docteurcode / instagram-scraping

Python script to scrap deskgram (Deskgram is a desktop version of Instagram)

Instagram-Scraping

Python script to scrap an entire profile from instagram (using Deskgram). Download the images, the captions or both in only one command!

Usage

Scrap all the photos and captions from an instagram account with just its username:

Usage: main.py [OPTIONS]

   Scrap the photos and captions from the posts of a single user

Options:
  --images / --no-images      Scrap also images.
  --captions / --no-captions  Scrap also captions.
  -u, --user TEXT             The account to scrap.  [required]
  -n, --number INTEGER        Number of posts to scrap. (newer posts are
                              scraped first).
  --help                      Show this message and exit.

Examples:

• Download all images AND captions from account USER:

python main.py --user USER

• Download images only from account USER:

python main.py --user USER --no-captions

• Download captions only from account USER:

python main.py --user USER --no-images

• Print help:

python main.py --help