Include licenses in windows exe zip file

Release of version 4.15.4
Update contributing guidelines
2026-10-17 06:02:18 -07:00 · 2026-10-13 21:33:05 +02:00 · 2026-10-12 22:00:00 +02:00 · 2026-10-12 21:54:36 +02:00 · 2026-10-12 21:39:03 +02:00 · 2026-10-11 20:01:02 +02:00
33 changed files with 2456 additions and 908 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: pip
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: monthly
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: monthly
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@

 <!--
 Thanks for your willingness to contribute to Instaloader! Please briefly
-describe
+describe:

 - A motivation for this change, e.g.
  - Fixes # .
-  - More general: What problem does the pull request solve?
+  - What problem does the pull request solve?

 - The changes proposed in this pull request
+  - Keep the PR focused: avoid bundling independent fixes or refactorings.

 - The completeness of this change
-  - Is it just a proof of concept?
  - Is the documentation updated (if appropriate)?
-  - Do you consider it ready to be merged or is it a draft?
+  - How has it been tested?
+  - Do you consider it ready to be merged or is it a draft / proof of concept?
  - Can we help you at some point?
+
+- Further considerations
+  - Is it based on master (bugfix), upcoming/v4.X (new feature), or another pull request?
+  - Does it preserve backward compatibility and existing behavior?
+
 -->
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "Checkout Instaloader Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # needed for building docs
+          persist-credentials: false
      - name: "Setup Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
        with:
-          python-version: 3.12
+          python-version: 3.15
          cache: 'pipenv'
      - name: "Install Dependencies"
        run: |
-          python -m pip install pipenv==2024.2.0
+          python -m pip install pipenv==2026.8.0
          pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` sync --dev
      - name: "Build Documentation"
        run: pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` run make -C docs html SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
@@ -9,18 +9,20 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.15"]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Instaloader Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
          cache: 'pipenv'
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: |
-          python -m pip install pipenv==2024.2.0
+          python -m pip install pipenv==2026.8.0
          pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` sync --dev
      - name: PyLint
        run: pipenv --python `python --version | grep -Eo '3\.[0-9]+'` run pylint instaloader
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "Checkout Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: "Setup Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
-          python-version: 3.12
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Setup Python"
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.15
      - name: "Get the tagged version"
        id: get_version
        env:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/stale@v9
+    - uses: actions/stale@v11
      with:
        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        only-labels: 'question'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
        days-before-stale: 21
        days-before-close: -1
        remove-stale-when-updated: false
-    - uses: actions/stale@v9
+    - uses: actions/stale@v11
      with:
        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        stale-issue-message: 'There has been no activity on this issue for an extended period of time. This issue will be closed after further 14 days of inactivity.'
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Instaloader repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.15
          cache: 'pipenv'
          architecture: x64
      - name: Get the tagged version
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Create draft release and upload EXE as release asset
        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
        id: create_release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ disable=bad-inline-option,
        too-many-instance-attributes,
        too-many-lines,
        too-many-locals,
+        too-many-positional-arguments,
        too-many-public-methods,
        too-many-statements,
        unnecessary-lambda-assignment,
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ tomli = "*"           # Needed for Pylint for "python_version < '3.11'"
 dill = "*"            # Needed for Pylint for "python_version < '3.11'"
 pywin32-ctypes = "*"  # Needed for pyinstaller on Windows
 pefile = "*"          # Needed for pyinstaller on Windows
+pip-licenses = "*"

 [packages]
 requests = "*"
@@ -124,11 +124,30 @@ Supporters
 .. current-sponsors-start

 | Instaloader is proudly sponsored by
-|  `@rocketapi-io <https://github.com/rocketapi-io>`__
+
+.. list-table::
+  :align: center
+
+  * - |socialapis|
+  * - `SocialAPIs <https://socialapis.io/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=instaloader>`__
+
+|
+
+.. list-table::
+  :align: center
+
+  * - `@rocketapi-io <https://github.com/rocketapi-io>`__
+
+|

 See `Alex' GitHub Sponsors <https://github.com/sponsors/aandergr>`__ page for
 how you can sponsor the development of Instaloader!

+.. |socialapis| image:: ./.sponsor-logos/socialapis.png
+   :alt: SocialAPIs
+   :target: https://socialapis.io/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=instaloader
+   :height: 96px
+
 .. current-sponsors-end

 It is a pleasure for us to share our Instaloader to the world, and we are proud
@@ -0,0 +1,674 @@
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+    <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
+    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
+
+The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
+parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your program's commands
+might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
+
+  You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
+if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
+For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+  The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
+into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
+may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
+the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
+Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+instaloader.exe is a standalone executable built with PyInstaller. Besides Instaloader itself
+(see ../LICENSE.txt), it contains the following third-party software:
+
+- Python, its standard library and the libraries it is built with, see Python.txt and
+  Python-incorporated-software.txt.
+- The Python packages listed in third-party.txt, along with their license texts.
+
+browser-cookie3 is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3, whose text is
+included in third-party.txt. It refers to the GNU General Public License version 3, see GPL-3.0.txt.
+certifi is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, whose text is included in third-party.txt.
+Their source code, in the versions listed in third-party.txt, is available at
+https://pypi.org/project/browser-cookie3/#history and https://pypi.org/project/certifi/#history.
+
+You may build instaloader.exe with modified versions of these packages: the source code of
+Instaloader, including the script used to build instaloader.exe (deploy/windows/create_exe.py),
+is published along with each release at https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/releases.
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import hashlib
+import json
 import os
+import platform
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import urllib.request

 # copy the required files into repo root
 shutil.copy('docs/favicon.ico', '.')
@@ -43,10 +46,18 @@ with open('instaloader/__main__.py', 'r') as f:
 with open('__main__.py', 'w+') as f:
    f.writelines(lines)

-# install dependencies and invoke PyInstaller
-commands = ["pip install pipenv==2024.2.0",
+# packages bundled into the executable, whose licenses have to be shipped along with it
+with open('Pipfile.lock') as f:
+    locked_packages = json.load(f)['default']
+bundled_packages = ' '.join(list(locked_packages) + ['psutil', 'pyinstaller'])
+os.makedirs('dist/licenses', exist_ok=True)
+
+# install dependencies, invoke PyInstaller and collect licenses
+commands = ["pip install pipenv==2026.8.0",
            f"pipenv --python {sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor} sync --dev",
-            "pipenv run pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG instaloader.spec"]
+            "pipenv run pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG instaloader.spec",
+            f"pipenv run pip-licenses --packages {bundled_packages} --with-license-file "
+            "--with-notice-file --no-license-path --format=plain-vertical --output-file dist/licenses/third-party.txt"]

 for command in commands:
    print()
@@ -67,5 +78,13 @@ with open('dist/instaloader.exe', 'rb') as f:
 with open('dist/instaloader.exe.md5', 'w+') as f:
    f.write('{} *instaloader.exe\n'.format(hash_md5.hexdigest()))

