First Alpha Release for Version 4.3

saythanks.io works again. This reverts commit
f966ea5bb9.

.github/workflows/windows_exe.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Windows EXE build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Instaloader repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+          architecture: x64
+      - name: Get the tagged version
+        id: get_version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Run custom python script for EXE creation
+        env:
+          VERSION_TAG: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: python deploy/windows/create_exe.py
+      - name: Create draft release
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          release_name: Version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'a') || contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'b') || contains(steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION, 'c')
+      - name: Upload EXE as release asset
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./instaloader-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-windows-standalone.zip
+          asset_name: instaloader-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-windows-standalone.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip

.travis.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ deploy:
     repo: instaloader/instaloader.github.io
     target-branch: master
     on:
-      branch: master
+      tags: true
       python: 3.6
   - provider: script
     script: deploy/arch/deploy.sh $TRAVIS_TAG

Pipfile

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ verify_ssl = true
 pylint = "*"
 mypy = "*"
 sphinx = "*"
+pyinstaller = "*"
+pefile = "*"
+pywin32-ctypes = "*"
+psutil = "*"
 
 [packages]
 requests = "*"

Pipfile.lock

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "dfbaa1642735b07bdcc118cb0c9328817b1d558af626b696593db099df863b39"
+            "sha256": "33408a60fda1a56bf680462fad21643ae0159bc13f3b85d8f10ebf3eef7d8725"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {},
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
     "default": {
         "certifi": {
             "hashes": [
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+                "sha256:017c25db2a153ce562900032d5bc68e9f191e44e9a0f762f373977de9df1fbb3",
-                "sha256:b26104d6835d1f5e49452a26eb2ff87fe7090b89dfcaee5ea2212697e1e1d7ae"
+                "sha256:25b64c7da4cd7479594d035c08c2d809eb4aab3a26e5a990ea98cc450c320f1f"
             ],
-            "version": "==2019.3.9"
+            "version": "==2019.11.28"
         },
         "chardet": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
         },
         "urllib3": {
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+                "sha256:2f3db8b19923a873b3e5256dc9c2dedfa883e33d87c690d9c7913e1f40673cdc",
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-            "version": "==1.25.3"
+            "version": "==1.25.8"
         }
     },
     "develop": {
@@ -59,26 +59,33 @@
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             "version": "==0.7.12"
         },
+        "altgraph": {
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+            ],
+            "version": "==0.17"
+        },
         "astroid": {
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-            "version": "==2.2.5"
+            "version": "==2.3.3"
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         "babel": {
             "hashes": [
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@@ -89,11 +96,16 @@
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         "docutils": {
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-            "version": "==0.14"
+            "version": "==0.16"
+        },
+        "future": {
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+            ],
+            "version": "==0.18.2"
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         "idna": {
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@@ -104,47 +116,50 @@
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+                "sha256:2d82818f5bb3e369420cb3c4060a7970edba416647068eb4c5343488a6c604a8"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.4.1"
+            "version": "==0.4.3"
         },
         "packaging": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0c98a5d0be38ed775798ece1b9727178c4469d9c3b4ada66e8e6b7849f8732af",
+                "sha256:170748228214b70b672c581a3dd610ee51f733018650740e98c7df862a583f73",
-                "sha256:9e1cbf8c12b1f1ce0bb5344b8d7ecf66a6f8a6e91bcb0c84593ed6d3ab5c4ab3"
+                "sha256:e665345f9eef0c621aa0bf2f8d78cf6d21904eef16a93f020240b704a57f1334"
             ],
-            "version": "==19.0"
+            "version": "==20.1"
+        },
+        "pefile": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a5d6e8305c6b210849b47a6174ddf9c452b2888340b8177874b862ba6c207645"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2019.4.18"
