Second Alpha Release for Version 4.3

Also Download Highlight Cover Pictures
Instaloader.download_highlights(), as well as the Instaloader CLI with --highlight option, now also downloads the cover picture of each highlight. This closes #323, where it was suggested.
2026-10-17 06:02:18 -07:00 · 2020-03-01 17:44:17 +01:00 · 2020-03-01 17:41:58 +01:00 · 2020-02-28 09:49:29 +01:00 · 2020-02-17 18:53:33 +01:00 · 2020-02-17 18:47:45 +01:00
28 changed files with 1013 additions and 124 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
-name: Bug report
-about: Create a report to help us improve
+name: 🐛 Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve 🤕
+labels: bug

 ---

@@ -22,3 +23,5 @@ If applicable, add error messages and tracebacks to help explain your problem.

 **Additional context**
 Add any other context about the problem here.
+
+(please also see https://instaloader.github.io/contributing.html for how to report a bug)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
-name: Feature request
-about: Suggest an idea for this project
+name: 🚀 Feature Suggestion
+about: Suggest an idea for this project 💡
+labels: "feature suggestion"

 ---

@@ -13,5 +14,11 @@ A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
 **Describe alternatives you've considered**
 A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

+**If the feature request is accepted, would you be willing to submit a PR?**
+
+Yes / No _(Help can be provided if you need assistance submitting a PR)_
+
 **Additional context**
 Add any other context about the feature request here.
+
+(please also see https://instaloader.github.io/contributing.html for how to suggest a feature)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: ❓ Question
+about: If you have a question about how to use Instaloader that's not well covered by our documentation
+labels: question
+
+---
+
+Your question here...
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Mark stale issues and pull requests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: "15 16 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/stale@v1
+      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.'
+        stale-pr-message: 'There has been no activity on this Pull Request for an extended period of time. This Pull Request will be closed after further 14 days of inactivity.'
+        stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+        stale-pr-label: 'stale'
+        exempt-issue-label: 'leave open'
+        exempt-pr-label: 'leave open'
+        days-before-stale: 90
+        days-before-close: 14
+        operations-per-run: 7
@@ -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
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__/
+.mypy_cache/
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ python:
 - "3.6"
 - "3.7"
 install:
- - pip install pylint~=2.3.1 requests mypy
- - pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+ - pipenv sync --dev
 script:
- - python3 -m pylint instaloader
- - python3 -m mypy -m instaloader
+ - pylint instaloader
+ - mypy -m instaloader
 - make -C docs html SPHINXOPTS="-W -n"
 addons:
  ssh_known_hosts: aur.archlinux.org
@@ -28,7 +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
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+verify_ssl = true
+
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+mypy = "*"
+sphinx = "*"
+pyinstaller = "*"
+pefile = "*"
+pywin32-ctypes = "*"
+psutil = "*"
+
+[packages]
+requests = "*"
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+                "sha256:170748228214b70b672c581a3dd610ee51f733018650740e98c7df862a583f73",
+                "sha256:e665345f9eef0c621aa0bf2f8d78cf6d21904eef16a93f020240b704a57f1334"
+            ],
+            "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": [
+                "sha256:2a3fe295e54a20164a9df49c75fa58526d3be48e14aceba6d6b1e8ac0bfd6f1b",
+                "sha256:98c8aa5a9f778fcd1026a17361ddaf7330d1b7c62ae97c3bb0ae73e0b9b6b0fe"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.5.2"
+        },
+        "pyinstaller": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:3730fa80d088f8bb7084d32480eb87cbb4ddb64123363763cf8f2a1378c1c4b7"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.6"
+        },
+        "pylint": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:3db5468ad013380e987410a8d6956226963aed94ecb5f9d3a28acca6d9ac36cd",
+                "sha256:886e6afc935ea2590b462664b161ca9a5e40168ea99e5300935f6591ad467df4"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.4.4"
+        },
+        "pyparsing": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4c830582a84fb022400b85429791bc551f1f4871c33f23e44f353119e92f969f",
+                "sha256:c342dccb5250c08d45fd6f8b4a559613ca603b57498511740e65cd11a2e7dcec"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.4.6"
+        },
+        "pytz": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1c557d7d0e871de1f5ccd5833f60fb2550652da6be2693c1e02300743d21500d",
+                "sha256:b02c06db6cf09c12dd25137e563b31700d3b80fcc4ad23abb7a315f2789819be"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2019.3"
+        },
+        "pywin32-ctypes": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:24ffc3b341d457d48e8922352130cf2644024a4ff09762a2261fd34c36ee5942",
+                "sha256:9dc2d991b3479cc2df15930958b674a48a227d5361d413827a4cfd0b5876fc98"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.2.0"
+        },
+        "requests": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:11e007a8a2aa0323f5a921e9e6a2d7e4e67d9877e85773fba9ba6419025cbeb4",
+                "sha256:9cf5292fcd0f598c671cfc1e0d7d1a7f13bb8085e9a590f48c010551dc6c4b31"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.22.0"
+        },
+        "six": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:236bdbdce46e6e6a3d61a337c0f8b763ca1e8717c03b369e87a7ec7ce1319c0a",
+                "sha256:8f3cd2e254d8f793e7f3d6d9df77b92252b52637291d0f0da013c76ea2724b6c"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.14.0"
