Download Instagram posts using Python

In the 2nd post of the series, let's see how to download Instagram posts using Python.

To do this, we need to use a package called instaloader

Installation

Run the below command to install the package

pip install instaloader

Public profile

Let's download this image in this tutorial.

To download an Instagram post of a public account copy the post id from the URL.
if the below is an URL,

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFtle2lpVC1/

The post id will be CFtle2lpVC1

Now, run the below command in the directory you want to download the image.

instaloader -- -(post-id)

Example,

instaloader -- -CFtle2lpVC1

This method only works for public profiles, to learn more visit