+# include the remaining license texts
+shutil.copy('LICENSE', 'dist/LICENSE.txt')
+shutil.copy('deploy/windows/NOTICE.txt', 'dist/licenses/NOTICE.txt')
+shutil.copy('deploy/windows/GPL-3.0.txt', 'dist/licenses/GPL-3.0.txt')
+shutil.copy(os.path.join(sys.base_prefix, 'LICENSE.txt'), 'dist/licenses/Python.txt')
+urllib.request.urlretrieve('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/v{}/Doc/license.rst'
+                           .format(platform.python_version()), 'dist/licenses/Python-incorporated-software.txt')
+
 # Create ZIP file
 shutil.make_archive('instaloader-{}-windows-standalone'.format(os.getenv('VERSION_TAG')), 'zip', 'dist')
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ a = Analysis(['__main__.py'],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
-             excludes=[],
+             excludes=['setuptools', 'pkg_resources', '_distutils_hack', 'packaging'],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.sponsor-logos
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ https://instaloader.github.io/

 ## Build

-The documentation is created with [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/). To build it, use
+The documentation is created with [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/). To build it, use (in the top-level directory
+of the Instaloader source tree):

 ```
-pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-make html
+pipenv sync --dev
+make -C docs html
 ```
@@ -208,22 +208,24 @@ Instead of :option:`--login`, it is possible to use

 .. option:: --load-cookies BROWSER-NAME, -b BROWSER-NAME

-   Use Instagram cookie in your browser to login.
-   This feature requires the browser_cookie3 library.
-   Compatible with :option:`--cookiefile` if you want to load cookies from browser profiles.
-   Incompatible with :option:`--login` due to potential username mismatch between user input and browser login.
-   Supported browsers: Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, Opera, Opera_GX, Safari and Vivaldi.
+   Load Instagram session cookies from a browser instead of using Instaloader's own login mechanism.
+   This method requires the `browser_cookie3 <https://github.com/borisbabic/browser_cookie3>`__ library.
+   By default, cookies are loaded from the browser's main profile, but you can specify a custom cookie file using :option:`--cookiefile`.

-   In subsequent runs, you can just use :option:`--login` to reuse the
-   same session, which is saved by Instaloader.
+   Since :option:`--load-cookies` and :option:`--login` are alternative ways to acquire a session, they cannot be used together when initially acquiring a session.
+
+   Supported browsers: Arc, Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, Opera, Opera_GX, Safari, and Vivaldi.
+
+   Once logged in via browser cookies, Instaloader saves the session, allowing you to use :option:`--login` in subsequent runs.

   .. versionadded:: 4.11

 .. option:: --cookiefile COOKIE-FILE, -B COOKIE-FILE

-   Cookie file path of a browser profile to load cookies from.
+   Specifies a cookie file path for :option:`--load-cookies` to load cookies from a particular browser profile.
+   This option must be used together with :option:`--load-cookies` and does not work on its own.

-  .. versionadded:: 4.11
+   .. versionadded:: 4.11

 .. option:: --sessionfile SESSIONFILE, -f SESSIONFILE

@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ How to Download
 .. option:: --user-agent USER_AGENT

   User Agent to use for HTTP requests. Per default, Instaloader pretends being
-   Chrome/127 on Linux.
+   Chrome/142 on Linux.

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

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import instaloader

 L = instaloader.Instaloader()

-posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, 'urbanphotography').get_posts()
+posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, 'urbanphotography').get_posts_resumable()

 users = set()

@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ def get_cookiefile():
    default_cookiefile = {
        "Windows": "~/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite",
        "Darwin": "~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite",
-    }.get(system(), "~/.mozilla/firefox/*/cookies.sqlite")
-    cookiefiles = glob(expanduser(default_cookiefile))
+    }.get(system(), None)
+    if default_cookiefile:
+        cookiefiles = glob(expanduser(default_cookiefile))
+    else:
+        # Check Firefox 147+ XDG path, then legacy
+        cookiefiles = glob(expanduser("~/.config/mozilla/firefox/*/cookies.sqlite")) or \
+                      glob(expanduser("~/.mozilla/firefox/*/cookies.sqlite"))
    if not cookiefiles:
        raise SystemExit("No Firefox cookies.sqlite file found. Use -c COOKIEFILE.")
    return cookiefiles[0]
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import instaloader

 L = instaloader.Instaloader()

-posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, "urbanphotography").get_posts()
+posts = instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(L.context, "urbanphotography").get_posts_resumable()

 SINCE = datetime(2020, 5, 10)  # further from today, inclusive
 UNTIL = datetime(2020, 5, 11)  # closer to today, not inclusive
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ Improvements of the Instaloader source or its documentation can be proposed as a
    - a bug fix that does require thorough testing before being released to a
      final version.

+- Keep Pull Requests focused: address a single problem or feature in a
+  self-contained change. Avoid bundling multiple independent fixes, refactorings,
+  or architectural changes into one pull request, as this makes it hard to
+  review, validate, or selectively merge them.
+
+- Be mindful of backward compatibility: changes should preserve existing intended
+  behavior whenever possible.
+
 - All Pull Requests are analyzed by `Pylint <https://www.pylint.org/>`__ for
  error and syntax checking of the source and
  `Mypy <https://github.com/python/mypy>`__ for type checking. You can run them
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-requests
-sphinx~=2.3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""


-__version__ = '4.14.1'
+__version__ = '4.15.4'


 try:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def filterstr_to_filterfunc(filter_str: str, item_type: type):
    return filterfunc


-def get_cookies_from_instagram(domain, browser, cookie_file='', cookie_name=''):
+def get_cookies_from_instagram(domain: str, browser: str, cookie_file: Optional[str] = None):
    supported_browsers = {
        "brave": browser_cookie3.brave,
        "chrome": browser_cookie3.chrome,
@@ -114,13 +114,10 @@ def get_cookies_from_instagram(domain, browser, cookie_file='', cookie_name=''):
        raise LoginException(f"No cookies found for Instagram in {browser}, "
                             f"Are you logged in successfully in {browser}?")