+        },
+        "snowballstemmer": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:209f257d7533fdb3cb73bdbd24f436239ca3b2fa67d56f6ff88e86be08cc5ef0",
+                "sha256:df3bac3df4c2c01363f3dd2cfa78cce2840a79b9f1c2d2de9ce8d31683992f52"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.0.0"
+        },
+        "sphinx": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:298537cb3234578b2d954ff18c5608468229e116a9757af3b831c2b2b4819159",
+                "sha256:e6e766b74f85f37a5f3e0773a1e1be8db3fcb799deb58ca6d18b70b0b44542a5"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.3.1"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-applehelp": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:edaa0ab2b2bc74403149cb0209d6775c96de797dfd5b5e2a71981309efab3897",
+                "sha256:fb8dee85af95e5c30c91f10e7eb3c8967308518e0f7488a2828ef7bc191d0d5d"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0.1"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-devhelp": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:6c64b077937330a9128a4da74586e8c2130262f014689b4b89e2d08ee7294a34",
+                "sha256:9512ecb00a2b0821a146736b39f7aeb90759834b07e81e8cc23a9c70bacb9981"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0.1"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4670f99f8951bd78cd4ad2ab962f798f5618b17675c35c5ac3b2132a14ea8422",
+                "sha256:d4fd39a65a625c9df86d7fa8a2d9f3cd8299a3a4b15db63b50aac9e161d8eff7"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0.2"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-jsmath": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2ec2eaebfb78f3f2078e73666b1415417a116cc848b72e5172e596c871103178",
+                "sha256:a9925e4a4587247ed2191a22df5f6970656cb8ca2bd6284309578f2153e0c4b8"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0.1"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-qthelp": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:513049b93031beb1f57d4daea74068a4feb77aa5630f856fcff2e50de14e9a20",
+                "sha256:79465ce11ae5694ff165becda529a600c754f4bc459778778c7017374d4d406f"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0.2"
+        },
+        "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:c0efb33f8052c04fd7a26c0a07f1678e8512e0faec19f4aa8f2473a8b81d5227",
+                "sha256:db6615af393650bf1151a6cd39120c29abaf93cc60db8c48eb2dddbfdc3a9768"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.1.3"
+        },
+        "typed-ast": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0666aa36131496aed8f7be0410ff974562ab7eeac11ef351def9ea6fa28f6355",
+                "sha256:0c2c07682d61a629b68433afb159376e24e5b2fd4641d35424e462169c0a7919",
+                "sha256:249862707802d40f7f29f6e1aad8d84b5aa9e44552d2cc17384b209f091276aa",
+                "sha256:24995c843eb0ad11a4527b026b4dde3da70e1f2d8806c99b7b4a7cf491612652",
+                "sha256:269151951236b0f9a6f04015a9004084a5ab0d5f19b57de779f908621e7d8b75",
+                "sha256:4083861b0aa07990b619bd7ddc365eb7fa4b817e99cf5f8d9cf21a42780f6e01",
+                "sha256:498b0f36cc7054c1fead3d7fc59d2150f4d5c6c56ba7fb150c013fbc683a8d2d",
+                "sha256:4e3e5da80ccbebfff202a67bf900d081906c358ccc3d5e3c8aea42fdfdfd51c1",
+                "sha256:6daac9731f172c2a22ade6ed0c00197ee7cc1221aa84cfdf9c31defeb059a907",
+                "sha256:715ff2f2df46121071622063fc7543d9b1fd19ebfc4f5c8895af64a77a8c852c",
+                "sha256:73d785a950fc82dd2a25897d525d003f6378d1cb23ab305578394694202a58c3",
+                "sha256:8c8aaad94455178e3187ab22c8b01a3837f8ee50e09cf31f1ba129eb293ec30b",
+                "sha256:8ce678dbaf790dbdb3eba24056d5364fb45944f33553dd5869b7580cdbb83614",
+                "sha256:aaee9905aee35ba5905cfb3c62f3e83b3bec7b39413f0a7f19be4e547ea01ebb",
+                "sha256:bcd3b13b56ea479b3650b82cabd6b5343a625b0ced5429e4ccad28a8973f301b",
+                "sha256:c9e348e02e4d2b4a8b2eedb48210430658df6951fa484e59de33ff773fbd4b41",
+                "sha256:d205b1b46085271b4e15f670058ce182bd1199e56b317bf2ec004b6a44f911f6",
+                "sha256:d43943ef777f9a1c42bf4e552ba23ac77a6351de620aa9acf64ad54933ad4d34",
+                "sha256:d5d33e9e7af3b34a40dc05f498939f0ebf187f07c385fd58d591c533ad8562fe",
+                "sha256:fc0fea399acb12edbf8a628ba8d2312f583bdbdb3335635db062fa98cf71fca4",
+                "sha256:fe460b922ec15dd205595c9b5b99e2f056fd98ae8f9f56b888e7a17dc2b757e7"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.4.1"
+        },
+        "typing-extensions": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:091ecc894d5e908ac75209f10d5b4f118fbdb2eb1ede6a63544054bb1edb41f2",
+                "sha256:910f4656f54de5993ad9304959ce9bb903f90aadc7c67a0bef07e678014e892d",
+                "sha256:cf8b63fedea4d89bab840ecbb93e75578af28f76f66c35889bd7065f5af88575"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.7.4.1"
+        },
+        "urllib3": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2f3db8b19923a873b3e5256dc9c2dedfa883e33d87c690d9c7913e1f40673cdc",
+                "sha256:87716c2d2a7121198ebcb7ce7cccf6ce5e9ba539041cfbaeecfb641dc0bf6acc"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.25.8"
+        },
+        "wrapt": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:565a021fd19419476b9362b05eeaa094178de64f8361e44468f9e9d7843901e1"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.11.2"
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -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')
@@ -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')
@@ -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)
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Instaloader supports the following targets:
   Posts tagged with a given location; the location ID is the numerical ID
   Instagram labels a location with (e.g.
   \https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/**362629379**/plymouth-naval-memorial/).
+   Requires :option:`--login`.