+        },
+        "psutil": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:094f899ac3ef72422b7e00411b4ed174e3c5a2e04c267db6643937ddba67a05b",
+                "sha256:10b7f75cc8bd676cfc6fa40cd7d5c25b3f45a0e06d43becd7c2d2871cbb5e806",
+                "sha256:1b1575240ca9a90b437e5a40db662acd87bbf181f6aa02f0204978737b913c6b",
+                "sha256:21231ef1c1a89728e29b98a885b8e0a8e00d09018f6da5cdc1f43f988471a995",
+                "sha256:28f771129bfee9fc6b63d83a15d857663bbdcae3828e1cb926e91320a9b5b5cd",
+                "sha256:70387772f84fa5c3bb6a106915a2445e20ac8f9821c5914d7cbde148f4d7ff73",
+                "sha256:b560f5cd86cf8df7bcd258a851ca1ad98f0d5b8b98748e877a0aec4e9032b465",
+                "sha256:b74b43fecce384a57094a83d2778cdfc2e2d9a6afaadd1ebecb2e75e0d34e10d",
+                "sha256:e85f727ffb21539849e6012f47b12f6dd4c44965e56591d8dec6e8bc9ab96f4a",
+                "sha256:fd2e09bb593ad9bdd7429e779699d2d47c1268cbde4dda95fcd1bd17544a0217",
+                "sha256:ffad8eb2ac614518bbe3c0b8eb9dffdb3a8d2e3a7d5da51c5b974fb723a5c5aa"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==5.6.7"
         },
         "pygments": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:36586500a94cd97f8c2c19d251cdb78868d1a822e0e491bfc1d811766aedb772",
+                "sha256:2a3fe295e54a20164a9df49c75fa58526d3be48e14aceba6d6b1e8ac0bfd6f1b",
-                "sha256:b437bc0d04dc36f1f5b3592985b3e0a3d0af46b7c39199231706d19a4ee63344"
+                "sha256:98c8aa5a9f778fcd1026a17361ddaf7330d1b7c62ae97c3bb0ae73e0b9b6b0fe"
             ],
-            "version": "==2.4.1"
+            "version": "==2.5.2"
+        },
+        "pyinstaller": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:3730fa80d088f8bb7084d32480eb87cbb4ddb64123363763cf8f2a1378c1c4b7"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.6"
         },
         "pylint": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:5d77031694a5fb97ea95e828c8d10fc770a1df6eb3906067aaed42201a8a6a09",
+                "sha256:3db5468ad013380e987410a8d6956226963aed94ecb5f9d3a28acca6d9ac36cd",
-                "sha256:723e3db49555abaf9bf79dc474c6b9e2935ad82230b10c1138a71ea41ac0fff1"
+                "sha256:886e6afc935ea2590b462664b161ca9a5e40168ea99e5300935f6591ad467df4"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.3.1"
+            "version": "==2.4.4"
         },
         "pyparsing": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1873c03321fc118f4e9746baf201ff990ceb915f433f23b395f5580d1840cb2a",
+                "sha256:4c830582a84fb022400b85429791bc551f1f4871c33f23e44f353119e92f969f",
-                "sha256:9b6323ef4ab914af344ba97510e966d64ba91055d6b9afa6b30799340e89cc03"
+                "sha256:c342dccb5250c08d45fd6f8b4a559613ca603b57498511740e65cd11a2e7dcec"
             ],
-            "version": "==2.4.0"
+            "version": "==2.4.6"
         },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:303879e36b721603cc54604edcac9d20401bdbe31e1e4fdee5b9f98d5d31dfda",
+                "sha256:1c557d7d0e871de1f5ccd5833f60fb2550652da6be2693c1e02300743d21500d",
-                "sha256:d747dd3d23d77ef44c6a3526e274af6efeb0a6f1afd5a69ba4d5be4098c8e141"
+                "sha256:b02c06db6cf09c12dd25137e563b31700d3b80fcc4ad23abb7a315f2789819be"
             ],
-            "version": "==2019.1"
+            "version": "==2019.3"
+        },
+        "pywin32-ctypes": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:24ffc3b341d457d48e8922352130cf2644024a4ff09762a2261fd34c36ee5942",
+                "sha256:9dc2d991b3479cc2df15930958b674a48a227d5361d413827a4cfd0b5876fc98"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.2.0"
         },
         "requests": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -256,25 +318,25 @@
         },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:3350809f0555b11f552448330d0b52d5f24c91a322ea4a15ef22629740f3761c",
+                "sha256:236bdbdce46e6e6a3d61a337c0f8b763ca1e8717c03b369e87a7ec7ce1319c0a",
-                "sha256:d16a0141ec1a18405cd4ce8b4613101da75da0e9a7aec5bdd4fa804d0e0eba73"
+                "sha256:8f3cd2e254d8f793e7f3d6d9df77b92252b52637291d0f0da013c76ea2724b6c"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.12.0"
+            "version": "==1.14.0"
         },
         "snowballstemmer": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:919f26a68b2c17a7634da993d91339e288964f93c274f1343e3bbbe2096e1128",
+                "sha256:209f257d7533fdb3cb73bdbd24f436239ca3b2fa67d56f6ff88e86be08cc5ef0",
-                "sha256:9f3bcd3c401c3e862ec0ebe6d2c069ebc012ce142cce209c098ccb5b09136e89"
+                "sha256:df3bac3df4c2c01363f3dd2cfa78cce2840a79b9f1c2d2de9ce8d31683992f52"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.2.1"
+            "version": "==2.0.0"
         },
         "sphinx": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:423280646fb37944dd3c85c58fb92a20d745793a9f6c511f59da82fa97cd404b",
+                "sha256:298537cb3234578b2d954ff18c5608468229e116a9757af3b831c2b2b4819159",
