Release of Version 4.4.1

Regex target matching: Fix hashtag regex
Unicode characters are allowed in hashtags, so instead of just [A-Za-z0-9], we now match all \w. Fixes #614.
2026-10-16 21:52:17 -07:00 · 2020-05-14 16:22:42 +02:00 · 2020-05-14 16:17:07 +02:00
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""


-__version__ = '4.4'
+__version__ = '4.4.1'


 try:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def _main(instaloader: Instaloader, targetlist: List[str],
                    for followee in profile.get_followees():
                        instaloader.save_profile_id(followee)
                        profiles.add(followee)
-                elif re.match(r"^#[A-Za-z0-9]+$", target):
+                elif re.match(r"^#\w+$", target):
                    instaloader.download_hashtag(hashtag=target[1:], max_count=max_count, fast_update=fast_update,
                                                 post_filter=post_filter,
                                                 profile_pic=download_profile_pic, posts=download_posts)
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Alexander Graf	65462b01ec	Release of Version 4.4.1	2020-05-14 16:22:42 +02:00
Alexander Graf	9857c5fa24	Regex target matching: Fix hashtag regex Unicode characters are allowed in hashtags, so instead of just [A-Za-z0-9], we now match all \w. Fixes #614.	2020-05-14 16:17:07 +02:00