   .. versionadded:: 4.2

@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ downloads the pictures and videos and their captions. You can specify

 - :option:`--geotags`
   **download geotags** of each post and save them as
-   Google Maps link,
+   Google Maps link (requires :option:`--login`),

 For a reference of all supported command line options, see
 :ref:`command-line-options`.
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ What to Download of each Post

   **Download geotags** when available. Geotags are stored as a text file with
   the location's name and a Google Maps link. This requires an additional
-   request to the Instagram server for each picture, which is why it is disabled
-   by default.
+   request to the Instagram server for each picture. Requires :option:`--login`.

 .. option:: --comments, -C

@@ -238,6 +237,12 @@ How to Download

   .. versionadded:: 4.2

+.. option:: --request-timeout N
+
+   Seconds to wait before timing out a connection request.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+
 Miscellaneous Options
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import instaloader

 L = instaloader.Instaloader()

-posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('milfgarden')
+posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('urbanphotography')

 users = set()

 for post in posts:
    if not post.owner_profile in users:
-        L.download_post(post, '#milfgarden')
+        L.download_post(post, '#urbanphotography')
        users.add(post.owner_profile)
    else:
        print("{} from {} skipped.".format(post, post.owner_profile))
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import instaloader

 L = instaloader.Instaloader()

-posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('milfgarden')
+posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('urbanphotography')
 # or
 # posts = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE).get_posts()

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ UNTIL = datetime(2015, 3, 1)

 for post in takewhile(lambda p: p.date > UNTIL, dropwhile(lambda p: p.date > SINCE, posts)):
    print(post.date)
-    L.download_post(post, '#milfgarden')
+    L.download_post(post, '#urbanphotography')
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ X_percentage = 10    # percentage of posts that should be downloaded
 L = Instaloader()

 profile = Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE)
-posts_sorted_by_likes = sorted(profile.get_posts(), key = lambda p: p.likes + p.comments)
+posts_sorted_by_likes = sorted(profile.get_posts(),
+                               key=lambda p: p.likes + p.comments,
+                               reverse=True)

 for post in islice(posts_sorted_by_likes, ceil(profile.mediacount * X_percentage / 100)):
    L.download_post(post, PROFILE)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ autodoc_default_flags = ['show-inheritance', 'members', 'undoc-members']
 autodoc_member_order = 'bysource'

 intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
-                       'requests': ('http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master', None)}
+                       'requests': ('https://requests.kennethreitz.org/en/master/', None)}

 extlinks = {'issue': ('https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues/%s', 'issue #')}

@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ Reporting Bugs
 --------------

 If you encounter a bug, do not hesitate to report it in our
-`Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__. Since
-Instaloader is actively developed, the majority of bugs is fixed within only
-**4 days** after being reported. When reporting a problem, please keep the
-following in mind:
+`Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__. When
+reporting a problem, please keep the following in mind:

 - Ensure you **use the latest version** of Instaloader. The currently-installed
  version can be found out with ``instaloader --version``.
@@ -66,6 +64,16 @@ few things to consider:
 Suggesting Features
 -------------------

+.. goal-start
+
+Instaloader's goal is to mimick the browser's behavior to access the data that
+is available through the Instagram web interface, pack this data into complete
+and easily-(re)usable python objects, and provide a user interface for the most
+common downloading and metadata collection tasks, without changing any of the
+online data.
+
+.. goal-end
+
 If you have an idea of how Instaloader should be enhanced, but do not want to
 implement the feature yourself, feel free to open a ticket in our 
 `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues>`__.
@@ -82,6 +90,9 @@ Please consider the following:
  invoke the new function? Which problem would it solve? If new information is
  obtained, how would it be further processed?

+- If not obvious, briefly motivate how your suggested feature **conforms with
+  Instaloader's project goal**.
+
 - **Be patient**. Naturally, bugs and pull requests have a higher priority than
  feature suggestions. Keep in mind that this is a free software project, and
  unfortunately we only have limited time to work on it.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""


-__version__ = '4.2.6'
+__version__ = '4.3a2'


 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)
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
            else:
                instaloader.interactive_login(username)
        instaloader.context.log("Logged in as %s." % username)
+    # since 4.2.9 login is required for geotags
+    if instaloader.download_geotags and not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
+        instaloader.context.error("Warning: Use --login to download geotags of posts.")
    # Try block for KeyboardInterrupt (save session on ^C)
    profiles = set()
    anonymous_retry_profiles = set()
@@ -223,7 +226,8 @@ def main():
                           help="Download all followees of profile. Requires --login. "
                                "Consider using :feed rather than @yourself.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_hashtag', nargs='*', metavar='"#hashtag"', help="Download #hashtag.")
-    g_targets.add_argument('_location', nargs='*', metavar='%location_id', help="Download %%location_id.")
+    g_targets.add_argument('_location', nargs='*', metavar='%location_id',
+                           help="Download %%location_id. Requires --login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_feed', nargs='*', metavar=":feed",
                           help="Download pictures from your feed. Requires --login.")
    g_targets.add_argument('_stories', nargs='*', metavar=":stories",
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ def main():
                        help='Download geotags when available. Geotags are stored as a '
                             'text file with the location\'s name and a Google Maps link. '
                             'This requires an additional request to the Instagram '
-                             'server for each picture, which is why it is disabled by default.')
+                             'server for each picture. Requires --login.')
    g_post.add_argument('-C', '--comments', action='store_true',
                        help='Download and update comments for each post. '
                             'This requires an additional request to the Instagram '
@@ -339,6 +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',
@@ -393,6 +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,
@@ -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
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ def _requires_login(func: Callable) -> Callable:
        if not instaloader.context.is_logged_in:
            raise LoginRequiredException("--login=USERNAME required.")
        return func(instaloader, *args, **kwargs)
-    docstring_text = ":raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.\n"
-    call.__doc__ = call.__doc__ + docstring_text if call.__doc__ is not None else docstring_text
    return call