-                "sha256:de930f42600a4fef993587633984cc5027dedba2464bcf00ddace26b40f8d9ce"
+                "sha256:e6e766b74f85f37a5f3e0773a1e1be8db3fcb799deb58ca6d18b70b0b44542a5"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.0.1"
+            "version": "==2.3.1"
         },
         "sphinxcontrib-applehelp": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -320,41 +382,50 @@
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         "typed-ast": {
             "hashes": [
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-                "sha256:2baf617f5bbbfe73fd8846463f5aeafc912b5ee247f410700245d68525ec584a",
+                "sha256:249862707802d40f7f29f6e1aad8d84b5aa9e44552d2cc17384b209f091276aa",
-                "sha256:3d90063f2cbbe39177e9b4d888e45777012652d6110156845b828908c51ae462",
+                "sha256:24995c843eb0ad11a4527b026b4dde3da70e1f2d8806c99b7b4a7cf491612652",
-                "sha256:4304b2218b842d610aa1a1d87e1dc9559597969acc62ce717ee4dfeaa44d7eee",
+                "sha256:269151951236b0f9a6f04015a9004084a5ab0d5f19b57de779f908621e7d8b75",
-                "sha256:4983ede548ffc3541bae49a82675996497348e55bafd1554dc4e4a5d6eda541a",
+                "sha256:4083861b0aa07990b619bd7ddc365eb7fa4b817e99cf5f8d9cf21a42780f6e01",
-                "sha256:5315f4509c1476718a4825f45a203b82d7fdf2a6f5f0c8f166435975b1c9f7d4",
+                "sha256:498b0f36cc7054c1fead3d7fc59d2150f4d5c6c56ba7fb150c013fbc683a8d2d",
-                "sha256:6cdfb1b49d5345f7c2b90d638822d16ba62dc82f7616e9b4caa10b72f3f16649",
+                "sha256:4e3e5da80ccbebfff202a67bf900d081906c358ccc3d5e3c8aea42fdfdfd51c1",
-                "sha256:7b325f12635598c604690efd7a0197d0b94b7d7778498e76e0710cd582fd1c7a",
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-                "sha256:8f8631160c79f53081bd23446525db0bc4c5616f78d04021e6e434b286493fd7",
+                "sha256:73d785a950fc82dd2a25897d525d003f6378d1cb23ab305578394694202a58c3",
-                "sha256:912de10965f3dc89da23936f1cc4ed60764f712e5fa603a09dd904f88c996760",
+                "sha256:8c8aaad94455178e3187ab22c8b01a3837f8ee50e09cf31f1ba129eb293ec30b",
-                "sha256:b010c07b975fe853c65d7bbe9d4ac62f1c69086750a574f6292597763781ba18",
+                "sha256:8ce678dbaf790dbdb3eba24056d5364fb45944f33553dd5869b7580cdbb83614",
-                "sha256:c908c10505904c48081a5415a1e295d8403e353e0c14c42b6d67f8f97fae6616",
+                "sha256:aaee9905aee35ba5905cfb3c62f3e83b3bec7b39413f0a7f19be4e547ea01ebb",
-                "sha256:c94dd3807c0c0610f7c76f078119f4ea48235a953512752b9175f9f98f5ae2bd",
+                "sha256:bcd3b13b56ea479b3650b82cabd6b5343a625b0ced5429e4ccad28a8973f301b",
-                "sha256:ce65dee7594a84c466e79d7fb7d3303e7295d16a83c22c7c4037071b059e2c21",
+                "sha256:c9e348e02e4d2b4a8b2eedb48210430658df6951fa484e59de33ff773fbd4b41",
-                "sha256:eaa9cfcb221a8a4c2889be6f93da141ac777eb8819f077e1d09fb12d00a09a93",
+                "sha256:d205b1b46085271b4e15f670058ce182bd1199e56b317bf2ec004b6a44f911f6",
-                "sha256:f3376bc31bad66d46d44b4e6522c5c21976bf9bca4ef5987bb2bf727f4506cbb",
+                "sha256:d43943ef777f9a1c42bf4e552ba23ac77a6351de620aa9acf64ad54933ad4d34",
-                "sha256:f9202fa138544e13a4ec1a6792c35834250a85958fde1251b6a22e07d1260ae7"
+                "sha256:d5d33e9e7af3b34a40dc05f498939f0ebf187f07c385fd58d591c533ad8562fe",
+                "sha256:fc0fea399acb12edbf8a628ba8d2312f583bdbdb3335635db062fa98cf71fca4",
+                "sha256:fe460b922ec15dd205595c9b5b99e2f056fd98ae8f9f56b888e7a17dc2b757e7"
             ],
-            "markers": "implementation_name == 'cpython'",
+            "version": "==1.4.1"
-            "version": "==1.3.5"
+        },
+        "typing-extensions": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:091ecc894d5e908ac75209f10d5b4f118fbdb2eb1ede6a63544054bb1edb41f2",
+                "sha256:910f4656f54de5993ad9304959ce9bb903f90aadc7c67a0bef07e678014e892d",
+                "sha256:cf8b63fedea4d89bab840ecbb93e75578af28f76f66c35889bd7065f5af88575"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.7.4.1"
         },
         "urllib3": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:b246607a25ac80bedac05c6f282e3cdaf3afb65420fd024ac94435cabe6e18d1",
+                "sha256:2f3db8b19923a873b3e5256dc9c2dedfa883e33d87c690d9c7913e1f40673cdc",
-                "sha256:dbe59173209418ae49d485b87d1681aefa36252ee85884c31346debd19463232"
+                "sha256:87716c2d2a7121198ebcb7ce7cccf6ce5e9ba539041cfbaeecfb641dc0bf6acc"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.25.3"
+            "version": "==1.25.8"
         },
         "wrapt": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:4aea003270831cceb8a90ff27c4031da6ead7ec1886023b80ce0dfe0adf61533"
+                "sha256:565a021fd19419476b9362b05eeaa094178de64f8361e44468f9e9d7843901e1"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.11.1"
+            "version": "==1.11.2"
         }
     }
 }