-    if cookie_name:
-        return cookies.get(cookie_name, {})
-    else:
-        return cookies
+    return cookies


-def import_session(browser, instaloader, cookiefile):
+def import_session(browser: str, instaloader: Instaloader, cookiefile: Optional[str]):
    cookie = get_cookies_from_instagram('instagram', browser, cookiefile)
    if cookie is not None:
        instaloader.context.update_cookies(cookie)
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ class Instaloader:
    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.close()

+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<Instaloader context={self.context}>"
+
    @_retry_on_connection_error
    def download_pic(self, filename: str, url: str, mtime: datetime,
                     filename_suffix: Optional[str] = None, _attempt: int = 1) -> bool:
@@ -737,19 +740,20 @@ class Instaloader:
                        suffix: Optional[str] = str(edge_number)
                        if '{filename}' in self.filename_pattern:
                            suffix = None
-                        if self.download_pictures and (not sidecar_node.is_video or self.download_video_thumbnails):
+                        video_url = sidecar_node.video_url
+                        if self.download_pictures and (video_url is None or self.download_video_thumbnails):
                            # pylint:disable=cell-var-from-loop
                            sidecar_filename = self.__prepare_filename(filename_template,
                                                                       lambda: sidecar_node.display_url)
                            # Download sidecar picture or video thumbnail (--no-pictures implies --no-video-thumbnails)
                            downloaded &= self.download_pic(filename=sidecar_filename, url=sidecar_node.display_url,
                                                            mtime=post.date_local, filename_suffix=suffix)
-                        if sidecar_node.is_video and self.download_videos:
+                        if video_url is not None and self.download_videos:
                            # pylint:disable=cell-var-from-loop
                            sidecar_filename = self.__prepare_filename(filename_template,
-                                                                       lambda: sidecar_node.video_url)
+                                                                       lambda: video_url)
                            # Download sidecar video if desired
-                            downloaded &= self.download_pic(filename=sidecar_filename, url=sidecar_node.video_url,
+                            downloaded &= self.download_pic(filename=sidecar_filename, url=video_url,
                                                            mtime=post.date_local, filename_suffix=suffix)
                else:
                    downloaded = False
@@ -1303,6 +1307,7 @@ class Instaloader:
            post_filter,
            owner_profile=profile,
            takewhile=posts_takewhile,
+            possibly_pinned=3,
        )
        if latest_stamps is not None and reels.first_item is not None:
            latest_stamps.set_last_reels_timestamp(profile.username, reels.first_item.date_local)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import pickle
 import random
+import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -30,17 +31,30 @@ def copy_session(session: requests.Session, request_timeout: Optional[float] = N
    return new


+def _embedded_query_data(obj: Any) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Yield the data of each GraphQL query result in JSON that a page of www.instagram.com embeds."""
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        result = obj['__bbox'].get('result') if isinstance(obj.get('__bbox'), dict) else None
+        if isinstance(result, dict) and isinstance(result.get('data'), dict):
+            yield result['data']
+        for value in obj.values():
+            yield from _embedded_query_data(value)
+    elif isinstance(obj, list):
+        for value in obj:
+            yield from _embedded_query_data(value)
+
+
 def default_user_agent() -> str:
    return ('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 '
-            '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/127.0.0.0 Safari/537.36')
+            '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/142.0.0.0 Safari/537.36')


 def default_iphone_headers() -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    return {'User-Agent': 'Instagram 273.0.0.16.70 (iPad13,8; iOS 16_3; en_US; en-US; ' \
-                          'scale=2.00; 2048x2732; 452417278) AppleWebKit/420+',
+    return {'User-Agent': 'Instagram 361.0.0.35.82 (iPad13,8; iOS 18_0; en_US; en-US; ' \
+                          'scale=2.00; 2048x2732; 674117118) AppleWebKit/420+',
            'x-ads-opt-out': '1',
            'x-bloks-is-panorama-enabled': 'true',
-            'x-bloks-version-id': '01507c21540f73e2216b6f62a11a5b5e51aa85491b72475c080da35b1228ddd6',
+            'x-bloks-version-id': '16b7bd25c6c06886d57c4d455265669345a2d96625385b8ee30026ac2dc5ed97',
            'x-fb-client-ip': 'True',
            'x-fb-connection-type': 'wifi',
            'x-fb-http-engine': 'Liger',
@@ -149,6 +163,9 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        if repeat_at_end:
            self.error_log.append(msg)

+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<InstaloaderContext is_logged_in={self.is_logged_in}>"
+
    @property
    def has_stored_errors(self) -> bool:
        """Returns whether any error has been reported and stored to be repeated at program termination.
@@ -191,7 +208,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                  'Referer': 'https://www.instagram.com/',
                  'User-Agent': self.user_agent,
                  'X-Instagram-AJAX': '1',
-                  'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'}
+                  'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
+                  'x-ig-app-id': '936619743392459'}
        if empty_session_only:
            del header['Host']
            del header['Origin']
@@ -395,7 +413,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        :param session: Session to use, or None to use self.session
        :param use_post: Use POST instead of GET to make the request
        :return: Decoded response dictionary
-        :raises QueryReturnedBadRequestException: When the server responds with a 400.
+        :raises AbortDownloadException: When the server responds with
+            'feedback_required'/'checkpoint_required'/'challenge_required'
+        :raises QueryReturnedBadRequestException: When the server responds with a 400 (and not
+            'feedback_required'/'checkpoint_required'/'challenge_required').
        :raises QueryReturnedNotFoundException: When the server responds with a 404.
        :raises ConnectionException: When query repeatedly failed.

@@ -447,6 +468,15 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                response_headers.clear()
                response_headers.update(resp.headers)
            if resp.status_code == 400:
+                with suppress(json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
+                    if resp.json().get("message") in [
+                        "feedback_required",
+                        "checkpoint_required",
+                        "challenge_required",
+                    ]:
+                        # Raise AbortDownloadException in case of substantial Instagram
+                        # requirements to stop producing more requests
+                        raise AbortDownloadException(self._response_error(resp))
                raise QueryReturnedBadRequestException(self._response_error(resp))
            if resp.status_code == 404:
                raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(self._response_error(resp))
@@ -528,6 +558,13 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        :param referer: HTTP Referer, or None.
        :return: The server's response dictionary.
        """
+        csrf = next((c.value for c in self._session.cookies
+                     if c.name == 'csrftoken' and c.value), None)
+        if not csrf:
+            self._session.get('https://www.instagram.com/', timeout=self.request_timeout)
+            csrf = next((c.value for c in self._session.cookies
+                         if c.name == 'csrftoken' and c.value), '')
+
        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tmpsession:
            tmpsession.headers.update(self._default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
            del tmpsession.headers['Connection']
@@ -535,6 +572,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
            tmpsession.headers['authority'] = 'www.instagram.com'
            tmpsession.headers['scheme'] = 'https'
            tmpsession.headers['accept'] = '*/*'
+            tmpsession.headers['x-csrftoken'] = csrf
            if referer is not None:
                tmpsession.headers['referer'] = urllib.parse.quote(referer)

@@ -650,6 +688,38 @@ class InstaloaderContext:

            return response

+    def get_page_data(self, path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Load a page of ``www.instagram.com`` as a logged-out visitor and return the data it embeds.
+
+        Instagram renders public profile and post pages with the results of their GraphQL queries
+        embedded in the HTML, even when it refuses anonymous API requests for the same data.
+
+        :param path: URL, relative to ``www.instagram.com/``
+        :return: The ``data`` object of each query result that the page embeds, in page order.
+        :raises QueryReturnedNotFoundException: When the server responds with a 404.
+        :raises ConnectionException: When the request failed.
+        """
+        self.do_sleep()
+        self._rate_controller.wait_before_query('other')
+        url = 'https://www.instagram.com/{0}'.format(path)
+        # Instagram only embeds the data when the request looks like a browser's page navigation.
+        headers = {'Accept': 'text/html', 'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'document', 'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+                   'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'none'}
+        try:
+            with self.get_anonymous_session() as anonymous_session:
+                resp = anonymous_session.get(url, headers=headers, allow_redirects=False)
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
+            raise ConnectionException("Page request to {}: {}".format(url, err)) from err
+        if resp.status_code == 404:
+            raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(self._response_error(resp))
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ConnectionException(self._response_error(resp))
+        data: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+        for script in re.finditer(r'<script type="application/json"[^>]*>(.*?)</script>', resp.text, re.DOTALL):
+            with suppress(json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
+                data.extend(_embedded_query_data(json.loads(script.group(1))))
+        return data
+
    def write_raw(self, resp: Union[bytes, requests.Response], filename: str) -> None:
        """Write raw response data into a file.