@@ -144,6 +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

@@ -151,7 +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,
@@ -165,9 +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}"
@@ -193,15 +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,
-                                 self.filename_pattern, download_pictures=self.download_pictures,
-                                 download_videos=self.download_videos,
-                                 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)
+        new_loader = Instaloader(
+            sleep=self.context.sleep,
+            quiet=self.context.quiet,
+            user_agent=self.context.user_agent,
+            dirname_pattern=self.dirname_pattern,
+            filename_pattern=self.filename_pattern,
+            download_pictures=self.download_pictures,
+            download_videos=self.download_videos,
+            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
@@ -246,6 +256,7 @@ class Instaloader:
            filename += '.json.xz'
        else:
            filename += '.json'
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename), exist_ok=True)
        save_structure_to_file(structure, filename)
        if isinstance(structure, (Post, StoryItem)):
            # log 'json ' message when saving Post or StoryItem
@@ -256,7 +267,8 @@ class Instaloader:
            return {'id': comment.id,
                    'created_at': int(comment.created_at_utc.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp()),
                    'text': comment.text,
-                    'owner': comment.owner._asdict()}
+                    'owner': comment.owner._asdict(),
+                    'likes_count': comment.likes_count}

        def _postcomment_asdict(comment):
            return {**_postcommentanswer_asdict(comment),
@@ -273,11 +285,13 @@ class Instaloader:
            for x, y in zip(comments_list[:-1], comments_list[1:]):
                if x['id'] != y['id']:
                    unique_comments_list.append(y)
-                elif combine_answers:
-                    combined_answers = unique_comments_list[-1].get('answers') or list()
-                    if 'answers' in y:
-                        combined_answers.extend(y['answers'])
-                    unique_comments_list[-1]['answers'] = get_unique_comments(combined_answers)
+                else:
+                    unique_comments_list[-1]['likes_count'] = y.get('likes_count')
+                    if combine_answers:
+                        combined_answers = unique_comments_list[-1].get('answers') or list()
+                        if 'answers' in y:
+                            combined_answers.extend(y['answers'])
+                        unique_comments_list[-1]['answers'] = get_unique_comments(combined_answers)
            return unique_comments_list
        filename += '_comments.json'
        try:
@@ -344,46 +358,62 @@ class Instaloader:
        self.context.log('geo', end=' ', flush=True)

    @_retry_on_connection_error
-    def download_profilepic(self, profile: Profile, _attempt: int = 1) -> None:
-        """Downloads and saves profile pic."""
+    def download_title_pic(self, url: str, target: Union[str, Path], name_suffix: str, owner_profile: Profile,
+                           _attempt: int = 1) -> None:
+        """Downloads and saves a picture that does not have an association with a Post or StoryItem, such as a
+        Profile picture or a Highlight cover picture. Modification time is taken from the HTTP response headers.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.3"""

        def _epoch_to_string(epoch: datetime) -> str:
            return epoch.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S_UTC')

-        profile_pic_response = self.context.get_raw(profile.profile_pic_url)
+        http_response = self.context.get_raw(url)
        date_object = None  # type: Optional[datetime]
-        if 'Last-Modified' in profile_pic_response.headers:
-            date_object = datetime.strptime(profile_pic_response.headers["Last-Modified"], '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
-            profile_pic_bytes = None
-            profile_pic_identifier = _epoch_to_string(date_object)
+        if 'Last-Modified' in http_response.headers:
+            date_object = datetime.strptime(http_response.headers["Last-Modified"], '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
+            pic_bytes = None
+            pic_identifier = _epoch_to_string(date_object)
        else:
-            profile_pic_bytes = profile_pic_response.content
-            profile_pic_identifier = md5(profile_pic_bytes).hexdigest()[:16]
-        profile_pic_extension = 'jpg'
+            pic_bytes = http_response.content
+            pic_identifier = md5(pic_bytes).hexdigest()[:16]
+        pic_extension = 'jpg'
        if ((format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'profile') or
             format_string_contains_key(self.dirname_pattern, 'target'))):
-            filename = '{0}/{1}_profile_pic.{2}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=profile.username.lower(),
-                                                                                    target=profile.username.lower()),
-                                                        profile_pic_identifier, profile_pic_extension)
+            filename = '{0}/{1}_{2}.{3}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(profile=owner_profile.username.lower(),
+                                                                            target=target),
+                                                pic_identifier, name_suffix, pic_extension)
        else:
-            filename = '{0}/{1}_{2}_profile_pic.{3}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), profile.username.lower(),
-                                                            profile_pic_identifier, profile_pic_extension)
-        content_length = profile_pic_response.headers.get('Content-Length', None)
+            filename = '{0}/{1}_{2}_{3}.{4}'.format(self.dirname_pattern.format(), target,
+                                                    pic_identifier, name_suffix, pic_extension)
+        content_length = http_response.headers.get('Content-Length', None)
        if os.path.isfile(filename) and (not self.context.is_logged_in or
                                         (content_length is not None and
                                          os.path.getsize(filename) >= int(content_length))):
            self.context.log(filename + ' already exists')
            return None
-        self.context.write_raw(profile_pic_bytes if profile_pic_bytes else profile_pic_response, filename)
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename), exist_ok=True)
+        self.context.write_raw(pic_bytes if pic_bytes else http_response, filename)
        if date_object:
            os.utime(filename, (datetime.now().timestamp(), date_object.timestamp()))
        self.context.log('')  # log output of _get_and_write_raw() does not produce \n