deploy/windows/create_exe.py

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import hashlib
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# copy the required files into repo root
+shutil.copy('docs/favicon.ico', '.')
+shutil.copy('deploy/windows/instaloader.spec', '.')
+shutil.unpack_archive('deploy/windows/ps', '.', 'xztar')
+
+code = """
+import psutil
+import subprocess
+
+def __main():
+    grandparentpid = psutil.Process(os.getppid()).ppid()
+    grandparentpidsearchstring = ' ' + str(grandparentpid) + ' '
+    if hasattr(sys, "_MEIPASS"):
+        ps = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, 'tasklist.exe')
+    else:
+        ps = 'tasklist'
+    popen = subprocess.Popen(ps, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    for examine in iter(popen.stdout.readline, ""):
+        if grandparentpidsearchstring in examine:
+            pname = examine
+            break
+    popen.stdout.close()
+    return_code = popen.wait()
+    if return_code:
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(return_code, ps)
+    if pname[0:12] == 'explorer.exe':
+        subprocess.Popen("cmd /K \\\"{0}\\\"".format(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))[0]))
+    else:
+        main()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    __main()
+"""
+
+with open('instaloader/__main__.py', 'r') as f:
+    # adjust imports for changed file structure
+    regex = re.compile(r'from (?:(\.[^ ]+ )|\.( ))import')
+    lines = [regex.sub(r'from instaloader\1\2import', line) for line in f.readlines()]
+
+    # insert code for magic exe behavior
+    index = lines.index('if __name__ == "__main__":\n')
+    code_lines = [cl + '\n' for cl in code.splitlines()]
+    for i, code_line in enumerate(code_lines):
+        if i + index < len(lines):
+            lines[i + index] = code_line
+        else:
+            lines.extend(code_lines[i:])
+            break
+
+with open('__main__.py', 'w+') as f:
+    f.writelines(lines)
+
+# install dependencies and invoke PyInstaller
+commands = ["pip install pipenv==2018.11.26",
+            "pipenv sync --dev",
+            "pipenv run pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG instaloader.spec"]
+
+for command in commands:
+    print()
+    print('#' * (len(command) + 6))
+    print('## {} ##'.format(command))
+    print('#' * (len(command) + 6))
+    print(flush=True)
+    err = subprocess.Popen(command).wait()
+    if err != 0:
+        sys.exit(err)
+
+# calculate and store MD5 hash for created executable
+hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
+with open('dist/instaloader.exe', 'rb') as f:
+    for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b''):
+        hash_md5.update(chunk)
+
+with open('dist/instaloader.exe.md5', 'w+') as f:
+    f.write('{} *instaloader.exe\n'.format(hash_md5.hexdigest()))
+
+# Create ZIP file
+shutil.make_archive('instaloader-{}-windows-standalone'.format(os.getenv('VERSION_TAG')), 'zip', 'dist')

deploy/windows/instaloader.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['__main__.py'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[('tasklist.exe', '.'), ('framedyn.dll', '.')],
+             hiddenimports=[],
+             hookspath=[],
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,
+          name='instaloader',
+          debug=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=False,
+          runtime_tmpdir=None,
+          console=True , icon='favicon.ico')

docs/as-module.rst

@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ Profiles
 .. autoclass:: Profile
    :no-show-inheritance:
 
