Release of version 4.0.7

This was broken with 50a5330fec.

.travis.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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 SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
 deploy:
   - provider: pypi

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/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

docs/codesnippets.rst

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Advanced Instaloader Examples
    :backlinks: none
 
 Here we present code examples that use the :ref:`python-module-instaloader` for
-more advanced tasks than what is possible with the Instaloader command line
+more advanced Instagram downloading or metadata mining than what is possible
-interface.
+with the Instaloader command line interface.
 
 .. For each code snippet:
    - title
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ interface.
    - link to discussion issue
    - link used methods
 
-Download Posts in a specific period
+Download Posts in a Specific Period
 -----------------------------------
 
-To collect pictures (and metadata) only from a specific period, you can play
+To only download Instagram pictures (and metadata) that are within a specific
-around with :func:`~itertools.dropwhile` and :func:`~itertools.takewhile` from
+period, you can play around with :func:`~itertools.dropwhile` and
-:mod:`itertools` like in this snippet.
+:func:`~itertools.takewhile` from :mod:`itertools` like in this snippet.
 
 .. literalinclude:: codesnippets/121_since_until.py
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Discussed in :issue:`121`.
 Likes of a Profile / Ghost Followers
 ------------------------------------
 
-To store inactive followers, i.e. followers that did not like any of your
+To obtain a list of your inactive followers, i.e. followers that did not like
-pictures, into a file you can use this approach.
+any of your pictures, into a file you can use this approach.
 
 .. literalinclude:: codesnippets/120_ghost_followers.py
 
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Discussed in :issue:`120`.
 Track Deleted Posts
 -------------------
 
-This script uses Instaloader to obtain a list of currently-online posts, and
+This script uses Instaloader to obtain a list of currently-online Instagram and
-generates the matching filename of each post. It outputs a list of posts which
+compares it with the set of posts that you already have downloaded.  It outputs
-are online but not offline (i.e. not yet downloaded) and a list of posts which
+a list of posts which are online but not offline (i.e. not yet downloaded) and a
-are offline but not online (i.e. deleted in the profile).
+list of posts which are offline but not online (i.e. deleted in the profile).
 
 .. literalinclude:: codesnippets/56_track_deleted.py
 
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ 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. When iterating the posts, check whether the post's owner already is
+downloaded. While iterating the posts, it checks whether the post's owner
-in the set. If so, skip the post. Otherwise, download it and add the user to
+already is in the set. If not, the post is downloaded from Instagram and the
-that set.
+user is added to that set.
 
 .. literalinclude:: codesnippets/113_only_one_per_user.py
 
@@ -79,23 +79,23 @@ See also :class:`Post`, :meth:`Instaloader.download_post`,
 
 Discussed in :issue:`113`.
 
-Upgrade Images by local Copies
+Upgrade Images by Local Copies
 ------------------------------
 
 The following script finds local versions of images fetched by Instaloader, in
-order to ugprade the downloaded images by locally-found versions with better
+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`.
 
-Render Captions to downloaded Images
+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
+it with an imaging library such as Pillow or PIL to render the caption on
-:attr:`Post.caption` on pictures.  The following shows an approach.
+Instagram pictures.  The following shows an approach.
 
 .. literalinclude:: codesnippets/110_pil_captions.py
 
@@ -103,3 +103,26 @@ 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/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

@@ -70,10 +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__ = '4.0.4'
+__version__ = '4.0.7'
 
 
 try:

instaloader/__main__.py

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
         instaloader.context.log("Logged in as %s." % username)
     # 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:
@@ -121,8 +122,9 @@ 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 +137,50 @@ 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)
+                    try:
+                        profile = instaloader.check_profile_id(target)
+                        if instaloader.context.is_logged_in and profile.has_blocked_viewer:
+                            if not stories_only and not profile.is_private:
+                                raise ProfileNotExistsException("{} blocked you; But she's public, "
+                                                                "so we just 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 not stories_only:
+                            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.log("Looks good.")
+                        else:
+                            raise
         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,
+                    instaloader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
-                                                 storyitem_filter=storyitem_filter)
+                                                 fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
-                except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+            if anonymous_retry_profiles:
-                    if instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+                instaloader.context.log("Downloading anonymously: {}"
-                        instaloader.context.log(err)
+                                        .format(' '.join([p.username for p in anonymous_retry_profiles])))
-                        instaloader.context.log("Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked.")
+                with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
-                        with instaloader.anonymous_copy() as anonymous_loader:
+                    for target in anonymous_retry_profiles:
-                            with instaloader.context.error_catcher():
+                        with instaloader.context.error_catcher(target):
-                                anonymous_loader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
+                            anonymous_loader.download_profile(target, profile_pic, profile_pic_only,
-                                                                  fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
+                                                              fast_update, post_filter=post_filter)
-                    else:
+        if stories or stories_only:
-                        raise
+            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