+    def download_profilepic(self, profile: Profile) -> None:
+        """Downloads and saves profile pic."""
+        self.download_title_pic(profile.profile_pic_url, profile.username.lower(), 'profile_pic', profile)
+
+    def download_highlight_cover(self, highlight: Highlight, target: Union[str, Path]) -> None:
+        """Downloads and saves Highlight cover picture.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.3"""
+        self.download_title_pic(highlight.cover_url, target, 'cover', highlight.owner_profile)
+
    @_requires_login
    def save_session_to_file(self, filename: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
        """Saves internally stored :class:`requests.Session` object.

        :param filename: Filename, or None to use default filename.
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """
        if filename is None:
            assert self.context.username is not None
@@ -508,6 +538,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        To use this, one needs to be logged in

        :param userids: List of user IDs to be processed in terms of downloading their stories, or None.
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """

        if not userids:
@@ -544,6 +575,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        :param filename_target: Replacement for {target} in dirname_pattern and filename_pattern
               or None if profile name should be used instead
        :param storyitem_filter: function(storyitem), which returns True if given StoryItem should be downloaded
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """

        if not userids:
@@ -603,6 +635,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        .. versionadded:: 4.1

        :param user: ID or Profile of the user whose highlights should get fetched.
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """

        userid = user if isinstance(user, int) else user.userid
@@ -627,15 +660,23 @@ class Instaloader:

        .. versionadded:: 4.1

+        .. versionchanged:: 4.3
+           Also downloads and saves the Highlight's cover pictures.
+
        :param user: ID or Profile of the user whose highlights should get downloaded.
        :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
        :param filename_target: Replacement for {target} in dirname_pattern and filename_pattern
               or None if profile name and the highlights' titles should be used instead
        :param storyitem_filter: function(storyitem), which returns True if given StoryItem should be downloaded
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """
        for user_highlight in self.get_highlights(user):
            name = user_highlight.owner_username
+            highlight_target = (filename_target
+                                if filename_target
+                                else Path(name) / Path(user_highlight.title))  # type: Union[str, Path]
            self.context.log("Retrieving highlights \"{}\" from profile {}".format(user_highlight.title, name))
+            self.download_highlight_cover(user_highlight, highlight_target)
            totalcount = user_highlight.itemcount
            count = 1
            for item in user_highlight.get_items():
@@ -646,9 +687,7 @@ class Instaloader:
                count += 1
                with self.context.error_catcher('Download highlights \"{}\" from user {}'.format(user_highlight.title,
                                                                                                 name)):
-                    downloaded = self.download_storyitem(item, filename_target
-                                                         if filename_target
-                                                         else Path(name) / Path(user_highlight.title))
+                    downloaded = self.download_storyitem(item, highlight_target)
                    if fast_update and not downloaded:
                        break

@@ -657,6 +696,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        """Get Posts of the user's feed.

        :return: Iterator over Posts of the user's feed.
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """

        data = self.context.graphql_query("d6f4427fbe92d846298cf93df0b937d3", {})["data"]
@@ -690,6 +730,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        :param max_count: Maximum count of pictures to download
        :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
        :param post_filter: function(post), which returns True if given picture should be downloaded
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """
        self.context.log("Retrieving pictures from your feed...")
        count = 1
@@ -715,6 +756,7 @@ class Instaloader:
        :param max_count: Maximum count of pictures to download
        :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
        :param post_filter: function(post), which returns True if given picture should be downloaded
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """
        self.context.log("Retrieving saved posts...")
        count = 1
@@ -732,12 +774,17 @@ class Instaloader:
                if fast_update and not downloaded:
                    break

+    @_requires_login
    def get_location_posts(self, location: str) -> Iterator[Post]:
        """Get Posts which are listed by Instagram for a given Location.

        :return:  Iterator over Posts of a location's posts
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.

        .. versionadded:: 4.2
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.2.9
+           Require being logged in (as required by Instagram)
        """
        has_next_page = True
        end_cursor = None
@@ -752,6 +799,7 @@ class Instaloader:
            has_next_page = location_data['page_info']['has_next_page']
            end_cursor = location_data['page_info']['end_cursor']

+    @_requires_login
    def download_location(self, location: str,
                          max_count: Optional[int] = None,
                          post_filter: Optional[Callable[[Post], bool]] = None,
@@ -767,8 +815,12 @@ class Instaloader:
        :param max_count: Maximum count of pictures to download
        :param post_filter: function(post), which returns True if given picture should be downloaded
        :param fast_update: If true, abort when first already-downloaded picture is encountered
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.