+TopSearchResults
+""""""""""""""""
+
+.. autoclass:: TopSearchResults
+   :no-show-inheritance:
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
 Loading and Saving
 """"""""""""""""""
 
@@ -179,8 +187,6 @@ Exceptions
 
 .. autoexception:: QueryReturnedBadRequestException
 
-.. autoexception:: QueryReturnedNotFoundException
-
 .. autoexception:: QueryReturnedForbiddenException
 
 .. autoexception:: ProfileNotExistsException
@@ -203,6 +209,13 @@ Exceptions
 
 .. autoexception:: PostChangedException
 
+.. autoexception:: QueryReturnedNotFoundException
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.3
+      QueryReturnedNotFoundException now inherits ConnectionException
+      to retry on 404 errors.
+
+
 .. autoexception:: TooManyRequestsException
 
 ``InstaloaderContext`` (Low-level functions)

docs/cli-options.rst

@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ Miscellaneous Options
    if login credentials are needed but not given.
    This is handy for running :ref:`instaloader-as-cronjob`.
 
+.. option:: --request-timeout N
+
+   Seconds to wait before timing out a connection request.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
 .. option:: +args.txt
 
    Read arguments from file `args.txt`, a shortcut to provide arguments from

instaloader/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""
 
 
-__version__ = '4.2.10'
+__version__ = '4.3a1'
 
 
 try:
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ from .exceptions import *
 from .instaloader import Instaloader
 from .instaloadercontext import InstaloaderContext
 from .structures import (Highlight, Post, PostSidecarNode, PostComment, PostCommentAnswer, PostLocation, Profile, Story,
-                         StoryItem, load_structure_from_file, save_structure_to_file)
+                         StoryItem, TopSearchResults, load_structure_from_file, save_structure_to_file)

instaloader/__main__.py

@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ def main():
                        help='Tries to ensure downloaded images avoid corruption in case of unexpected interruption. '
                        'If the last picture is corrupted, Instaloader will fix the picture the next time it is run. '
                        'Requires the JSON metadata to be saved.')
+    g_how.add_argument('--request-timeout', metavar='N', type=float,
+                       help='seconds to wait before timing out a connection request')
 
     g_misc = parser.add_argument_group('Miscellaneous Options')
     g_misc.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action='store_true',
@@ -397,6 +399,7 @@ def main():
                              post_metadata_txt_pattern=post_metadata_txt_pattern,
                              storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern=storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern,
                              max_connection_attempts=args.max_connection_attempts,
+                             request_timeout=args.request_timeout,
                              commit_mode=args.commit_mode)
         _main(loader,
               args.profile,

instaloader/exceptions.py

@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ class QueryReturnedBadRequestException(InstaloaderException):
     pass
 
 
-class QueryReturnedNotFoundException(InstaloaderException):
-    pass
-
-
 class QueryReturnedForbiddenException(InstaloaderException):
     pass
 
@@ -62,5 +58,9 @@ class PostChangedException(InstaloaderException):
     pass
 
 
+class QueryReturnedNotFoundException(ConnectionException):
+    pass
+
+
 class TooManyRequestsException(ConnectionException):
     pass

instaloader/instaloader.py

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class Instaloader:
     :param storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern: :option:`--storyitem-metadata-txt`, default is empty (=none)
     :param max_connection_attempts: :option:`--max-connection-attempts`
     :param commit_mode: :option:`--commit-mode`
+    :param request_timeout: "option:`--request-timeout`, set per-request timeout (seconds)
 
     .. attribute:: context
 
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ class Instaloader:
     """
 
     def __init__(self,
-                 sleep: bool = True, quiet: bool = False,
+                 sleep: bool = True,
+                 quiet: bool = False,
                  user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
                  dirname_pattern: Optional[str] = None,
                  filename_pattern: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -163,9 +165,10 @@ class Instaloader:
                  post_metadata_txt_pattern: str = None,
                  storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern: str = None,
                  max_connection_attempts: int = 3,
+                 request_timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                  commit_mode: bool = False):
 
-        self.context = InstaloaderContext(sleep, quiet, user_agent, max_connection_attempts)
+        self.context = InstaloaderContext(sleep, quiet, user_agent, max_connection_attempts, request_timeout)
 