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

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

 class FrozenNodeIterator(NamedTuple):
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def resumable_iteration(context: InstaloaderContext,
            context.error("Warning: Not resuming from {}: {}".format(resume_file_path, exc))
    try:
        yield is_resuming, start_index
-    except (KeyboardInterrupt, AbortDownloadException):
+    except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt):
        if os.path.dirname(resume_file_path):
            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(resume_file_path), exist_ok=True)
        save(iterator.freeze(), resume_file_path)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class PostSidecarNode(NamedTuple):
    """Item of a Sidecar Post."""
    is_video: bool
    display_url: str
-    video_url: str
+    video_url: Optional[str]


 PostSidecarNode.is_video.__doc__ = "Whether this node is a video."
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ _hashtag_regex = re.compile(r"(?:#)((?:\w){1,150})")
 # support Unicode and a word/beginning of string delimiter at the beginning to ensure
 # that no email addresses join the list of mentions.
 # http://blog.jstassen.com/2016/03/code-regex-for-instagram-username-and-hashtags/
-_mention_regex = re.compile(r"(?:^|[^\w\n]|_)(?:@)(\w(?:(?:\w|(?:\.(?!\.))){0,28}(?:\w))?)", re.ASCII)
+_mention_regex = re.compile(r"(?:^|\W|_)(?:@)(\w(?:(?:\w|(?:\.(?!\.))){0,28}(?:\w))?)", re.ASCII)


 def _optional_normalize(string: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
@@ -258,6 +258,100 @@ class Post:
            fake_node["video_url"] = iphone_node["video_versions"][0]["url"]
        return fake_node

+    @staticmethod
+    def _fetch_play_count_from_clips(context: 'InstaloaderContext', user_id: str,
+                                     shortcode: str) -> Optional[int]:
+        """Fetch play_count for a reel via the clips connection endpoint as a fallback."""
+        try:
+            resp = context.doc_id_graphql_query(
+                "27234427476213202",
+                {"data": {"include_feed_video": True, "page_size": 12,
+                           "target_user_id": str(user_id)}},
+            )
+            edges = ((resp.get("data") or {})
+                     .get("xdt_api__v1__clips__user__connection_v2") or {})
+            for edge in edges.get("edges") or []:
+                media = (edge.get("node") or {}).get("media") or {}
+                if media.get("code") == shortcode:
+                    return media.get("play_count")
+        except (ConnectionException, BadResponseException):
+            pass
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_post_data(media: Dict[str, Any], context: 'InstaloaderContext') -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Normalize a Polaris media item to a legacy-compatible node, preserving the source structure."""
+        media_types = {1: "GraphImage", 2: "GraphVideo", 8: "GraphSidecar"}
+        media_type = media.get("media_type")
+        typename = None
+        if isinstance(media_type, int):
+            typename = media_types.get(media_type)
+        if not typename:
+            raise BadResponseException(f"Unknown media_type in metadata: {media_type}.")
+        pic_json: Dict[str, Any] = media.copy()
+        pic_json["shortcode"] = media["code"]
+        pic_json["id"] = media["pk"]
+        pic_json["__typename"] = typename
+        pic_json["is_video"] = media_type == 2
+        pic_json["taken_at_timestamp"] = media["taken_at"]
+        pic_json["owner"] = {
+            "id": media["user"]["pk"],
+            "username": media["user"].get("username", ""),
+            "full_name": media["user"].get("full_name", ""),
+        }
+        candidates = (media.get("image_versions2") or {}).get("candidates") or []
+        pic_json["display_url"] = candidates[0]["url"] if candidates else None
+        video_versions = media.get("video_versions") or []
+        pic_json["video_url"] = video_versions[0]["url"] if video_versions else None
+        pic_json["video_duration"] = media.get("video_duration")
+        pic_json["video_view_count"] = media.get("view_count")
+        pic_json["video_play_count"] = media.get("play_count")
+        if media_type == 2 and pic_json["video_view_count"] is None:
+            pic_json["video_play_count"] = Post._fetch_play_count_from_clips(
+                context, media["user"]["pk"], media["code"]
+            )
+        caption = media.get("caption")
+        caption_text = caption.get("text") if isinstance(caption, dict) else None
+        pic_json["edge_media_to_caption"] = (
+            {"edges": [{"node": {"text": caption_text}}]} if caption_text is not None
+            else {"edges": []}
+        )
+        pic_json["edge_media_preview_like"] = {"count": media.get("like_count") or 0}
+        pic_json["edge_media_to_parent_comment"] = {
+            "count": media.get("comment_count") or 0,
+            "edges": [],
+        }
+        if media.get("has_liked") is not None:
+            pic_json["viewer_has_liked"] = media["has_liked"]
+        carousel = media.get("carousel_media") or []
+        if carousel:
+            carousel_nodes = []
+            for item in carousel:
+                item_type = item.get("media_type", 1)
+                node: Dict[str, Any] = {
+                    "shortcode": item.get("code", ""),
+                    "__typename": media_types.get(item_type, "GraphImage"),
+                    "is_video": item_type == 2,
+                }
+                item_candidates = (item.get("image_versions2") or {}).get("candidates") or []
+                node["display_url"] = item_candidates[0]["url"] if item_candidates else ""
+                item_videos = item.get("video_versions") or []
+                node["video_url"] = item_videos[0]["url"] if item_videos else None
+                if item.get("accessibility_caption") is not None:
+                    node["accessibility_caption"] = item["accessibility_caption"]
+                carousel_nodes.append({"node": node})
+            pic_json["edge_sidecar_to_children"] = {"edges": carousel_nodes}
+        tagged = (media.get("usertags") or {}).get("in") or []
+        if tagged:
+            pic_json["edge_media_to_tagged_user"] = {
+                "edges": [
+                    {"node": {"user": {"username": t["user"]["username"].lower()}}}
+                    for t in tagged
+                    if (t.get("user") or {}).get("username")
+                ]
+            }
+        return pic_json
+
    @staticmethod
    def shortcode_to_mediaid(code: str) -> int:
        if len(code) > 11:
@@ -319,23 +413,18 @@ class Post:

