>',
+                                      resp.text)
+                    if match is not None:
+                        post_or_profile_page[0]['graphql'] = json.loads(match.group(1))
+                return resp_json
+            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']))
+            return resp_json
+        except (ConnectionException, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, requests.exceptions.RequestException) as err:
+            error_string = "JSON Query to {}: {}".format(path, err)
+            if _attempt == self.max_connection_attempts:
+                if isinstance(err, QueryReturnedNotFoundException):
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(error_string) from err
+                else:
+                    raise ConnectionException(error_string) from err
+            self.error(error_string + " [retrying; skip with ^C]", repeat_at_end=False)
+            try:
+                if is_graphql_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
+                    self._ratecontrol_graphql_query(params['query_hash'], untracked_queries=True)
+                if is_iphone_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
+                    self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('iphone', untracked_queries=True)
+                if is_other_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
+                    self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('other', untracked_queries=True)
+                return self.get_json(path=path, params=params, host=host, session=sess, _attempt=_attempt + 1)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                self.error("[skipped by user]", repeat_at_end=False)
+                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]:
+        """
+        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.
+        """
+        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=(',', ':'))
+
+            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)
+        if 'status' not in resp_json:
+            self.error("GraphQL response did not contain a \"status\" field.")
+        return resp_json
+
+    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,
+                          first_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Retrieve a list of GraphQL nodes."""
+
+        def _query():
+            query_variables['first'] = self._graphql_page_length
+            try:
+                return edge_extractor(self.graphql_query(query_hash, query_variables, query_referer, rhx_gis))
+            except QueryReturnedBadRequestException:
+                new_page_length = int(self._graphql_page_length / 2)
+                if new_page_length >= 12:
+                    self._graphql_page_length = new_page_length
+                    self.error("HTTP Error 400 (Bad Request) on GraphQL Query. Retrying with shorter page length.",
+                               repeat_at_end=False)
+                    return _query()
+                else:
+                    raise
+
+        if first_data:
+            data = first_data
+        else:
+            data = _query()
+        yield from (edge['node'] for edge in data['edges'])
+        while data['page_info']['has_next_page']:
+            query_variables['after'] = data['page_info']['end_cursor']
+            data = _query()
+            yield from (edge['node'] for edge in data['edges'])
+
+    def get_iphone_json(self, path: str, params: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """JSON request to ``i.instagram.com``.
+
+        :param path: URL, relative to ``i.instagram.com/``
+        :param params: GET parameters
+        :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.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.2.1"""
+        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tempsession:
+            tempsession.headers['User-Agent'] = 'Instagram 123.1.0.26.115 (iPhone12,1; iOS 13_3; en_US; en-US; ' \
+                                                'scale=2.00; 1656x3584; 190542906)'
+            for header in ['Host', 'Origin', 'X-Instagram-AJAX', 'X-Requested-With']:
+                tempsession.headers.pop(header, None)
+            return self.get_json(path, params, 'i.instagram.com', tempsession)
+
+    def write_raw(self, resp: Union[bytes, requests.Response], filename: str) -> None:
+        """Write raw response data into a file.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.2.1"""
+        self.log(filename, end=' ', flush=True)
+        with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
+            if isinstance(resp, requests.Response):
+                shutil.copyfileobj(resp.raw, file)
+            else:
+                file.write(resp)
+
+    def get_raw(self, url: str, _attempt=1) -> requests.Response:
+        """Downloads a file anonymously.
+
+        :raises QueryReturnedNotFoundException: When the server responds with a 404.
+        :raises QueryReturnedForbiddenException: When the server responds with a 403.
+        :raises ConnectionException: When download failed.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.2.1"""
+        with self.get_anonymous_session() as anonymous_session:
+            resp = anonymous_session.get(url, stream=True)
+        if resp.status_code == 200:
+            resp.raw.decode_content = True
+            return resp
+        else:
+            if resp.status_code == 403:
+                # suspected invalid URL signature
+                raise QueryReturnedForbiddenException("403 when accessing {}.".format(url))
+            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))
+
+    def get_and_write_raw(self, url: str, filename: str) -> None:
+        """Downloads and writes anonymously-requested raw data into a file.
+
+        :raises QueryReturnedNotFoundException: When the server responds with a 404.