         # configuration parameters
         self.dirname_pattern = dirname_pattern or "{target}"
@@ -191,15 +194,24 @@ class Instaloader:
     @contextmanager
     def anonymous_copy(self):
         """Yield an anonymous, otherwise equally-configured copy of an Instaloader instance; Then copy its error log."""
-        new_loader = Instaloader(self.context.sleep, self.context.quiet, self.context.user_agent, self.dirname_pattern,
+        new_loader = Instaloader(
-                                 self.filename_pattern, download_pictures=self.download_pictures,
+            sleep=self.context.sleep,
-                                 download_videos=self.download_videos,
+            quiet=self.context.quiet,
-                                 download_video_thumbnails=self.download_video_thumbnails,
+            user_agent=self.context.user_agent,
-                                 download_geotags=self.download_geotags, download_comments=self.download_comments,
+            dirname_pattern=self.dirname_pattern,
-                                 save_metadata=self.save_metadata, compress_json=self.compress_json,
+            filename_pattern=self.filename_pattern,
-                                 post_metadata_txt_pattern=self.post_metadata_txt_pattern,
+            download_pictures=self.download_pictures,
-                                 storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern=self.storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern,
+            download_videos=self.download_videos,
-                                 max_connection_attempts=self.context.max_connection_attempts)
+            download_video_thumbnails=self.download_video_thumbnails,
+            download_geotags=self.download_geotags,
+            download_comments=self.download_comments,
+            save_metadata=self.save_metadata,
+            compress_json=self.compress_json,
+            post_metadata_txt_pattern=self.post_metadata_txt_pattern,
+            storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern=self.storyitem_metadata_txt_pattern,
+            max_connection_attempts=self.context.max_connection_attempts,
+            request_timeout=self.context.request_timeout,
+            commit_mode=self.commit_mode)
         yield new_loader
         self.context.error_log.extend(new_loader.context.error_log)
         new_loader.context.error_log = []  # avoid double-printing of errors
@@ -914,16 +926,18 @@ class Instaloader:
         :return: Instance of current profile
         """
         profile = None
-        with suppress(ProfileNotExistsException):
+        profile_name_not_exists_err = None
+        try:
             profile = Profile.from_username(self.context, profile_name)
-        profile_exists = profile is not None
+        except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+            profile_name_not_exists_err = err
         id_filename = self._get_id_filename(profile_name)
         try:
             with open(id_filename, 'rb') as id_file:
                 profile_id = int(id_file.read())
-            if (not profile_exists) or \
+            if (profile is None) or \
                     (profile_id != profile.userid):
-                if profile_exists:
+                if profile is not None:
                     self.context.log("Profile {0} does not match the stored unique ID {1}.".format(profile_name,
                                                                                                    profile_id))
                 else:
@@ -942,12 +956,15 @@ class Instaloader:
                     os.rename('{0}/{1}_id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), profile_name.lower()),
                               '{0}/{1}_id'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), newname.lower()))
                 return profile_from_id
+            # profile exists and profile id matches saved id
             return profile
         except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError):
             pass
-        if profile_exists:
+        if profile is not None:
             self.save_profile_id(profile)
             return profile
+        if profile_name_not_exists_err:
+            raise profile_name_not_exists_err
         raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile_name))
 
     def download_profiles(self, profiles: Set[Profile],

instaloader/instaloadercontext.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import time
 import urllib.parse
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from functools import partial
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 import requests
@@ -18,11 +19,15 @@ import requests.utils
 from .exceptions import *
 
 
-def copy_session(session: requests.Session) -> requests.Session:
+def copy_session(session: requests.Session, request_timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> requests.Session:
     """Duplicates a requests.Session."""
     new = requests.Session()
     new.cookies = requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(session.cookies))
     new.headers = session.headers.copy() # type: ignore
+    if request_timeout is not None:
+        # Override default timeout behavior.
+        # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
+        new.request = partial(new.request, timeout=request_timeout) # type: ignore
     return new
 
 
@@ -47,9 +52,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, sleep: bool = True, quiet: bool = False, user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
-                 max_connection_attempts: int = 3):
+                 max_connection_attempts: int = 3, request_timeout: Optional[float] = None):
 
         self.user_agent = user_agent if user_agent is not None else default_user_agent()
+        self.request_timeout = request_timeout
         self._session = self.get_anonymous_session()
         self.username = None
         self.sleep = sleep
@@ -155,6 +161,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                                 'ig_vw': '1920', 'csrftoken': '',
                                 's_network': '', 'ds_user_id': ''})
         session.headers.update(self._default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # Override default timeout behavior.
+            # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
+            session.request = partial(session.request, timeout=self.request_timeout) # type: ignore
         return session
 
     def save_session_to_file(self, sessionfile):
@@ -167,6 +177,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         session.cookies = requests.utils.cookiejar_from_dict(pickle.load(sessionfile))
         session.headers.update(self._default_http_header())
         session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': session.cookies.get_dict()['csrftoken']})
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # Override default timeout behavior.
+            # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
+            session.request = partial(session.request, timeout=self.request_timeout) # type: ignore
         self._session = session
         self.username = username
 
