Release of version 4.0.6

If using --stories or --stories-only the stories got donwloaded along
with the profiles one by one. Now, the stories get downloaded in a
similar aproach like when using the :stories target, i.e.
download_stories() gets only called once.
Profile.has_highlight_reels is broken and now always returns true.
This fixes #153.

.travis.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ install:
  - pip install pylint requests
  - pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
 script:
- - python3 -m pylint -r n -d bad-whitespace,missing-docstring,too-many-arguments,locally-disabled,line-too-long,too-many-public-methods,too-many-lines,too-many-instance-attributes,too-many-locals,too-many-branches,too-many-statements,inconsistent-return-statements,invalid-name,wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import instaloader
+ - python3 -m pylint -r n -d bad-whitespace,missing-docstring,too-many-arguments,locally-disabled,line-too-long,too-many-public-methods,too-many-lines,too-many-instance-attributes,too-many-locals,too-many-branches,too-many-statements,inconsistent-return-statements,invalid-name,wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import,no-else-return instaloader
- - make -C docs html
+ - make -C docs html SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
 deploy:
   - provider: pypi
     user: aandergr

AUTHORS.md

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

README.rst

@@ -75,6 +75,33 @@ Disclaimer
 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
 
-Instaloader is licensed under an MIT license. Refer to ``LICENSE`` file for more information.
+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
+
+For a direct and personal communication within Instaloader's community, we have
+an IRC channel
+
+**#instaloader** on **Freenode**.
+
+Freenode provides a `Web IRC Client
+<https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=instaloader>`__, allowing to join our
+channel without having an IRC client installed.

docs/_static/style.css

@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ dd {
 dl.option dd {
     padding-left: 12px;
 }
+
+a {
+    color: #008d06;
+}
+
+a:hover {
+    color: #f48400;
+}

docs/_templates/navbar.html

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
                   <li><a href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader">Instaloader on GitHub</a></li>
                   <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
                   <li style="padding-left: 20px;"><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader" data-icon="octicon-star" data-size="large" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star Instaloader on GitHub">Star</a></li>
+                  <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
+                  <li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/aandergr"><b>Donate (via Paypal)</b></a></li>
                 </ul>
               </li>
             </ul>

docs/as-module.rst

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ metadata of a Profile. :class:`Profile` instances can be created with:
 
      profile = Profile.from_username(L.context, USERNAME)
 
-- :meth:`Profile_from_userid`
+- :meth:`Profile.from_id`
    given its User ID. This allows to easily lookup a Profile's username given
    its ID::
 
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ metadata of a Profile. :class:`Profile` instances can be created with:
 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)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -116,15 +119,12 @@ Additionally, the following trivial structures are defined:
 
 .. autoclass:: PostSidecarNode
    :no-show-inheritance:
-   :no-members:
 
 .. autoclass:: PostComment
    :no-show-inheritance:
-   :no-members:
 
 .. autoclass:: PostLocation
    :no-show-inheritance:
-   :no-members:
 
 User Stories
 """"""""""""
@@ -154,9 +154,15 @@ to/from JSON files.
 Exceptions
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
+.. currentmodule:: instaloader.exceptions
+
 .. autoexception:: InstaloaderException
    :no-show-inheritance:
 
+.. autoexception:: ConnectionException
+
+.. currentmodule:: instaloader
+
 .. autoexception:: QueryReturnedBadRequestException
 
 .. autoexception:: QueryReturnedNotFoundException
@@ -177,8 +183,6 @@ Exceptions
 
 .. autoexception:: BadCredentialsException
 
-.. autoexception:: ConnectionException
-
 .. autoexception:: TooManyRequestsException
 
 ``InstaloaderContext`` (Low-level functions)

docs/basic-usage.rst

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Instaloader supports the following targets:
    **download the user's stories**.
 