        .. versionadded:: 4.2
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.2.9
+           Require being logged in (as required by Instagram)
        """
        self.context.log("Retrieving pictures for location {}...".format(location))
        count = 1
@@ -790,13 +842,14 @@ class Instaloader:
        """Get Posts which are worthy of exploring suggested by Instagram.

        :return: Iterator over Posts of the user's suggested posts.
+        :raises LoginRequiredException: If called without being logged in.
        """
        data = self.context.get_json('explore/', {})
        yield from (Post(self.context, node)
                    for node in self.context.graphql_node_list("df0dcc250c2b18d9fd27c5581ef33c7c",
                                                               {}, 'https://www.instagram.com/explore/',
                                                               lambda d: d['data']['user']['edge_web_discover_media'],
-                                                               data['rhx_gis']))
+                                                               data.get('rhx_gis')))

    def get_hashtag_posts(self, hashtag: str) -> Iterator[Post]:
        """Get Posts associated with a #hashtag."""
@@ -892,16 +945,18 @@ 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:
@@ -920,12 +975,15 @@ 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],
@@ -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,
@@ -212,7 +231,7 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
            raise TwoFactorAuthRequiredException("Login error: two-factor authentication required.")
        if resp_json.get('checkpoint_url'):
            raise ConnectionException("Login: Checkpoint required. Point your browser to "
-                                      "https://www.instagram.com{}, "
+                                      "https://www.instagram.com{} - "
                                      "follow the instructions, then retry.".format(resp_json.get('checkpoint_url')))
        if resp_json['status'] != 'ok':
            if 'message' in resp_json:
@@ -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}
+            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:
@@ -346,15 +370,24 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
        :raises ConnectionException: When query repeatedly failed.
        """
        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()
            if is_graphql_query:
                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']
                self.log('\nHTTP redirect from https://{0}/{1} to {2}'.format(host, path, redirect_url))
+                if redirect_url.startswith('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login'):
+                    # alternate rate limit exceeded behavior
+                    raise TooManyRequestsException("429 Too Many Requests: redirected to login")
                if redirect_url.startswith('https://{}/'.format(host)):
                    resp = sess.get(redirect_url if redirect_url.endswith('/') else redirect_url + '/',
                                    params=params, allow_redirects=False)
@@ -372,8 +405,19 @@ 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.")
-                return json.loads(match.group(1))
+                    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
+                if post_or_profile_page is None:
+                    raise ConnectionException("\"window._sharedData\" does not contain required keys.")
+                # If GraphQL data is missing in `window._sharedData`, search for it in `__additionalDataLoaded`.
+                if 'graphql' not in post_or_profile_page[0]:
+                    match = re.search(r'window\.__additionalDataLoaded\([^{]+{"graphql":({.*})}\);</script>',
+                                      resp.text)
+                    if match is not None:
+                        post_or_profile_page[0]['graphql'] = json.loads(match.group(1))
+                return resp_json
            else:
                resp_json = resp.json()
            if 'status' in resp_json and resp_json['status'] != "ok":
@@ -386,11 +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 isinstance(err, TooManyRequestsException):
+                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)
@@ -407,7 +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']
@@ -475,7 +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']:
@@ -530,6 +581,6 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
            # At the moment, rhx_gis seems to be required for anonymous requests only. By returning None when logged
            # in, we can save the root_rhx_gis lookup query.
            return None
-        if not self._root_rhx_gis:
-            self._root_rhx_gis = self.get_json('', {})['rhx_gis']
-        return self._root_rhx_gis
+        if self._root_rhx_gis is None:
+            self._root_rhx_gis = self.get_json('', {}).get('rhx_gis', '')
+        return self._root_rhx_gis or None
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ PostSidecarNode.is_video.__doc__ = "Whether this node is a video."
 PostSidecarNode.display_url.__doc__ = "URL of image or video thumbnail."
 PostSidecarNode.video_url.__doc__ = "URL of video or None."

-PostCommentAnswer = namedtuple('PostCommentAnswer', ['id', 'created_at_utc', 'text', 'owner'])
+PostCommentAnswer = namedtuple('PostCommentAnswer', ['id', 'created_at_utc', 'text', 'owner', 'likes_count'])
 PostCommentAnswer.id.__doc__ = "ID number of comment."
 PostCommentAnswer.created_at_utc.__doc__ = ":class:`~datetime.datetime` when comment was created (UTC)."
 PostCommentAnswer.text.__doc__ = "Comment text."
 PostCommentAnswer.owner.__doc__ = "Owner :class:`Profile` of the comment."
+PostCommentAnswer.likes_count.__doc__ = "Number of likes on comment."

 PostComment = namedtuple('PostComment', (*PostCommentAnswer._fields, 'answers')) # type: ignore
 for field in PostCommentAnswer._fields:
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class Post:
        if not self._full_metadata_dict:
            pic_json = self._context.get_json("p/{0}/".format(self.shortcode), params={})
            self._full_metadata_dict = pic_json['entry_data']['PostPage'][0]['graphql']['shortcode_media']
-            self._rhx_gis_str = pic_json['rhx_gis']
+            self._rhx_gis_str = pic_json.get('rhx_gis')
            if self.shortcode != self._full_metadata_dict['shortcode']:
                self._node.update(self._full_metadata_dict)
                raise PostChangedException
@@ -144,9 +145,8 @@ class Post:
        return self._full_metadata_dict