@@ -183,6 +197,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         :raises ConnectionException: If connection to Instagram failed.
         :raises TwoFactorAuthRequiredException: First step of 2FA login done, now call
            :meth:`Instaloader.two_factor_login`."""
+        # pylint:disable=import-outside-toplevel
         import http.client
         # pylint:disable=protected-access
         http.client._MAXHEADERS = 200
@@ -191,6 +206,10 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                                 'ig_vw': '1920', 'ig_cb': '1', 'csrftoken': '',
                                 's_network': '', 'ds_user_id': ''})
         session.headers.update(self._default_http_header())
+        if self.request_timeout is not None:
+            # Override default timeout behavior.
+            # Need to silence mypy bug for this. See: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2427
+            session.request = partial(session.request, timeout=self.request_timeout) # type: ignore
         session.get('https://www.instagram.com/web/__mid/')
         csrf_token = session.cookies.get_dict()['csrftoken']
         session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': csrf_token})
@@ -203,7 +222,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
             raise ConnectionException("Login error: JSON decode fail, {} - {}.".format(login.status_code, login.reason))
         if resp_json.get('two_factor_required'):
-            two_factor_session = copy_session(session)
+            two_factor_session = copy_session(session, self.request_timeout)
             two_factor_session.headers.update({'X-CSRFToken': csrf_token})
             two_factor_session.cookies.update({'csrftoken': csrf_token})
             self.two_factor_auth_pending = (two_factor_session,
@@ -279,9 +298,14 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
     def _graphql_request_count_per_sliding_window(self, query_hash: str) -> int:
         """Return how many GraphQL requests can be done within the sliding window."""
         if self.is_logged_in:
-            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 20, '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 20, 'iphone': 100}
+            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 20,
+                        '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 20,
+                        'iphone': 100,
+                        'other': 100}
         else:
-            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 200, '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 200}
+            max_reqs = {'1cb6ec562846122743b61e492c85999f': 200,
+                        '33ba35852cb50da46f5b5e889df7d159': 200,
+                        'other': 200}
         return max_reqs.get(query_hash) or min(max_reqs.values())
 
     def _graphql_query_waittime(self, query_hash: str, current_time: float, untracked_queries: bool = False) -> float:
@@ -347,6 +371,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         """
         is_graphql_query = 'query_hash' in params and 'graphql/query' in path
         is_iphone_query = host == 'i.instagram.com'
+        is_other_query = not is_graphql_query and host == "www.instagram.com"
         sess = session if session else self._session
         try:
             self.do_sleep()
@@ -354,6 +379,8 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                 self._ratecontrol_graphql_query(params['query_hash'])
             if is_iphone_query:
                 self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('iphone')
+            if is_other_query:
+                self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('other')
             resp = sess.get('https://{0}/{1}'.format(host, path), params=params, allow_redirects=False)
             while resp.is_redirect:
                 redirect_url = resp.headers['location']
@@ -378,7 +405,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
             if is_html_query:
                 match = re.search(r'window\._sharedData = (.*);</script>', resp.text)
                 if match is None:
-                    raise ConnectionException("Could not find \"window._sharedData\" in html response.")
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("Could not find \"window._sharedData\" in html response.")
                 resp_json = json.loads(match.group(1))
                 entry_data = resp_json.get('entry_data')
                 post_or_profile_page = list(entry_data.values())[0] if entry_data is not None else None
@@ -403,13 +430,18 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         except (ConnectionException, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, requests.exceptions.RequestException) as err:
             error_string = "JSON Query to {}: {}".format(path, err)
             if _attempt == self.max_connection_attempts:
-                raise ConnectionException(error_string) from err
+                if isinstance(err, QueryReturnedNotFoundException):
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(error_string) from err
+                else:
+                    raise ConnectionException(error_string) from err
             self.error(error_string + " [retrying; skip with ^C]", repeat_at_end=False)
             try:
                 if is_graphql_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
                     self._ratecontrol_graphql_query(params['query_hash'], untracked_queries=True)
                 if is_iphone_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
                     self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('iphone', untracked_queries=True)
+                if is_other_query and isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
+                    self._ratecontrol_graphql_query('other', untracked_queries=True)
                 return self.get_json(path=path, params=params, host=host, session=sess, _attempt=_attempt + 1)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 self.error("[skipped by user]", repeat_at_end=False)
@@ -426,7 +458,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         :param rhx_gis: 'rhx_gis' variable as somewhere returned by Instagram, needed to 'sign' request
         :return: The server's response dictionary.
         """
-        with copy_session(self._session) as tmpsession:
+        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tmpsession:
             tmpsession.headers.update(self._default_http_header(empty_session_only=True))
             del tmpsession.headers['Connection']
             del tmpsession.headers['Content-Length']
@@ -494,7 +526,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
         :raises ConnectionException: When query repeatedly failed.
 