 - ``"#hashtag"``
-   Posts with a certain **hashtag** (the quotes are usually neccessary),
+   Posts with a certain **hashtag** (the quotes are usually necessary),
 
 - ``:stories``
    The currently-visible **stories** of your followees (requires
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Filter Posts
 .. py:currentmodule:: instaloader
 
 The options :option:`--post-filter` and :option:`--storyitem-filter`
-allows to specify criterias that posts or story items have to
+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
@@ -273,3 +273,6 @@ 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.

docs/cli-options.rst

@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ automatically **finds it by its unique ID** and renames the folder likewise.
    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.
+
 .. option:: --post-filter filter, --only-if filter
 
    Expression that, if given, must evaluate to True for each post to be

docs/codesnippets.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+.. _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.
+
+.. 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`.
+
+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

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+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

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import instaloader
+
+L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('milfgarden')
+
+users = set()
+
+for post in posts:
+    if not post.owner_profile in users:
+        L.download_post(post, '#milfgarden')
+        users.add(post.owner_profile)
+    else:
+        print("{} from {} skipped.".format(post, post.owner_profile))

docs/codesnippets/120_ghost_followers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+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

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from itertools import dropwhile, takewhile
+
+import instaloader
+
+L = instaloader.Instaloader()
+
+posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('milfgarden')
+# 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, '#milfgarden')

docs/codesnippets/56_track_deleted.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+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/conf.py

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ import docs.sphinx_autodoc_typehints as sphinx_autodoc_typehints
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.githubpages',
-    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx'
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+    'sphinx.ext.extlinks'
 ]
 
 autodoc_default_flags = ['show-inheritance', 'members', 'undoc-members']
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ autodoc_member_order = 'bysource'
 intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
                        'requests': ('http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master', None)}
 
+extlinks = {'issue': ('https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues/%s', 'issue #')}
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 

docs/contributing.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _contributing:
+
 Contributing to Instaloader
 ===========================
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ Reporting Bugs
 If you encounter a bug, do not hesitate to report it in our
 `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__. Since
 Instaloader is actively developed, the majority of bugs is fixed within only
-**4 days** after being reported. When reporting a problem, please keep the
+**3 days** after being reported. When reporting a problem, please keep the
 following in mind:
 
 - Ensure you **use the latest version** of Instaloader. The currently-installed
@@ -23,10 +25,10 @@ following in mind:
 
 - 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, it is advised to create a new issue.
+  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 occured (of course, you may anonymize profile names etc.).
+  when the problem occurred (of course, you may anonymize profile names etc.).
 
 - Include all **error messages and tracebacks** in the report.
 
@@ -47,13 +49,13 @@ few things to consider:
   you forked from the most recent branch.
 
 - We use `Pylint <https://www.pylint.org/>`__ for error and syntax checking of
-  ``instaloader.py``. The file ``.travis.yml`` in the project's root directory
+  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 ``ìnstaloader --help``
+  ``cli-options.rst`` is merely an RST-formatted copy of ``instaloader --help``
-  output, of which the source is near the bottom of ``instaloader.py``.
+  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
@@ -81,3 +83,38 @@ Please consider the following:
 - **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`)
+
+IRC Channel
+-----------
+
+.. ircchannel-start
+
+For a direct and personal communication within Instaloader's community, we have
+an IRC channel
+
+**#instaloader** on **Freenode**.
+
+Freenode provides a `Web IRC Client
+<https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=instaloader>`__, allowing to join our
+channel without having an IRC client installed.
+
+.. ircchannel-end

docs/index.rst

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Instaloader Documentation
    basic-usage
    cli-options
    as-module
+   codesnippets
    contributing
 
 Useful Links
@@ -69,10 +70,27 @@ Useful Links
 - `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
+
+.. include:: contributing.rst
+   :start-after: ircchannel-start
+   :end-before: ircchannel-end
 
 ..
    * :ref:`genindex`

instaloader/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""
 
 
-__version__ = '4.0.1'
+__version__ = '4.0.6'
 
 
 try:

instaloader/__main__.py

@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                 if target[0] == '@':
                     instaloader.context.log("Retrieving followees of %s..." % target[1:])
                     profile = Profile.from_username(instaloader.context, target[1:])
-                    followees = profile.get_followees()
+                    for followee in profile.get_followees():
-                    profiles.update([followee.username for followee in followees])
+                        instaloader.save_profile_id(followee)
+                        profiles.add(followee)
                 elif target[0] == '#':
                     instaloader.download_hashtag(hashtag=target[1:], max_count=max_count, fast_update=fast_update,
                                                  post_filter=post_filter)
@@ -135,26 +136,32 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                     instaloader.download_saved_posts(fast_update=fast_update, max_count=max_count,
                                                      post_filter=post_filter)
                 else:
-                    profiles.add(target)
+                    profiles.add(instaloader.check_profile_id(target))
         if len(profiles) > 1:
-            instaloader.context.log("Downloading {} profiles: {}".format(len(profiles), ' '.join(profiles)))
+            instaloader.context.log("Downloading {} profiles: {}".format(len(profiles),
-        # Iterate through profiles list and download them
+                                                                         ' '.join([p.username for p in profiles])))
-        for target in profiles:
+        if not stories_only:
-            with instaloader.context.error_catcher(target):
+            # Iterate through profiles list and download them
-                try:
+            for target in profiles:
-                    instaloader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only, fast_update,
+                with instaloader.context.error_catcher(target):
-                                                 stories, stories_only, post_filter=post_filter,
+                    try:
-                                                 storyitem_filter=storyitem_filter)
+                        instaloader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
-                except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+                                                     fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
-                    if instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+                    except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
-                        instaloader.context.log(err)
+                        if instaloader.context.is_logged_in and not stories_only:
-                        instaloader.context.log("Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked.")
+                            instaloader.context.log(err)
-                        with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
+                            instaloader.context.log("Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked.")
-                            with instaloader.context.error_catcher():
+                            with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
-                                anonymous_loader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
+                                with instaloader.context.error_catcher():
-                                                                  fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
+                                    anonymous_loader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
-                    else:
+                                                                      fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
-                        raise
+                        else:
+                            raise
+        if stories or stories_only:
+            with instaloader.context.error_catcher("Download stories"):
+                instaloader.context.log("Downloading stories")
+                instaloader.download_stories(userids=list(profiles), fast_update=fast_update,
+                                             filename_target=None, storyitem_filter=storyitem_filter)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("\nInterrupted by user.", file=sys.stderr)
     # Save session if it is useful
@@ -271,6 +278,7 @@ def main():
     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('--graphql-rate-limit', type=int, 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 '
@@ -316,6 +324,7 @@ def main():
                              compress_json=not args.no_compress_json,
                              post_metadata_txt_pattern=post_metadata_txt_pattern,
                              storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern=storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern,
+                             graphql_rate_limit=args.graphql_rate_limit,
                              max_connection_attempts=args.max_connection_attempts)
         _main(loader,
               args.profile,

instaloader/instaloader.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from functools import wraps
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Callable, Iterator, List, Optional, Any
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 from .exceptions import *
 from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class Instaloader:
        txt file.
     :param storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern: :option:`--storyitem-metadata-txt`, default is empty (=none)
     :param max_connection_attempts: :option:`--max-connection-attempts`
+
+    .. attribute:: context
+
+       The associated :class:`InstaloaderContext` with low-level communication functions and logging.
     """
 
     def __init__(self,
@@ -106,9 +110,10 @@ class Instaloader:
                  compress_json: bool = True,
                  post_metadata_txt_pattern: str = None,
                  storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern: str = None,
+                 graphql_rate_limit: Optional[int] = None,
                  max_connection_attempts: int = 3):
 
-        self.context = InstaloaderContext(sleep, quiet, user_agent, max_connection_attempts)
+        self.context = InstaloaderContext(sleep, quiet, user_agent, graphql_rate_limit, max_connection_attempts)
 
         # configuration parameters
         self.dirname_pattern = dirname_pattern or "{target}"
@@ -131,7 +136,8 @@ class Instaloader:
                                  self.filename_pattern, self.download_videos, self.download_video_thumbnails,
                                  self.download_geotags, self.download_comments, self.save_metadata,
                                  self.compress_json, self.post_metadata_txt_pattern,
-                                 self.storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern, self.context.max_connection_attempts)
+                                 self.storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern, self.context.graphql_count_per_slidingwindow,
+                                 self.context.max_connection_attempts)
         new_loader.context.query_timestamps = self.context.query_timestamps
         yield new_loader
         self.context.error_log.extend(new_loader.context.error_log)
@@ -260,18 +266,19 @@ class Instaloader:
         def _epoch_to_string(epoch: datetime) -> str:
             return epoch.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
 