    @property
-    def _rhx_gis(self) -> str:
+    def _rhx_gis(self) -> Optional[str]:
        self._obtain_metadata()
-        assert self._rhx_gis_str is not None
        return self._rhx_gis_str

    def _field(self, *keys) -> Any:
@@ -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:
@@ -341,7 +346,8 @@ class Post:
            return PostCommentAnswer(id=int(node['id']),
                                     created_at_utc=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(node['created_at']),
                                     text=node['text'],
-                                     owner=Profile(self._context, node['owner']))
+                                     owner=Profile(self._context, node['owner']),
+                                     likes_count=node['edge_liked_by']['count'])

        def _postcommentanswers(node):
            if 'edge_threaded_comments' not in node:
@@ -409,10 +415,17 @@ class Post:

    @property
    def location(self) -> Optional[PostLocation]:
-        """If the Post has a location, returns PostLocation namedtuple with fields 'id', 'lat' and 'lng' and 'name'."""
+        """
+        If the Post has a location, returns PostLocation namedtuple with fields 'id', 'lat' and 'lng' and 'name'.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.2.9
+           Require being logged in (as required by Instagram), return None if not logged-in.
+        """
        loc = self._field("location")
        if self._location or not loc:
            return self._location
+        if not self._context.is_logged_in:
+            return None
        location_id = int(loc['id'])
        if any(k not in loc for k in ('name', 'slug', 'has_public_page', 'lat', 'lng')):
            loc = self._context.get_json("explore/locations/{0}/".format(location_id),
@@ -454,6 +467,7 @@ class Profile:
        self._context = context
        self._has_public_story = None  # type: Optional[bool]
        self._node = node
+        self._has_full_metadata = False
        self._rhx_gis = None
        self._iphone_struct_ = None
        if 'iphone_struct' in node:
@@ -514,11 +528,19 @@ class Profile:

    def _obtain_metadata(self):
        try:
-            if not self._rhx_gis:
+            if not self._has_full_metadata:
                metadata = self._context.get_json('{}/'.format(self.username), params={})
                self._node = metadata['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['graphql']['user']
-                self._rhx_gis = metadata['rhx_gis']
+                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:
@@ -1045,6 +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]


@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ setup(
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
        'Topic :: Internet',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics'
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import shutil
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from itertools import islice
+from typing import Dict, List

 import instaloader

@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ EMPTY_PROFILE = "not_public"
 EMPTY_PROFILE_ID = 1928659031

 # Preserve query timestamps (rate control) between tests to not get rate limited
-instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = dict()
+instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = dict()  # type: Dict[str, List[float]]


 class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -35,11 +36,13 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
                                         download_comments=True,
                                         save_metadata=True)
        self.L.context.raise_all_errors = True
-        self.L.context.query_timestamps = instaloadercontext_query_timestamps.copy()
+        # pylint:disable=protected-access
+        self.L.context._graphql_query_timestamps = instaloadercontext_query_timestamps.copy()

    def tearDown(self):
+        # pylint:disable=global-statement,protected-access
        global instaloadercontext_query_timestamps
-        instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = self.L.context.query_timestamps.copy()
+        instaloadercontext_query_timestamps = self.L.context._graphql_query_timestamps.copy()
        self.L.close()
        os.chdir('/')
        print("Removing {}".format(self.dir))
@@ -53,16 +56,17 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
                self.assertTrue(post.date_utc < previous_post.date_utc)
            previous_post = post

-    @unittest.SkipTest
+    @unittest.skip('')
    def test_public_profile_download(self):
-        self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True)
-        self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic=False, fast_update=True)
+        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_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic_only=True)
+        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)
@@ -73,15 +77,6 @@ class TestInstaloaderAnonymously(unittest.TestCase):
            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
-
    def test_get_id_by_username(self):
        self.assertEqual(PUBLIC_PROFILE_ID,
                         instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PUBLIC_PROFILE).userid)
@@ -116,13 +111,13 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
        super().setUp()
        self.L.load_session_from_file(OWN_USERNAME)

-    @unittest.SkipTest
+    @unittest.skip('')
    def test_stories_download(self):
        self.L.download_stories()

-    @unittest.SkipTest
+    @unittest.skip('')
    def test_private_profile_download(self):
-        self.L.download_profile(PRIVATE_PROFILE, download_stories=True)
+        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():
@@ -141,9 +136,6 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
    def test_private_profile_paging(self):
        self.post_paging_test(instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, PRIVATE_PROFILE).get_posts())

-    def test_profile_pic_download(self):
-        self.L.download_profile(PUBLIC_PROFILE, profile_pic_only=True)
-
    def test_feed_download(self):
        self.L.download_feed_posts(NORMAL_MAX_COUNT)

@@ -167,8 +159,8 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):