         .. versionadded:: 4.2.1"""
-        with copy_session(self._session) as tempsession:
+        with copy_session(self._session, self.request_timeout) as tempsession:
             tempsession.headers['User-Agent'] = 'Instagram 10.3.2 (iPhone7,2; iPhone OS 9_3_3; en_US; en-US; ' \
                                                 'scale=2.00; 750x1334) AppleWebKit/420+'
             for header in ['Host', 'Origin', 'X-Instagram-AJAX', 'X-Requested-With']:

instaloader/structures.py

@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ class Post:
     @property
     def comments(self) -> int:
         """Comment count including answers"""
+        # If the count is already present in `self._node`, do not use `self._field` which could trigger fetching the
+        # full metadata dict.
+        comments = self._node.get('edge_media_to_comment')
+        if comments and 'count' in comments:
+            return comments['count']
         try:
             return self._field('edge_media_to_parent_comment', 'count')
         except KeyError:
@@ -529,6 +534,13 @@ class Profile:
                 self._has_full_metadata = True
                 self._rhx_gis = metadata.get('rhx_gis')
         except (QueryReturnedNotFoundException, KeyError) as err:
+            top_search_results = TopSearchResults(self._context, self.username)
+            similar_profiles = [profile.username for profile in top_search_results.get_profiles()]
+            if similar_profiles:
+                raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.\nThe most similar profile{}: {}.'
+                                                .format(self.username,
+                                                        's are' if len(similar_profiles) > 1 else ' is',
+                                                        ', '.join(similar_profiles[0:5]))) from err
             raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username)) from err
 
     def _metadata(self, *keys) -> Any:
@@ -1055,6 +1067,73 @@ class Highlight(Story):
         yield from (StoryItem(self._context, item, self.owner_profile) for item in self._items)
 
 
+class TopSearchResults:
+    """
+    An invocation of this class triggers a search on Instagram for the provided search string.
+
+    Provides methods to access the search results as profiles (:class:`Profile`), locations (:class:`PostLocation`) and
+    hashtags.
+
+    :param context: :attr:`Instaloader.context` used to send the query for the search.
+    :param searchstring: String to search for with Instagram's "top search".
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, context: InstaloaderContext, searchstring: str):
+        self._context = context
+        self._searchstring = searchstring
+        # The `__a` param is only needed to prevent `get_json()` from searching for 'window._sharedData'.
+        self._node = context.get_json('web/search/topsearch/',
+                                      params={'context': 'blended',
+                                              'query': searchstring,
+                                              'include_reel': False,
+                                              '__a': 1})
+
+    def get_profiles(self) -> Iterator[Profile]:
+        """
+        Provides the :class:`Profile` instances from the search result.
+        """
+        for user in self._node.get('users', []):
+            user_node = user['user']
+            if 'pk' in user_node:
+                user_node['id'] = user_node['pk']
+            yield Profile(self._context, user_node)
+
+    def get_prefixed_usernames(self) -> Iterator[str]:
+        """
+        Provides all profile names from the search result that start with the search string.
+        """
+        for user in self._node.get('users', []):
+            username = user.get('user', {}).get('username', '')
+            if username.startswith(self._searchstring):
+                yield username
+
+    def get_locations(self) -> Iterator[PostLocation]:
+        """
+        Provides instances of :class:`PostLocation` from the search result.
+        """
+        for location in self._node.get('places', []):
+            place = location.get('place', {})
+            slug = place.get('slug')
+            loc = place.get('location', {})
+            yield PostLocation(int(loc['pk']), loc['name'], slug, None, loc['lat'], loc['lng'])
+
+    def get_hashtag_strings(self) -> Iterator[str]:
+        """
+        Provides the hashtags from the search result as strings.
+        """
+        for hashtag in self._node.get('hashtags', []):
+            name = hashtag.get('hashtag', {}).get('name')
+            if name:
+                yield name
+
+    @property
+    def searchstring(self) -> str:
+        """
+        The string that was searched for on Instagram to produce this :class:`TopSearchResults` instance.
+        """
+        return self._searchstring
+
+
 JsonExportable = Union[Post, Profile, StoryItem]