    def _obtain_metadata(self):
        if not self._full_metadata_dict:
-            pic_json = self._context.doc_id_graphql_query(
-                "8845758582119845", {"shortcode": self.shortcode}
-            )["data"]["xdt_shortcode_media"]
-            if pic_json is None:
+            resp = self._context.doc_id_graphql_query(
+                "27128499623469141",
+                {
+                    "shortcode": self.shortcode,
+                    "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisAIGMMediaWebLabelEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+                },
+            )
+            web_info = (resp.get("data") or {}).get("xdt_api__v1__media__shortcode__web_info") or {}
+            items = web_info.get("items")
+            if not items:
                raise BadResponseException("Fetching Post metadata failed.")
-            try:
-                xdt_types = {
-                    "XDTGraphImage": "GraphImage",
-                    "XDTGraphVideo": "GraphVideo",
-                    "XDTGraphSidecar": "GraphSidecar",
-                }
-                pic_json["__typename"] = xdt_types[pic_json["__typename"]]
-            except KeyError as exc:
-                raise BadResponseException(
-                    f"Unknown __typename in metadata: {pic_json['__typename']}."
-                ) from exc
-            self._full_metadata_dict = pic_json
+            self._full_metadata_dict = Post._normalize_post_data(items[0], self._context)
            if self.shortcode != self._full_metadata_dict['shortcode']:
                self._node.update(self._full_metadata_dict)
                raise PostChangedException
@@ -602,6 +691,15 @@ class Post:
            return self._field('video_view_count')
        return None

+    @property
+    def video_play_count(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        """Play count of the video, or None.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.14.3"""
+        if self.is_video:
+            return self._field('video_play_count')
+        return None
+
    @property
    def video_duration(self) -> Optional[float]:
        """Duration of the video in seconds, or None.
@@ -880,7 +978,8 @@ class Profile:
    Also, this class implements == and is hashable.
    """
    def __init__(self, context: InstaloaderContext, node: Dict[str, Any]):
-        assert 'username' in node
+        assert "username" in node
+        assert "id" in node or "pk" in node
        self._context = context
        self._has_public_story: Optional[bool] = None
        self._node = node
@@ -900,10 +999,30 @@ class Profile:
        :param username: Username
        :raises: :class:`ProfileNotExistsException`
        """
-        # pylint:disable=protected-access
-        profile = cls(context, {'username': username.lower()})
-        profile._obtain_metadata()  # to raise ProfileNotExistsException now in case username is invalid
-        return profile
+        # Resolve the profile through its public web page, which Instagram renders with the
+        # profile embedded. The web_profile_info endpoint previously used here is refused
+        # with HTTP 400 for some professional profiles, and with HTTP 401 or 429 for some
+        # sessions, both anonymously and when logged in.
+        try:
+            page = context.get_page_data("{0}/".format(username.lower()))
+        except QueryReturnedNotFoundException:
+            page = []
+        # The page embeds two queries for the profile: one for its details and one for its
+        # posts.
+        user: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        for data in page:
+            user.update(data.get("xig_user_by_username") or {})
+        if not user.get("pk"):
+            raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {} does not exist.".format(username))
+        user.pop("polaris_ordered_timeline_connection", None)
+        # The page's "id" is not the user ID, which is "pk".
+        node = dict(user, id=user["pk"])
+        if context.is_logged_in:
+            # The page shows the profile as a logged-out visitor sees it. Leave the missing
+            # fields, notably the viewer's relationship to the profile, such as
+            # followed_by_viewer, to the GraphQL profile query in _obtain_metadata().
+            return cls(context, node)
+        return cls(context, cls._normalize_profile_data(node))

    @classmethod
    def from_id(cls, context: InstaloaderContext, profile_id: int):
@@ -916,15 +1035,16 @@ class Profile:
        """
        if profile_id in context.profile_id_cache:
            return context.profile_id_cache[profile_id]
-        data = context.graphql_query('7c16654f22c819fb63d1183034a5162f',
-                                     {'user_id': str(profile_id),
-                                      'include_chaining': False,
-                                      'include_reel': True,
-                                      'include_suggested_users': False,
-                                      'include_logged_out_extras': False,
-                                      'include_highlight_reels': False})['data']['user']
-        if data:
-            profile = cls(context, data['reel']['owner'])
+        # Resolve the current username from the user id, then load the full profile.
+        # The GraphQL user query previously used here started responding with HTTP 400.
+        try:
+            user = context.get_json(
+                "api/v1/users/{0}/info/".format(profile_id), params={}
+            ).get('user')
+        except QueryReturnedNotFoundException:
+            user = None
+        if user and user.get('username'):
+            profile = cls.from_username(context, user['username'])
        else:
            raise ProfileNotExistsException("No profile found, the user may have blocked you (ID: " +
                                            str(profile_id) + ").")
@@ -970,11 +1090,41 @@ class Profile:
    def _obtain_metadata(self):
        try:
            if not self._has_full_metadata:
-                metadata = self._context.get_iphone_json(f'api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username={self.username}',
-                                                         params={})
-                if metadata['data']['user'] is None:
+                if not self._context.is_logged_in:
+                    # Anonymous access: the web_profile_info endpoint returns the full
+                    # node in the legacy format and still works, unlike the GraphQL
+                    # profile query.
+                    try:
+                        data = self._context.get_json(
+                            "api/v1/users/web_profile_info/",
+                            params={"username": self.username},
+                        ).get('data')
+                    except QueryReturnedNotFoundException as err:
+                        raise ProfileNotExistsException(
+                            'Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username)) from err
+                    user_data = data.get('user') if data else None
+                    if user_data is None:
+                        raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username))
+                    self._node = user_data
+                    self._has_full_metadata = True
+                    return
+                user_id = self._node.get('id') or self._node.get('pk')
+                variables = {
+                    "id": str(user_id),
+                    "render_surface": "PROFILE",
+                    "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisCannesGuardianExperienceEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+                    "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisCASB976ProfileEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+                    "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisRepostsConsumptionEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+                    "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisWebSchoolsEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+                    "enable_integrity_filters": True,
+                }
+                data = self._context.doc_id_graphql_query('27937681195819736', variables)
+                if data is None:
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException('GraphQL query returned None')
+                user_data = data.get('data', {}).get('user')
+                if user_data is None:
                    raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username))
-                self._node = metadata['data']['user']
+                self._node = self._normalize_profile_data(user_data)
                self._has_full_metadata = True
        except (QueryReturnedNotFoundException, KeyError) as err:
            top_search_results = TopSearchResults(self._context, self.username)
@@ -989,6 +1139,45 @@ class Profile:
                                                        ', '.join(similar_profiles[0:5]))) from err
            raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username)) from err

