Release of version 1.2.2

In case you are blocked by a public profile which you intend to
download, the server responds as if the profile would not exist. Now in
this case, we retry the download without using an anonymous session.

README.rst

@@ -19,20 +19,16 @@ may install Instaloader using
 
     pip3 install instaloader
 
-Alternatively, you may `download Instaloader from
-GitHub <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases>`__, unzip it
-and invoke bundled ``setup.py`` (requiring
-`setuptools <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools>`__) to install it:
+Alternatively, to get the most current version of Instaloader from our
+`Git repository <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader>`__:
 
 ::
 
-    python3 setup.py install [--user]
-
-(pass ``--user`` to install it for your user only instead of globally)
+    pip3 install git+https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader
 
 Instaloader requires
 `requests <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests>`__, which
-will be installed automatically by setup.py, if not already installed.
+will be installed automatically, if it is not already installed.
 
 How to automatically download pictures from Instagram
 -----------------------------------------------------

instaloader.py

@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ def download_profiles(profilelist: List[str], username: Optional[str] = None, pa
     try:
         # Generate set of targets
         for pentry in profilelist:
-            if pentry[0] == '@':
+            if pentry[0] == '@' and username is not None:
                 _log("Retrieving followees of %s..." % pentry[1:], quiet=quiet)
                 followees = get_followees(pentry[1:], session)
                 targets.update([followee['username'] for followee in followees])
@@ -670,8 +670,16 @@ def download_profiles(profilelist: List[str], username: Optional[str] = None, pa
         # Iterate through targets list and download them
         for target in targets:
             try:
-                download(target, session, profile_pic_only, download_videos,
-                        geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
+                try:
+                    download(target, session, profile_pic_only, download_videos,
+                             geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
+                except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+                    if username is not None:
+                        _log("\"Profile not exists\" - Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked")
+                        download(target, get_anonymous_session(), profile_pic_only, download_videos,
+                                 geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
+                    else:
+                        raise err
             except NonfatalException as err:
                 failedtargets.append(target)
                 print(err, file=sys.stderr)
@@ -688,9 +696,9 @@ def main():
     parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
                             epilog="Report issues at https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/issues.")
     parser.add_argument('profile', nargs='*',
-                        help='Name of profile to download; @<profile> to download all followees of '
+                        help='Name of profile to download; If --login is given: @<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 '
+                             'download pictures from your feed (using '
                              '--fast-update is recommended).')
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
                         version=__version__)

setup.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
 
 setup(
     name='instaloader',
-    version='1.2.1',
+    version='1.2.2',
     py_modules=['instaloader'],
     url='https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader',
     license='MIT',