-        profile_pic_url = profile.get_profile_pic_url()
+        profile_pic_url = profile.profile_pic_url
         with self.context.get_anonymous_session() as anonymous_session:
             date_object = datetime.strptime(anonymous_session.head(profile_pic_url).headers["Last-Modified"],
                                             '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
+        profile_pic_extension = 'jpg'
         if ((format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'profile') or
              format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'target'))):
             filename = '{0}/{1}_UTC_profile_pic.{2}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile.username.lower(),
                                                                                         target=profile.username.lower()),
-                                                            _epoch_to_string(date_object), profile_pic_url[-3:])
+                                                            _epoch_to_string(date_object), profile_pic_extension)
         else:
             filename = '{0}/{1}_{2}_UTC_profile_pic.{3}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), profile.username.lower(),
-                                                                _epoch_to_string(date_object), profile_pic_url[-3:])
+                                                                _epoch_to_string(date_object), profile_pic_extension)
         if os.path.isfile(filename):
             self.context.log(filename + ' already exists')
             return None
@@ -314,7 +321,11 @@ class Instaloader:
         return self.context.test_login()
 
     def login(self, user: str, passwd: str) -> None:
-        """Log in to instagram with given username and password and internally store session object"""
+        """Log in to instagram with given username and password and internally store session object.
+
+        :raises InvalidArgumentException: If the provided username does not exist.
+        :raises BadCredentialsException: If the provided password is wrong.
+        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed."""
         self.context.login(user, passwd)
 
     def download_post(self, post: Post, target: str) -> bool:
@@ -399,25 +410,26 @@ class Instaloader:
 
     @_requires_login
     def download_stories(self,
-                         userids: Optional[List[int]] = None,
+                         userids: Optional[List[Union[int, Profile]]] = None,
                          fast_update: bool = False,
-                         filename_target: str = ':stories',
+                         filename_target: Optional[str] = ':stories',
                          storyitem_filter: Optional[Callable[[StoryItem], bool]] = None) -> None:
         """
         Download available stories from user followees or all stories of users whose ID are given.
         Does not mark stories as seen.
         To use this, one needs to be logged in
 
-        :param userids: List of user IDs to be processed in terms of downloading their stories
+        :param userids: List of user IDs or Profiles to be processed in terms of downloading their stories
         :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
         :param filename_target: Replacement for {target} in dirname_pattern and filename_pattern
+               or None if profile name should be used instead
         :param storyitem_filter: function(storyitem), which returns True if given StoryItem should be downloaded
         """
 
         if not userids:
             self.context.log("Retrieving all visible stories...")
 
-        for user_story in self.get_stories(userids):
+        for user_story in self.get_stories([p if isinstance(p, int) else p.userid for p in userids]):
             name = user_story.owner_username
             self.context.log("Retrieving stories from profile {}.".format(name))
             totalcount = user_story.itemcount
@@ -429,7 +441,7 @@ class Instaloader:
                 self.context.log("[%3i/%3i] " % (count, totalcount), end="", flush=True)
                 count += 1
                 with self.context.error_catcher('Download story from user {}'.format(name)):
-                    downloaded = self.download_storyitem(item, filename_target)
+                    downloaded = self.download_storyitem(item, filename_target if filename_target else name)
                     if fast_update and not downloaded:
                         break
 
@@ -600,6 +612,24 @@ class Instaloader:
                 if fast_update and not downloaded:
                     break
 