+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_profile_data(user_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Normalize PolarisProfilePageContentQuery response to match legacy format."""
+        normalized = user_data.copy()
+        if 'id' not in normalized and 'pk' in normalized:
+            normalized['id'] = normalized['pk']
+        if 'edge_owner_to_timeline_media' not in normalized and 'media_count' in normalized:
+            normalized['edge_owner_to_timeline_media'] = {'count': normalized['media_count']}
+        if 'edge_felix_video_timeline' not in normalized:
+            normalized['edge_felix_video_timeline'] = {'count': 0}
+        if 'edge_followed_by' not in normalized and 'follower_count' in normalized:
+            normalized['edge_followed_by'] = {'count': normalized['follower_count']}
+        if 'edge_follow' not in normalized and 'following_count' in normalized:
+            normalized['edge_follow'] = {'count': normalized['following_count']}
+        if 'is_business_account' not in normalized and 'is_business' in normalized:
+            normalized['is_business_account'] = normalized['is_business']
+        if 'business_category_name' not in normalized and 'category' in normalized:
+            normalized['business_category_name'] = normalized['category']
+        friendship = normalized.get('friendship_status', {}) or {}
+        if 'followed_by_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['followed_by_viewer'] = friendship.get('following', False)
+        if 'follows_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['follows_viewer'] = friendship.get('followed_by', False)
+        if 'blocked_by_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['blocked_by_viewer'] = friendship.get('blocking', False)
+        if 'has_blocked_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['has_blocked_viewer'] = False
+        if 'has_requested_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['has_requested_viewer'] = friendship.get('incoming_request', False)
+        if 'requested_by_viewer' not in normalized:
+            normalized['requested_by_viewer'] = friendship.get('outgoing_request', False)
+        if 'profile_pic_url_hd' not in normalized:
+            hd_info = normalized.get('hd_profile_pic_url_info')
+            if hd_info and 'url' in hd_info:
+                normalized['profile_pic_url_hd'] = hd_info['url']
+            elif 'profile_pic_url' in normalized:
+                normalized['profile_pic_url_hd'] = normalized['profile_pic_url']
+        return normalized
+
    def _metadata(self, *keys) -> Any:
        try:
            d = self._node
@@ -1197,18 +1386,52 @@ class Profile:

        :rtype: NodeIterator[Post]"""
        self._obtain_metadata()
+        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
+            return NodeIterator(
+                context=self._context,
+                edge_extractor=lambda d: d["data"]["user"]["edge_owner_to_timeline_media"],
+                node_wrapper=lambda n: Post(self._context, n, self),
+                query_variables={
+                    "data": {
+                        "count": 12,
+                        "include_relationship_info": True,
+                        "latest_besties_reel_media": True,
+                        "latest_reel_media": True,
+                    },
+                    "id": self.userid,
+                },
+                query_referer="https://www.instagram.com/{0}/".format(self.username),
+                is_first=Profile._make_is_newest_checker(),
+                doc_id="7950326061742207",
+                query_hash=None,
+                first_data=self._metadata("edge_owner_to_timeline_media"),
+            )
        return NodeIterator(
-            context = self._context,
-            edge_extractor = lambda d: d['data']['xdt_api__v1__feed__user_timeline_graphql_connection'],
-            node_wrapper = lambda n: Post.from_iphone_struct(self._context, n),
-            query_variables = {'data': {
-                'count': 12, 'include_relationship_info': True,
-                'latest_besties_reel_media': True, 'latest_reel_media': True},
-             'username': self.username},
-            query_referer = 'https://www.instagram.com/{0}/'.format(self.username),
-            is_first = Profile._make_is_newest_checker(),
-            doc_id = '7898261790222653',
-            query_hash = None,
+            context=self._context,
+            edge_extractor=lambda d: d["data"]["xdt_api__v1__feed__user_timeline_graphql_connection"],
+            node_wrapper=lambda n: Post.from_iphone_struct(self._context, n),
+            # The query and variables that the web app sends for a profile's posts tab
+            # (PolarisProfilePostsTabContentQuery_connection). Instagram answers the
+            # previous query, 7898261790222653, with "execution error".
+            query_variables={
+                "data": {
+                    "count": 12,
+                    "include_reel_media_seen_timestamp": True,
+                    "include_relationship_info": True,
+                    "latest_besties_reel_media": True,
+                    "latest_reel_media": True,
+                },
+                "first": 12,
+                "include_multi_captions": True,
+                "username": self.username,
+                "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisMultiCaptionCarouselEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+                "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisShortDramaEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+                "__relay_internal__pv__PolarisReelsRecoDebugOverlayEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+            },
+            query_referer="https://www.instagram.com/{0}/".format(self.username),
+            is_first=Profile._make_is_newest_checker(),
+            doc_id="28975909992013618",
+            query_hash=None,
        )

    def get_saved_posts(self) -> NodeIterator[Post]:
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ def get_version():
    raise SystemExit("Could not find version string.")


-if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    sys.exit('Instaloader requires Python >= 3.9.')
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    sys.exit('Instaloader requires Python >= 3.10.')

