Set of scripts to download photos from SpaceX and Hubble APIs and upload them to Instagram.
- fetch_hubble.py downloads best .jpg images from Hubble "stsci_gallery" photo collection (you can modify global variable COLLECTION_NAME to try dofferent collections like "holiday_cards", "wallpaper", "spacecraft", "news", "printshop")
- fetch_spacex.py downloads latest available photos of the SpaceX launches
- crop_and_publish.py crops images in a folder to a square and publishes it to instagram using your credentials
- utils.py contains shared functions for the scripts
Python3 should be already installed.
Then use pip (or pip3, if there is a conflict with Python2) to install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
To use crop_and_publish.py you need to store your Instagram account credentials in the .env file as shown below:
INSTAGRAM_LOGIN=*your_login*
INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD=*your_password*
Locate the .env file in the same folder with crop_and_publish.py.
The code is written for educational purposes on online-course for web-developers dvmn.org.