+        :raises QueryReturnedForbiddenException: When the server responds with a 403.
+        :raises ConnectionException: When download repeatedly failed."""
+        self.write_raw(self.get_raw(url), filename)
+
+    @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

setup.py

@@ -1,31 +1,68 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+import platform
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+SRC = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+def get_version():
+    with open(os.path.join(SRC, 'instaloader/__init__.py')) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            m = re.match("__version__ = '(.*)'", line)
+            if m:
+                return m.group(1)
+    raise SystemExit("Could not find version string.")
+
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+    sys.exit('Instaloader requires Python >= 3.5.')
+
+requirements = ['requests>=2.4']
+
+if platform.system() == 'Windows' and sys.version_info < (3, 6):
+    requirements.append('win_unicode_console')
+
+keywords = (['instagram', 'instagram-scraper', 'instagram-client', 'instagram-feed', 'downloader', 'videos', 'photos',
+             'pictures', 'instagram-user-photos', 'instagram-photos', 'instagram-metadata', 'instagram-downloader',
+             'instagram-stories'])
+
+# NOTE that many of the values defined in this file are duplicated on other places, such as the
+# documentation.
+
 setup(
     name='instaloader',
-    version='1.1',
-    py_modules=['instaloader'],
-    url='https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader',
+    version=get_version(),
+    packages=['instaloader'],
+    url='https://instaloader.github.io/',
     license='MIT',
     author='Alexander Graf, André Koch-Kramer',
     author_email='mail@agraf.me, koch-kramer@web.de',
-    description='Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given '
-                'set of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile.',
-    install_requires=['requests>=2.4'],
-    python_requires='>=3.3',
-    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['instaloader=instaloader:main']},
+    description='Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata '
+                'from Instagram.',
+    long_description=open(os.path.join(SRC, 'README.rst')).read(),
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    python_requires='>=3.5',
+    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['instaloader=instaloader.__main__:main']},
     zip_safe=True,
-    keywords='instagram downloader',
+    keywords=keywords,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Console',
+        'Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6'
-        'Topic :: Internet'
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
+        'Topic :: Internet',
+        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics'
     ]
 )

test/instaloader_unittests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+"""Unit Tests for Instaloader"""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from itertools import islice
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+import instaloader
+
+PROFILE_WITH_HIGHLIGHTS = 325732271
+PUBLIC_PROFILE = "selenagomez"
+PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID = 460563723
+PUBLIC_PROFILE_WITH_IGTV = "natgeo"
+HASHTAG = "kitten"
+LOCATION = "362629379"
+OWN_USERNAME = "aandergr"
+NORMAL_MAX_COUNT = 2
+PAGING_MAX_COUNT = 15
+PRIVATE_PROFILE = "aandergr"
+PRIVATE_PROFILE_ID = 1706625676
+EMPTY_PROFILE = "not_public"
+EMPTY_PROFILE_ID = 1928659031
+
+# Preserve query timestamps (rate control) between tests to not get rate limited
+instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = dict()  # type: Dict[str, List[float]]
+
+
+class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        print("Testing in {}".format(self.dir))
+        os.chdir(self.dir)
+        self.L = instaloader.Instaloader(download_geotags=True,
+                                         download_comments=True,
+                                         save_metadata=True)
+        self.L.context.raise_all_errors = True
+        # pylint:disable=protected-access
+        self.L.context._graphql_query_timestamps = instaloadercontext_query_timestamps.copy()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # pylint:disable=global-statement,protected-access
+        global instaloadercontext_query_timestamps
+        instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = self.L.context._graphql_query_timestamps.copy()
+        self.L.close()
+        os.chdir('/')
+        print("Removing {}".format(self.dir))
+        shutil.rmtree(self.dir)
+
+    def post_paging_test(self, iterator):
+        previous_post = None
+        for post in islice(iterator, PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
+            print(post)
+            if previous_post:
+                self.assertTrue(post.date_utc < previous_post.date_utc)
+            previous_post = post
+
+    @unittest.skip('')
+    def test_public_profile_download(self):
+        profiles = {self.L.check_profile_id(PUBLIC_PROFILE)}
+        self.L.download_profiles(profiles, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True, raise_errors=True)
+        self.L.download_profiles(profiles, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True, raise_errors=True)
+
+    def test_public_profile_paging(self):
+        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts())
+
+    def test_profile_pic_download(self):
+        self.L.download_profiles({self.L.check_profile_id(PUBLIC_PROFILE)}, posts=False, raise_errors=True)
+
+    def test_hashtag_download(self):