 requirements = ['requests>=2.25']
 optional_requirements = {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ setup(
                'from Instagram.',
    long_description=open(os.path.join(SRC, 'README.rst')).read(),
    install_requires=requirements,
-    python_requires='>=3.9',
+    python_requires='>=3.10',
    extras_require=optional_requirements,
    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['instaloader=instaloader.__main__:main']},
    zip_safe=False,
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ setup(
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
        'Topic :: Internet',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics'
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Instaloader Tests
+
+Integration tests for Instaloader features that require Instagram access are maintained here:
+https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader-tests
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-"""Unit Tests for Instaloader"""
-
-import os
-import shutil
-import tempfile
-import unittest
-from itertools import islice
-from typing import Optional
-
-import instaloader
-
-PROFILE_WITH_HIGHLIGHTS = 325732271
-PUBLIC_PROFILE = "selenagomez"
-PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID = 460563723
-PUBLIC_PROFILE_WITH_IGTV = "natgeo"
-HASHTAG = "kitten"
-LOCATION = "362629379"
-OWN_USERNAME = "aandergr"
-NORMAL_MAX_COUNT = 2
-PAGING_MAX_COUNT = 15
-PRIVATE_PROFILE = "aandergr"
-PRIVATE_PROFILE_ID = 1706625676
-EMPTY_PROFILE = "not_public"
-EMPTY_PROFILE_ID = 1928659031
-
-ratecontroller: Optional[instaloader.RateController] = None
-
-
-class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-        print("Testing in {}".format(self.dir))
-        os.chdir(self.dir)
-        self.L = instaloader.Instaloader(download_geotags=True,
-                                         download_comments=True,
-                                         save_metadata=True)
-        self.L.context.raise_all_errors = True
-        if ratecontroller is not None:
-            # pylint:disable=protected-access
-            ratecontroller._context = self.L.context
-            self.L.context._rate_controller = ratecontroller
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        # pylint:disable=global-statement,protected-access
-        global ratecontroller
-        ratecontroller = self.L.context._rate_controller
-        self.L.close()
-        os.chdir('/')
-        print("Removing {}".format(self.dir))
-        shutil.rmtree(self.dir)
-
-    def post_paging_test(self, iterator):
-        previous_post = None
-        for post in islice(iterator, PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
-            print(post)
-            if previous_post:
-                self.assertTrue(post.date_utc < previous_post.date_utc)
-            previous_post = post
-
-    @unittest.skip('')
-    def test_public_profile_download(self):
-        profiles = {self.L.check_profile_id(PUBLIC_PROFILE)}
-        self.L.download_profiles(profiles, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True, raise_errors=True)
-        self.L.download_profiles(profiles, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True, raise_errors=True)
-
-    def test_public_profile_paging(self):
-        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts())
-
-    def test_profile_pic_download(self):
-        self.L.download_profiles({self.L.check_profile_id(PUBLIC_PROFILE)}, posts=False, raise_errors=True)
-
-    def test_hashtag_download(self):
-        self.L.download_hashtag(HASHTAG, NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
-
-    def test_hashtag_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Hashtag.from_name(self.L.context, HASHTAG).get_all_posts()):
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
-
-    def test_get_id_by_username(self):
-        self.assertEqual(PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID,
-                         instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).userid)
-
-    def test_get_username_by_id_private(self):
-        self.assertEqual(PRIVATE_PROFILE.lower(),
-                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE_ID).username)
-
-    def test_get_username_by_id_public(self):
-        self.assertEqual(PUBLIC_PROFILE.lower(),
-                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID).username)
-
-    def test_get_username_by_id_empty(self):
-        self.assertEqual(EMPTY_PROFILE.lower(),
-                         instaloader.Profile.from_id(self.L.context, EMPTY_PROFILE_ID).username)
-
-    def test_get_username_by_name_empty(self):
-        self.assertEqual(EMPTY_PROFILE_ID,
-                         instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, EMPTY_PROFILE).userid)
-
-    def test_post_from_mediaid(self):
-        for post in instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_posts():
-            post2 = instaloader.Post.from_mediaid(self.L.context, post.mediaid)
-            self.assertEqual(post, post2)
-            break
-
-    def test_public_profile_tagged_paging(self):
-        for post in islice(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).get_tagged_posts(),
-                           PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
-            print(post)
-
-    def test_public_profile_igtv(self):
-        for post in islice(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE_WITH_IGTV).get_igtv_posts(),
-                           PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
-            print(post)
-
-
-class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-        self.L.load_session_from_file(OWN_USERNAME)
-
-    @unittest.skip('')
-    def test_stories_download(self):
-        self.L.download_stories()
-
-    @unittest.skip('')
-    def test_private_profile_download(self):
-        self.L.download_profiles({self.L.check_profile_id(PRIVATE_PROFILE)}, stories=True, raise_errors=True)
-
-    def test_stories_paging(self):
-        for user_story in self.L.get_stories():
-            print("profile {}.".format(user_story.owner_username))
-            for item in user_story.get_items():
-                print(item)
-
-    def test_highlights_paging(self):
-        for user_highlight in self.L.get_highlights(PROFILE_WITH_HIGHLIGHTS):
-            print("Retrieving {} highlights \"{}\" from profile {}".format(user_highlight.itemcount,
-                                                                           user_highlight.title,
-                                                                           user_highlight.owner_username))
-            for item in user_highlight.get_items():
-                print(item)
-
-    def test_private_profile_paging(self):
-        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE).get_posts())
-
-    def test_feed_download(self):
-        self.L.download_feed_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
-
-    def test_feed_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_feed_posts()):
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
-
-    def test_saved_download(self):
-        self.L.download_saved_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
-
-    def test_saved_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME).get_saved_posts()):
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
-
-    def test_test_login(self):
-        self.assertEqual(OWN_USERNAME, self.L.test_login())
-
-    def test_followees_and_stories(self):
-        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
-        followees = set(islice(profile.get_followees(), PAGING_MAX_COUNT))
-        self.L.download_profiles(followees, profile_pic=False, stories=True, posts=False, raise_errors=True)
-
-    def test_get_followees(self):
-        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
-        for f in profile.get_followees():
-            print(f.username)
-
-    def test_get_followers(self):
-        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
-        for f in profile.get_followers():
-            print(f.username)
-
-    def test_get_similar_accounts(self):
-        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
-        for f in profile.get_similar_accounts():
-            print(f.username)
-
-    def test_get_likes(self):
-        for post in instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME).get_posts():
-            for like in post.get_likes():
-                print(like.username)
-            break
-
-    def test_explore_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_explore_posts()):
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
-
-    def test_location_download(self):
-        self.L.download_location(LOCATION, NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)
-
-    def test_location_paging(self):
-        for count, post in enumerate(self.L.get_location_posts(LOCATION)):
-            print(post)
