- Create virtualenv
$ python3 -m venv {`your_virtualenv_name`} (Recommended)
$ py -m venv {`your_virtualenv_name`} (it works for me on Windows)
$ virtualenv {`your_virtualenv_name`} (it works for me on windows)
- Activate virtualenv
$ source {`your_virtualenv_name`}/bin/activate (for linux, macOs)
$ ./{`your_virtualenv_name`}/Scripts/activate (for windows)
- Install dependencies
You need to activate virtualenv before running this command
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run the script
$ python3 ig.py (Recommended)
$ python ig.py (Recommended)
$ py ig.py (it works for me on Windows)
Getting The Post Url From Instagram (including shortcode)
- Go to your Instagram post
- Select the post that you're desired
- Here I chose the post that I want to download
- You would see the post url in the address bar and the post shortcode in the url (`p/CbjNrvTPtOY/`) ["p" stands for post, "CbjNrvTPtOY" is the shortcode]
-So, next step you need to copy the account name and add between `.com/{`account_name that you copied`}/p/CbjNrvTPtOY/`.
-You will get the post url like this `https://www.instagram.com/roses_are_rosie/p/CbjNrvTPtOY/` (for example)
- Now you can use that url to download the post when the script is running.