+    def _get_id_filename(self, profile_name: str) -> str:
+        if ((format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'profile') or
+             format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'target'))):
+            return '{0}/id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile_name.lower(),
+                                                               target=profile_name.lower()))
+        else:
+            return '{0}/{1}_id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), profile_name.lower())
+
+    def save_profile_id(self, profile: Profile):
+        """
+        Store ID of profile locally.
+        """
+        os.makedirs(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile.username,
+                                                target=profile.username), exist_ok=True)
+        with open(self._get_id_filename(profile.username), 'w') as text_file:
+            text_file.write(str(profile.userid) + "\n")
+            self.context.log("Stored ID {0} for profile {1}.".format(profile.userid, profile.username))
+
     def check_profile_id(self, profile_name: str) -> Profile:
         """
         Consult locally stored ID of profile with given name, check whether ID matches and whether name
@@ -612,12 +642,7 @@ class Instaloader:
         with suppress(ProfileNotExistsException):
             profile = Profile.from_username(self.context, profile_name)
         profile_exists = profile is not None
-        if ((format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'profile') or
+        id_filename = self._get_id_filename(profile_name)
-             format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'target'))):
-            id_filename = '{0}/id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile_name.lower(),
-                                                                      target=profile_name.lower()))
-        else:
-            id_filename = '{0}/{1}_id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), profile_name.lower())
         try:
             with open(id_filename, 'rb') as id_file:
                 profile_id = int(id_file.read())
@@ -646,15 +671,11 @@ class Instaloader:
         except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError):
             pass
         if profile_exists:
-            os.makedirs(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile_name.lower(),
+            self.save_profile_id(profile)
-                                                    target=profile_name.lower()), exist_ok=True)
-            with open(id_filename, 'w') as text_file:
-                text_file.write(str(profile.userid) + "\n")
-                self.context.log("Stored ID {0} for profile {1}.".format(profile.userid, profile_name))
             return profile
         raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile_name))
 
-    def download_profile(self, profile_name: str,
+    def download_profile(self, profile_name: Union[str, Profile],
                          profile_pic: bool = True, profile_pic_only: bool = False,
                          fast_update: bool = False,
                          download_stories: bool = False, download_stories_only: bool = False,
@@ -665,7 +686,10 @@ class Instaloader:
         # Get profile main page json
         # check if profile does exist or name has changed since last download
         # and update name and json data if necessary
-        profile = self.check_profile_id(profile_name.lower())
+        if isinstance(profile_name, str):
+            profile = self.check_profile_id(profile_name.lower())
+        else:
+            profile = profile_name
 
         profile_name = profile.username
 
@@ -699,7 +723,7 @@ class Instaloader:
 
         # Download stories, if requested
         if download_stories or download_stories_only:
-            if profile.has_highlight_reel:
+            if profile.has_viewable_story:
                 with self.context.error_catcher("Download stories of {}".format(profile_name)):
                     self.download_stories(userids=[profile.userid], filename_target=profile_name,
                                           fast_update=fast_update, storyitem_filter=storyitem_filter)
@@ -726,7 +750,9 @@ class Instaloader:
     def interactive_login(self, username: str) -> None:
         """Logs in and internally stores session, asking user for password interactively.
 
-        :raises LoginRequiredException: when in quiet mode."""
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: when in quiet mode.
+        :raises InvalidArgumentException: If the provided username does not exist.
+        :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed."""
         if self.context.quiet:
             raise LoginRequiredException("Quiet mode requires given password or valid session file.")
         password = None

instaloader/instaloadercontext.py

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
     class :class:`Instaloader`.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, sleep: bool = True, quiet: bool = False,
+    def __init__(self, sleep: bool = True, quiet: bool = False, user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
-                 user_agent: Optional[str] = None, max_connection_attempts: int = 3):
+                 graphql_count_per_slidingwindow: Optional[int] = None, max_connection_attempts: int = 3):
 
         self.user_agent = user_agent if user_agent is not None else default_user_agent()
         self._session = self.get_anonymous_session()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         self.quiet = quiet
         self.max_connection_attempts = max_connection_attempts
         self._graphql_page_length = 50
-        self._graphql_count_per_slidingwindow = 25
+        self.graphql_count_per_slidingwindow = graphql_count_per_slidingwindow or 20
         self._root_rhx_gis = None
 
         # error log, filled with error() and printed at the end of Instaloader.main()
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         # Can be set to True for testing, disables supression of InstaloaderContext._error_catcher
         self.raise_all_errors = False
 