    def test_followees_and_stories(self):
        profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(self.L.context, OWN_USERNAME)
-        for f in islice(profile.get_followees(), PAGING_MAX_COUNT):
-            self.L.download_profile(f.username, profile_pic=False, download_stories_only=True)
+        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)
@@ -192,6 +184,15 @@ class TestInstaloaderLoggedIn(TestInstaloaderAnonymously):
            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
Alexander Graf	aa3f19dcbe	Second Alpha Release for Version 4.3	2020-03-01 17:44:17 +01:00
Alexander Graf	fe258f1abb	Also Download Highlight Cover Pictures Instaloader.download_highlights(), as well as the Instaloader CLI with --highlight option, now also downloads the cover picture of each highlight. This closes #323, where it was suggested.	2020-03-01 17:41:58 +01:00
Alexander Graf	534497bea5	fix misplacement of --request-timeout in docs	2020-02-28 09:49:29 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	819426efdb	First Alpha Release for Version 4.3	2020-02-17 18:53:33 +01:00
Alexander Graf	0aac91680f	docs: versionadded/changed directives for 4.3	2020-02-17 18:47:45 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	dc289024c8	GitHub Actions workflow for Windows EXE	2020-02-17 18:31:36 +01:00
Alexander Graf	b2acbcf0e0	Revert "Remove nonworking saythanks.io link" saythanks.io works again. This reverts commit `f966ea5bb9`.	2020-02-04 09:23:02 +01:00
Alexander Graf	de585becdb	Rate-control non-graphql queries Non-GraphQL queries seem to be rate limited too, and this commit adds a safe-seeming rate-controlling for this kind of queries. This fixes #464.	2020-02-03 17:19:49 +01:00
Alexander Graf	f966ea5bb9	Remove nonworking saythanks.io link saythanks.io stopped working, BlitzKraft/saythanks.io#60.	2020-01-27 21:31:47 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	302145f54f	Print profile suggestions when profile not found Relates to #496.	2020-01-27 13:06:42 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	8764947d10	Raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException if expected structure is missing - QueryReturnedNotFoundException now inherits ConnectionException --> Retry on 404 errors + missing "window._sharedData" Relates to #146 and #496.	2020-01-27 13:06:42 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	d3403bc686	Implementation of TopSearchResults class To be able to search Instagram for profiles, hashtags and locations.	2020-01-27 13:06:42 +01:00
Alexander Graf	b7bae19374	Update mypy and pylint versions for CI	2020-01-27 09:27:47 +01:00
Alexander Graf	4e87a8cf63	Fix wrong request_timeout in anonymous_copy() context Fixes a tiny mistake introduced with #422.	2020-01-26 22:07:07 +01:00
Alexander Graf	fd13d66367	Deploy documentation on tag only Before, the documentation was pushed to GitHub Pages whenever a new commit has been pushed to master. I.e., when a new feature was added, the documentation advertised the feature although hasn’t been released yet. Now, we only deploy the newly-build the documentation when a new tag is pushed, and ensure the the versionadded directives are added before releasing.	2020-01-26 18:54:11 +01:00
corpone2	63eb9e71ca	support passing timeout to requests (#422 ) Adds a request_timeout parameter to Instaloader instantiation. Closes #330.	2020-01-13 21:59:00 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	d8ba30b91b	Speed up accessing property `comments` of `Post` This has been asked for in #436.	2020-01-13 19:56:50 +01:00
André Koch-Kramer	ec0e017b10	Release of version 4.2.10	2019-10-28 12:48:27 +01:00
Marc Seguin Dāvis Alexander Graf Thammus	51bfa01c2a	Solving KeyError: 'edge_sidecar_to_children' (#411 ) Closes #380. Closes #394. Co-Authored-By: Dāvis <davispuh@users.noreply.github.com> Co-Authored-By: Alexander Graf <mail@agraf.me> Co-Authored-By: Thammus <koch-kramer@web.de>	2019-10-21 19:47:14 +02:00
Alexander Graf	e8d4054f84	Create Stale Issue Action	2019-10-19 16:20:25 +02:00
Leonard Bogdonoff	cf293ce312	Change Example Hashtag in Codesnippets	2019-10-13 19:47:44 +02:00
Alexander Graf	3226c43a98	Fix Intersphinx Mapping for Requests to fix CI	2019-10-13 19:45:14 +02:00
corpone	20819d2597	handle alternate rate limit exceeded behavior of redirecting to login	2019-08-22 19:53:52 -07:00
Alexander Graf	4e8236b6e9	Improve contributing.rst and issue templates	2019-08-20 22:05:49 +02:00
André Koch-Kramer	b542936c09	Release of version 4.2.9	2019-08-18 18:28:35 +02:00
Ahmad	af4dbc00d7	Added likes_count to PostCommentAnswer tuple (#379 )	2019-08-18 18:18:35 +02:00
Alexander Graf	0aa1ec7c76	Getting locations now requires --login Closes #376.	2019-08-18 10:48:46 +02:00
Alexander Graf	75a729781d	194_top_x_of_user example: Fix sort order	2019-08-10 16:25:22 +02:00
Alexander Graf	a88316224b	Remove ',' after URL in "Checkpoint required" message Closes #364.	2019-08-10 16:19:35 +02:00
Alexander Graf	87dc82d1b1	Travis: Skip test with Python 3.8 beta	2019-07-27 22:04:56 +02:00
Alexander Graf	6a3b05762e	Fix missing directory error in some rare cases	2019-07-27 21:08:29 +02:00
Alexander Graf	6d5bb1e181	Release of Version 4.2.8	2019-05-27 18:26:10 +02:00
Alexander Graf	819057eb6f	travis: use Pipfile for dependency pinning	2019-05-27 18:15:45 +02:00
Alexander Graf	5235cc0f6a	Travis: test against Python 3.8	2019-05-27 18:08:17 +02:00
Alexander Graf	fb06b4b7d6	Fix iPhone query rate control Resolves #306.	2019-05-27 18:05:51 +02:00
Alexander Graf	1a382cd61c	Fixes to unittests - Fix type issue with unittest.SkipTest - Fix query timestamp preservation	2019-05-17 21:58:51 +02:00
André Koch-Kramer	0345da71ec	Release of version 4.2.7	2019-05-17 21:44:11 +02:00
André Koch-Kramer	749ff60639	Do not require rhx_gix in metadata Closes #297.	2019-05-17 21:38:39 +02:00