/instaspy

A simple Instagram archiver based on the Instaloader Python module.

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instaspy

A simple Instagram archiver based on the Instaloader Python module. Requires Python 3.7.

Instaspy will scrape posts from a target account, check previously archived posts against the online account at time of download, and output a text file listing any previously archived posts that the target has deleted.

Installation

$ pip3 install instaloader

Use

$ python3 instaspy.py [TARGET]

or set as cronjob. TARGET is the username of the profile you want to archive. The list of deletions is stored as {TARGET}deletionhistory.txt.