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
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ class _ArbitraryItemFormatter(string.Formatter):
     def __init__(self, item: Any):
         self._item = item
 
-    def get_field(self, field_name, args, kwargs):
+    def get_value(self, key, args, kwargs):
         """Override to substitute {ATTRIBUTE} by attributes of our _item."""
-        if hasattr(self._item, field_name):
+        if hasattr(self._item, key):
-            return self._item.__getattribute__(field_name), None
+            return getattr(self._item, key)
-        return super().get_field(field_name, args, kwargs)
+        return super().get_value(key, args, kwargs)
 
     def format_field(self, value, format_spec):
         """Override :meth:`string.Formatter.format_field` to have our
@@ -270,14 +270,15 @@ class Instaloader:
         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
@@ -395,37 +396,45 @@ class Instaloader:
         :param userids: List of user IDs to be processed in terms of downloading their stories, or None.
         """
 
-        if userids is None:
+        if not userids:
             data = self.context.graphql_query("d15efd8c0c5b23f0ef71f18bf363c704",
                                               {"only_stories": True})["data"]["user"]
             if data is None:
                 raise BadResponseException('Bad stories reel JSON.')
             userids = list(edge["node"]["id"] for edge in data["feed_reels_tray"]["edge_reels_tray_to_reel"]["edges"])
 
-        stories = self.context.graphql_query("bf41e22b1c4ba4c9f31b844ebb7d9056",
+        def _userid_chunks():
-                                             {"reel_ids": userids, "precomposed_overlay": False})["data"]
+            userids_per_query = 100
+            for i in range(0, len(userids), userids_per_query):
+                yield userids[i:i + userids_per_query]
 
-        yield from (Story(self.context, media) for media in stories['reels_media'])
+        for userid_chunk in _userid_chunks():
+            stories = self.context.graphql_query("bf41e22b1c4ba4c9f31b844ebb7d9056",
+                                                 {"reel_ids": userid_chunk, "precomposed_overlay": False})["data"]
+            yield from (Story(self.context, media) for media in stories['reels_media'])
 
     @_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...")
+        else:
+            userids = [p if isinstance(p, int) else p.userid for p in userids]
 
         for user_story in self.get_stories(userids):
             name = user_story.owner_username
@@ -439,7 +448,7 @@ 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
 
@@ -610,6 +619,24 @@ 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
@@ -622,12 +649,7 @@ 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())
@@ -656,15 +678,11 @@ 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,
@@ -675,7 +693,10 @@ 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
 

instaloader/instaloadercontext.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import textwrap
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, Optional
 
 import requests
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         :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': '',
@@ -243,7 +247,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         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))
+                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 self.query_timestamps is not None:
                 self.query_timestamps.append(time.monotonic())
@@ -298,7 +303,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                     if is_graphql_query:
                         waittime = graphql_query_waittime(untracked_queries=True)
                         if waittime > 0:
-                            self.log('The request will be retried in {} seconds.'.format(waittime))
+                            self.log('The request will be retried in {} seconds, at {:%H:%M}.'
+                                     .format(waittime, datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=waittime)))
                             time.sleep(waittime)
                 self._sleep()
                 return self.get_json(path=path, params=params, host=host, session=sess, _attempt=_attempt + 1)

instaloader/structures.py

@@ -93,10 +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:
@@ -527,10 +526,12 @@ class Profile:
     @property
     def has_highlight_reels(self) -> bool:
         """
-        This becomes `True` if the :class:`Profile` has any stories currently available,
+        .. deprecated:: 4.0.6
-        even if not viewable by the viewer.
+           Always returns `True` since :issue:`153`.
+
+        Before broken, this indicated whether the :class:`Profile` had available stories.
         """
-        return self._iphone_struct['has_highlight_reels']
+        return True
 
     @property
     def has_public_story(self) -> bool:
@@ -610,6 +611,16 @@ 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 if int(node['owner']['id']) == self.userid else None) 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.

test/instaloader_unittests.py

@@ -40,16 +40,21 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
         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)
@@ -71,6 +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):
 
@@ -93,10 +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)