Download Instagram Profile

Introduction

This Node.js script can fetch the imageURLs for a specific amount of Instagram posts of a profile (including slideshow-like posts). You also have the ability to download them directly.

Credits and dependencies

• Jlobos great Instagram WEB-API
• Marak´s project colors
• Instagram account if you want to access a private profile
• Node.js and NPM

Config explanation

• user: Username of the account (If the user has a private account you have to login with an account that has the permission to view the posts of the user.
• mode: full: Get the links and download the images links: Only get the links to the images download: Download all images that are in links.json (project directory) Example for links.json [ "https://instagram.com/image1.jpg", "https://instagram.com/image2.jpg",<--Seperated through commas ... "https://instagram.com/image999.jpg"<--No comma at the end ]<--Brackets are important
• structure: folder: Each post gets its own folder with the images in it files: Each post gets its own number with the image number added to it e.g.: 1-1.jpg, 1-2.jpg, 1-3.jpg, 2-1.jpg, 3-1.jpg, 3-2.jpg ... none: Each image gets its own number e.g.: 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg, 5.jpg, ...
• pages: Instagram seperates posts into pages. One page contains 12 posts, so the posts 1-12 are on page 1, 13-24 are on page two and so on. You have to define how many pages of an account you want to save. If you want to save all enter 0. IMPORTANT: Post 1 is always the most recent post, so if you for example want to save the third post that was ever created you cannot think of this post as post 3. Examples: The account has 36 posts but you only want to get 24: Enter 2 for pages to get the first 24 posts. The account has 9 posts but you only want to get 4: Enter 1 for pages to get the first 12 posts, delete the 3 unwanted posts afterwards. The account has 123 posts but you only want to get 78: 78/12 = 6,5 -> Enter 7 to really get all wanted posts, delete the unwanted posts afterwards The account has 1000 posts and you want them all: Enter 0

Installation

I. Install Node.js and NPM: Tutorial

II. Install dependencies: Command line in project directory:

`# npm i`

III. Set-Up config (see above)

IV. Run script:

Command line in project directory:

`# npm start [IG-Username] [IG-Password]`