+    @contextmanager
+    def anonymous_copy(self):
+        session = self._session
+        username = self.username
+        self._session = self.get_anonymous_session()
+        self.username = None
+        yield self
+        self._session.close()
+        self.username = username
+        self._session = session
+
     @property
     def is_logged_in(self) -> bool:
         """True, if this Instaloader instance is logged in."""
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         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_to_file`."""
+        """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())
@@ -159,29 +170,47 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         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`."""
+        """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."""
+        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', 'csrftoken': '',
                                 's_network': '', 'ds_user_id': ''})
         session.headers.update(self._default_http_header())
-        self._sleep()
+        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': self.get_json('', {})['config']['csrf_token']})
-        resp = session.get('https://www.instagram.com/')
+        # Not using self.get_json() here, because we need to access csrftoken cookie
-        session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': resp.cookies['csrftoken']})
         self._sleep()
         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']})
+        if login.status_code != 200:
-        if login.status_code == 200:
+            raise ConnectionException("Login error: {} {}".format(login.status_code, login.reason))
-            self._session = session
+        resp_json = login.json()
-            if user == self.test_login():
+        if resp_json['status'] != 'ok':
-                self.username = user
+            if 'message' in resp_json:
+                raise ConnectionException("Login error: \"{}\" status, message \"{}\".".format(resp_json['status'],
+                                                                                               resp_json['message']))
             else:
-                self.username = None
+                raise ConnectionException("Login error: \"{}\" status.".format(resp_json['status']))
-                self._session = None
+        if not resp_json['authenticated']:
-                raise BadCredentialsException('Login error! Check your credentials!')
+            if resp_json['user']:
-        else:
+                # '{"authenticated": false, "user": true, "status": "ok"}'
-            raise ConnectionException('Login error! Connection error!')
+                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 _sleep(self):
         """Sleep a short time if self.sleep is set. Called before each request to instagram.com."""
@@ -207,11 +236,14 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                 return sliding_window if untracked_queries else 0
             current_time = time.monotonic()
             self.query_timestamps = list(filter(lambda t: t > current_time - sliding_window, self.query_timestamps))
-            if len(self.query_timestamps) < self._graphql_count_per_slidingwindow and not untracked_queries:
+            if len(self.query_timestamps) < self.graphql_count_per_slidingwindow and not untracked_queries:
                 return 0
             return round(min(self.query_timestamps) + sliding_window - current_time) + 6
         is_graphql_query = 'query_hash' in params and 'graphql/query' in path
-        if is_graphql_query:
+        # some queries are not rate limited if invoked anonymously:
+        query_not_limited = is_graphql_query and not self.is_logged_in \
+                            and params['query_hash'] in ['9ca88e465c3f866a76f7adee3871bdd8']
+        if is_graphql_query and not query_not_limited:
             waittime = graphql_query_waittime()
             if waittime > 0:
                 self.log('\nToo many queries in the last time. Need to wait {} seconds.'.format(waittime))
@@ -227,7 +259,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
             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.index('https://{}/'.format(host)) == 0:
+                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:

instaloader/structures.py

@@ -12,8 +12,24 @@ from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext
 
 
 PostSidecarNode = namedtuple('PostSidecarNode', ['is_video', 'display_url', 'video_url'])
+PostSidecarNode.__doc__ = "Item of a Sidecar Post."
+PostSidecarNode.is_video.__doc__ = "Whether this node is a video."
+PostSidecarNode.display_url.__doc__ = "URL of image or video thumbnail."
+PostSidecarNode.video_url.__doc__ = "URL of video or None."
+
 PostComment = namedtuple('PostComment', ['id', 'created_at_utc', 'text', 'owner'])
+PostComment.id.__doc__ = "ID number of comment."
+PostComment.created_at_utc.__doc__ = ":class:`~datetime.datetime` when comment was created (UTC)."
+PostComment.text.__doc__ = "Comment text."
+PostComment.owner.__doc__ = "Owner :class:`Profile` of the comment."
+
 PostLocation = namedtuple('PostLocation', ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'has_public_page', 'lat', 'lng'])
+PostLocation.id.__doc__ = "ID number of location."
+PostLocation.name.__doc__ = "Location name."
+PostLocation.slug.__doc__ = "URL friendly variant of location name."
+PostLocation.has_public_page.__doc__ = "Whether location has a public page."
+PostLocation.lat.__doc__ = "Latitude (:class:`float`)."
+PostLocation.lng.__doc__ = "Longitude (:class:`float`)."
 