+        self.L.download_hashtag(HASHTAG, NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
+
+    def test_hashtag_paging(self):
+        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(self.L.context, HASHTAG).get_all_posts()):
+            print(post)
+            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
+                break
+
+    def test_get_id_by_username(self):
+        self.assertEqual(PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID,
+                         instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).userid)
+
+    def test_get_username_by_id_private(self):
+        self.assertEqual(PRIVATE_PROFILE.lower(),
+                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE_ID).username)
+
+    def test_get_username_by_id_public(self):
+        self.assertEqual(PUBLIC_PROFILE.lower(),
+                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID).username)
+
+    def test_get_username_by_id_empty(self):
+        self.assertEqual(EMPTY_PROFILE.lower(),
+                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, EMPTY_PROFILE_ID).username)
+
+    def test_post_from_mediaid(self):
+        for post in instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts():
+            post2 = instaloader.Post.from_mediaid(self.L.context, post.mediaid)
+            self.assertEqual(post, post2)
+            break
+
+    def test_public_profile_tagged_paging(self):
+        for post in islice(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_tagged_posts(),
+                           PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
+            print(post)
+
+    def test_public_profile_igtv(self):
+        for post in islice(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE_WITH_IGTV).get_igtv_posts(),
+                           PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
+            print(post)
+
+
+class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.L.load_session_from_file(OWN_USERNAME)
+
+    @unittest.skip('')
+    def test_stories_download(self):
+        self.L.download_stories()
+
+    @unittest.skip('')
+    def test_private_profile_download(self):
+        self.L.download_profiles({self.L.check_profile_id(PRIVATE_PROFILE)}, stories=True, raise_errors=True)
+
+    def test_stories_paging(self):
+        for user_story in self.L.get_stories():
+            print("profile {}.".format(user_story.owner_username))
+            for item in user_story.get_items():
+                print(item)
+
+    def test_highlights_paging(self):
+        for user_highlight in self.L.get_highlights(PROFILE_WITH_HIGHLIGHTS):
+            print("Retrieving {} highlights \"{}\" from profile {}".format(user_highlight.itemcount,
+                                                                           user_highlight.title,
+                                                                           user_highlight.owner_username))
+            for item in user_highlight.get_items():
+                print(item)
+
+    def test_private_profile_paging(self):
+        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE).get_posts())
+
+    def test_feed_download(self):
+        self.L.download_feed_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
+
+    def test_feed_paging(self):
+        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_feed_posts()):
+            print(post)
+            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
+                break
+
+    def test_saved_download(self):
+        self.L.download_saved_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
+
+    def test_saved_paging(self):
+        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME).get_saved_posts()):
+            print(post)
+            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
+                break
+
+    def test_test_login(self):
+        self.assertEqual(OWN_USERNAME, self.L.test_login())
+
+    def test_followees_and_stories(self):
+        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
+        followees = set(islice(profile.get_followees(), PAGING_MAX_COUNT))
+        self.L.download_profiles(followees, profile_pic=False, stories=True, posts=False, raise_errors=True)
+
+    def test_get_followees(self):
+        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
+        for f in profile.get_followees():
+            print(f.username)
+
+    def test_get_followers(self):
+        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
+        for f in profile.get_followers():
+            print(f.username)
+
+    def test_get_similar_accounts(self):
+        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
+        for f in profile.get_similar_accounts():
+            print(f.username)
+
+    def test_get_likes(self):
+        for post in instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME).get_posts():
+            for like in post.get_likes():
+                print(like.username)
+            break
+
+    def test_explore_paging(self):
+        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_explore_posts()):
+            print(post)
+            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
+                break
+
+    def test_location_download(self):
+        self.L.download_location(LOCATION, NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
+
+    def test_location_paging(self):
+        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_location_posts(LOCATION)):
+            print(post)
+            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
+                break
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()