-            if count == PAGING_MAX_COUNT:
-                break
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
André Koch-Kramer	58c07c6393	Include licenses in windows exe zip file	2026-10-13 21:33:05 +02:00
Alexander Graf	bc859a1595	Release of version 4.15.4	2026-10-12 22:00:00 +02:00
Alexander Graf	b5e50aa260	Update contributing guidelines	2026-10-12 21:54:36 +02:00
Markus Magnuson	0cf00a6079	Fix profile resolution and logged-in post fetching (#2765 ) - `InstaloaderContext.get_page_data()` loads a page as a logged-out visitor and returns the query results that the page embeds. Instagram only embeds them when the request looks like a page navigation, so the request sends the `Sec-Fetch-*` headers of one. - `Profile.from_username()` reads the profile from its public page. Anonymously, `_normalize_profile_data()` completes the node. - Logged in, `Profile.get_posts()` uses query `28975909992013618` (`PolarisProfilePostsTabContentQuery_connection`) with the variables that the web app sends. The response has the same shape as before. When logged in, `from_username()` does not normalize the page's node. The page shows the profile to a logged-out visitor, so normalizing would set `followed_by_viewer` to `False`, and `download_profiles()` would refuse private profiles that the session follows. Instead, the GraphQL profile query in `_obtain_metadata()` fills in the missing fields when they are first read.	2026-10-12 21:39:03 +02:00
Alexander Graf	91e30cf33b	Support Python 3.15	2026-10-11 20:01:02 +02:00
Alexander Graf	da65e697a0	Update dependencies	2026-10-10 20:53:07 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	132e2fa668	Bump actions/stale from 10 to 11 (#2751 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 20:26:16 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	e3aef9dc2b	Bump pyinstaller from 6.16.0 to 6.22.3 (#2755 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 20:13:48 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	dd90abdb91	Bump pygments from 2.19.2 to 2.20.0 (#2758 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 20:06:46 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2e3c89dfe9	Bump requests from 2.32.5 to 2.34.2 (#2756 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 19:59:07 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	c4434125e8	Bump actions/setup-python from 6 to 7 (#2752 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 19:56:46 +02:00
dependabot[bot]anddependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	75173094d6	Bump mypy from 1.18.2 to 2.4.0 (#2754 ) Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 19:50:42 +02:00
Alexander Graf	559c7a9adf	Drop Python 3.9 support, update Pipenv version used in CI	2026-10-10 19:45:43 +02:00
Andreas FehlnerandAlexander Graf	1e58dddb1f	chore: add monthly Dependabot and harden checkout (#2713 ) ## What this changes This PR adds Dependabot configuration and hardens GitHub Actions checkout behavior. ## Dependabot - adds .github/dependabot.yml - enables grouped dependency updates - schedules updates monthly - configures a 7-day cooldown to avoid rapid follow-up bumps - includes GitHub Actions updates Configured update scopes: - pip in / - github-actions in / ## GitHub Actions hardening Sets persist-credentials: false for ctions/checkout@v4 in: - .github/workflows/windows_exe.yml - .github/workflows/packages.yml - .github/workflows/lint.yml - .github/workflows/documentation.yml ## Why - grouped updates reduce PR noise - monthly cadence is lower maintenance - cooldown helps avoid update churn - disabling persisted checkout credentials follows least-privilege CI practices --------- Co-authored-by: Alexander Graf <17130992+aandergr@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-10 19:29:14 +02:00
Alexander Graf	af898e2c31	Reference new integration tests and remove deprecated instaloader_unittests	2026-10-10 19:09:30 +02:00
Alexander Graf	8f680ae52d	Add __repr__ to Instaloader and InstaloaderContext	2026-10-10 18:39:15 +02:00
agustux	7efc78de12	docs/codesnippets: Fix Firefox 147+ Linux cookie path (#2727 )	2026-09-06 20:20:51 +02:00
Alexander Graf	543469296e	Release of version 4.15.3	2026-07-26 11:01:52 +02:00
Elias	6dd77e7b56	Fix Post metadata fetching (#2706 ) Use doc_id 27128499623469141 (PolarisPostRootQuery / xdt_api__v1__media__shortcode__web_info) which returns v1/iPhone API format. Converts the new format to the legacy GraphQL field names that the rest of the codebase expects.	2026-07-26 10:47:46 +02:00
Markus Magnuson	a4adeb0835	Fix profile resolution (#2701 ) Fix Profile.from_id(), Profile.from_username() and Profile._obtain_metadata() by using `users/web_profile_info/` and `users/{profile_id}/info` queries.	2026-07-26 10:18:00 +02:00
Joseph May	ad03b392db	Fix caption mentions being missed after a newline _mention_regex required the character before '@' to be a non-word character other than '\n', so a mention at the start of a new line was never matched. The '\n' exclusion was introduced in `8784ac7` when the prefix went from '\W' to '[^\w\n]'; restoring '\W' matches mentions after a newline while still keeping email addresses out of the results, since the character before '@' in an address is a word character. Also affects Profile.biography_mentions and StoryItem.caption_mentions, which share the same regex. Fixes #2709	2026-07-13 20:48:06 +02:00
André Koch-Kramer	297a88f252	Release of version 4.15.2	2026-07-05 21:16:53 +02:00
Mike Holzinger	db2ae98928	Guard against null data in Post._obtain_metadata (#2705 ) When Instagram returns {"data": null} for a shortcode metadata query (e.g. under rate limiting, or for an unavailable post), response["data"]["xdt_shortcode_media"] raised a raw TypeError before the existing `if pic_json is None` check could run. Guard the intermediate "data" so the clean BadResponseException is raised instead, which the download loop already handles.	2026-07-05 21:04:29 +02:00
npiriou	b79a0a1e8b	Fix profile metadata GraphQL query flags (#2696 )	2026-07-05 20:49:03 +02:00
Alexander Graf	d3cd639789	Remove unneeded symlink	2026-04-15 21:21:12 +02:00
Alexander Graf	618c23144e	Welcome SocialAPIs as sponsor	2026-04-15 21:17:02 +02:00
Alexander Graf	66165a9d5d	Improve typing on import_session()	2026-04-11 12:26:09 +02:00
Alexander Graf	27e42f661e	Release of version 4.15.1	2026-03-21 22:01:12 +01:00
Xyfer	78bbd697cd	Fix obtaining Profiles (when logged in) by migrating to new GraphQL endpoints (#2652 ) Use doc_id 26347858941511777 (search query) in from_username() to get user_id Use doc_id 25980296051578533 (PolarisProfilePageContentQuery) in _obtain_metadata() Add _normalize_profile_data() to map new API fields to legacy format	2026-03-21 22:00:18 +01:00
Grant Nestor	e4524e119a	Save resume information on exception (#2600 )	2026-01-18 16:46:03 +01:00
Alexander Graf	520b69d6ef	Release of version 4.15	2025-11-08 22:27:37 +01:00
Alexander Graf	25c4daa861	Merge branch 'upcoming/v4.15'	2025-11-08 22:19:37 +01:00
Alexander Graf	7d256c36c1	Avoid using deprecated Hashtag.get_posts in codesnippets	2025-11-08 22:14:36 +01:00
Samuele MazziandAlexander Graf	64908788d3	Fix anonymous fetch of profile posts (#2533 ) Co-authored-by: Alexander Graf <17130992+aandergr@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-11-08 22:07:58 +01:00
DenysandAlexander Graf	b7ef306374	Abort download on {feedback,checkpoint,challenge}_required (#2612 ) Handle Instagram feedback_required/checkpoint_required/challenge_required responses with a AbortDownloadException, causing the resumable iteration to be interrupted. Co-authored-by: Alexander Graf <17130992+aandergr@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-11-08 18:10:47 +01:00
Alexander Graf	813621026c	Update default user agent	2025-11-08 17:36:41 +01:00
Alexander Graf	44bd4d173b	Update dependency versions used in CI	2025-11-08 17:33:16 +01:00
Naitri Doshi	2393a1a7a4	Add Post.video_play_count property (#2595 )	2025-10-23 11:02:21 +00:00
Alexander Graf	5304e9794b	First Alpha Release for Version 4.15	2025-07-18 08:06:07 +02:00
Alexander Graf	ee3106814e	Update default user agent	2025-07-18 08:05:11 +02:00
Alexander Graf	4c6d6e50af	Update dependency versions used in CI	2025-07-18 08:05:11 +02:00
Alexander Graf	af287c3fdd	Merge branch 'master' into upcoming/v4.15	2025-07-18 07:51:08 +02:00
Alexander Graf	0bc9ab55dd	Release of version 4.14.2	2025-07-18 07:47:19 +02:00
Ivan Semkin	e64394fd25	Add `possibly_pinned` to download reels loop (#2539 ) Add `possibly_pinned` to reels loop.	2025-07-04 07:45:07 +02:00
Alexander Graf	43cc15d1b3	Update paragraph explaining `--load-cookies` and `--cookiefile`	2025-01-29 08:09:38 +01:00
Alexander Graf	a263ec85a6	Update default user agent	2025-01-29 07:52:35 +01:00
Alexander Graf	487d2c366d	Update dependency versions used in CI Changes to browser_cookie3: https://github.com/borisbabic/browser_cookie3/compare/0.19.1...0.20.1	2025-01-29 07:50:01 +01:00
master131	e493fa9c2d	Update headers for iOS (#2472 )	2025-01-24 08:23:49 +01:00