 
 class Post:
@@ -77,10 +93,9 @@ class Post:
         return b64encode(mediaid.to_bytes(9, 'big'), b'-_').decode().replace('A', ' ').lstrip().replace(' ', 'A')
 
     def _asdict(self):
+        node = self._node
         if self._full_metadata_dict:
-            node = self._full_metadata_dict
+            node.update(self._full_metadata_dict)
-        else:
-            node = self._node
         if self._owner_profile:
             node['owner'] = self.owner_profile._asdict()
         if self._location:
@@ -190,10 +205,7 @@ class Post:
     @property
     def typename(self) -> str:
         """Type of post, GraphImage, GraphVideo or GraphSidecar"""
-        if '__typename' in self._node:
+        return self._field('__typename')
-            return self._node['__typename']
-        # if __typename is not in node, it is an old image or video
-        return 'GraphImage'
 
     def get_sidecar_nodes(self) -> Iterator[PostSidecarNode]:
         """Sidecar nodes of a Post with typename==GraphSidecar."""
@@ -358,8 +370,13 @@ class Profile:
     def __init__(self, context: InstaloaderContext, node: Dict[str, Any]):
         assert 'username' in node
         self._context = context
+        self._has_public_story = None
         self._node = node
         self._rhx_gis = None
+        self._iphone_struct_ = None
+        if 'iphone_struct' in node:
+            # if loaded from JSON with load_structure_from_file()
+            self._iphone_struct_ = node['iphone_struct']
 
     @classmethod
     def from_username(cls, context: InstaloaderContext, username: str):
@@ -406,6 +423,8 @@ class Profile:
         json_node.pop('edge_media_collections', None)
         json_node.pop('edge_owner_to_timeline_media', None)
         json_node.pop('edge_saved_media', None)
+        if self._iphone_struct_:
+            json_node['iphone_struct'] = self._iphone_struct_
         return json_node
 
     def _obtain_metadata(self):
@@ -430,6 +449,15 @@ class Profile:
                 d = d[key]
             return d
 
+    @property
+    def _iphone_struct(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        if not self._iphone_struct_:
+            with self._context.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_context:
+                data = anonymous_context.get_json(path='api/v1/users/{}/info/'.format(self.userid),
+                                                  params={}, host='i.instagram.com')
+            self._iphone_struct_ = data['user']
+        return self._iphone_struct_
+
     @property
     def userid(self) -> int:
         """User ID"""
@@ -463,6 +491,18 @@ class Profile:
     def mediacount(self) -> int:
         return self._metadata('edge_owner_to_timeline_media', 'count')
 
+    @property
+    def followers(self) -> int:
+        return self._metadata('edge_followed_by', 'count')
+
+    @property
+    def followees(self) -> int:
+        return self._metadata('edge_follow', 'count')
+
+    @property
+    def external_url(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self._metadata('external_url')
+
     @property
     def biography(self) -> str:
         return self._metadata('biography')
@@ -484,8 +524,38 @@ class Profile:
         return self._metadata('has_blocked_viewer')
 
     @property
-    def has_highlight_reel(self) -> bool:
+    def has_highlight_reels(self) -> bool:
-        return self._metadata('has_highlight_reel')
+        """
+        Always returns `True` since :issue:`153`.
+
+        Before broken, this indicated whether the :class:`Profile` had available stories.
+        """
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def has_public_story(self) -> bool:
+        if not self._has_public_story:
+            self._obtain_metadata()
+            # query not rate limited if invoked anonymously:
+            with self._context.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_context:
+                data = anonymous_context.graphql_query('9ca88e465c3f866a76f7adee3871bdd8',
+                                                       {'user_id': self.userid, 'include_chaining': False,
+                                                        'include_reel': False, 'include_suggested_users': False,
+                                                        'include_logged_out_extras': True,
+                                                        'include_highlight_reels': False},
+                                                       'https://www.instagram.com/{}/'.format(self.username),
+                                                       self._rhx_gis)
+            self._has_public_story = data['data']['user']['has_public_story']
+        return self._has_public_story
+
+    @property
+    def has_viewable_story(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Some stories are private. This property determines if the :class:`Profile`
+        has at least one story which can be viewed using the associated :class:`InstaloaderContext`,
+        i.e. the viewer has privileges to view it.
+        """
+        return self.has_public_story or self.followed_by_viewer and self.has_highlight_reels
 
     @property
     def has_requested_viewer(self) -> bool:
@@ -499,17 +569,21 @@ class Profile:
     def requested_by_viewer(self) -> bool:
         return self._metadata('requested_by_viewer')
 
-    def get_profile_pic_url(self) -> str:
+    @property
+    def profile_pic_url(self) -> str:
         """Return URL of profile picture"""
         try:
-            with self._context.get_anonymous_session() as anonymous_session:
+            return self._iphone_struct['hd_profile_pic_url_info']['url']
-                data = self._context.get_json(path='api/v1/users/{0}/info/'.format(self.userid), params={},
-                                              host='i.instagram.com', session=anonymous_session)
-            return data["user"]["hd_profile_pic_url_info"]["url"]
         except (InstaloaderException, KeyError) as err:
             self._context.error('{} Unable to fetch high quality profile pic.'.format(err))
             return self._metadata("profile_pic_url_hd")
 
+    def get_profile_pic_url(self) -> str:
+        """.. deprecated:: 4.0.3
+
+	   Use :attr:`profile_pic_url`."""
+        return self.profile_pic_url
+
     def get_posts(self) -> Iterator[Post]:
         """Retrieve all posts from a profile."""
         self._obtain_metadata()
@@ -536,6 +610,16 @@ class Profile:
                                                     self._rhx_gis,
                                                     self._metadata('edge_saved_media')))
 
+    def get_tagged_posts(self) -> Iterator[Post]:
+        """Retrieve all posts where a profile is tagged."""
+        self._obtain_metadata()
+        yield from (Post(self._context, node, self) for node in
+                    self._context.graphql_node_list("e31a871f7301132ceaab56507a66bbb7",
+                                                    {'id': self.userid},
+                                                    'https://www.instagram.com/{0}/'.format(self.username),
+                                                    lambda d: d['data']['user']['edge_user_to_photos_of_you'],
+                                                    self._rhx_gis))
+
     def get_followers(self) -> Iterator['Profile']:
         """
         Retrieve list of followers of given profile.
@@ -722,7 +806,7 @@ class Story:
     def unique_id(self) -> str:
         """
         This ID only equals amongst :class:`Story` instances which have the same owner and the same set of
-        :class:`StoryItem`s. For all other :class:`Story` instances this ID is different.
+        :class:`StoryItem`. For all other :class:`Story` instances this ID is different.
         """
         if not self._unique_id:
             id_list = [item.mediaid for item in self.get_items()]
@@ -805,7 +889,7 @@ def save_structure_to_file(structure: JsonExportable, filename: str) -> None:
 
 def load_structure_from_file(context: InstaloaderContext, filename: str) -> JsonExportable:
     """Loads a :class:`Post`, :class:`Profile` or :class:`StoryItem` from a '.json' or '.json.xz' file that
-    has been saved by :func:`save_structure_from_file`.
+    has been saved by :func:`save_structure_to_file`.
 
     :param context: :attr:`Instaloader.context` linked to the new object, used for additional queries if neccessary.
     :param filename: Filename, ends in '.json' or '.json.xz'

test/instaloader_unittests.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import unittest
+from itertools import islice
 
 import instaloader
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ NORMAL_MAX_COUNT = 2
 PAGING_MAX_COUNT = 15
 PRIVATE_PROFILE = "aandergr"
 
+# Preserve query timestamps (rate control) between tests to not get rate limited
+instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = list()
+
 
 class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -26,23 +30,31 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
                                          download_comments=True,
                                          save_metadata=True)
         self.L.context.raise_all_errors = True
+        self.L.context.query_timestamps = instaloadercontext_query_timestamps
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        global instaloadercontext_query_timestamps
+        instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = self.L.context.query_timestamps
         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.SkipTest
     def test_public_profile_download(self):
         self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True)
         self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True)
 
     def test_public_profile_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts()):
+        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts())
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
 
     def test_profile_pic_download(self):
         self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic_only=True)
@@ -64,6 +76,11 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
             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)
+
 
 class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
 
@@ -86,10 +103,7 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
                 print(item)
 
     def test_private_profile_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE).get_posts()):
+        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE).get_posts())
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
 
     def test_feed_download(self):
         self.L.download_feed_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
@@ -112,6 +126,11 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
     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)
+        for f in islice(profile.get_followees(), PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
+            self.L.download_profile(f.username, profile_pic=False, download_stories_only=True)
+
     def test_get_followees(self):
         profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
         for f in profile.get_followees():