Simple Instagram post and reels downloader

Downloads reels, stories, posts with multiple media, and reels with music (combines them using ffmpeg)

First time setup

in command prompt:

git clone https://github.com/Hecker5556/instadownloader.git

cd instdownloader 

If you haven't already, download python. download ffmpeg

Optional: build to exe (windows) and add to path, linux users, this wont build to exe but it will add to path, chmod it and write into a file what command to use to execute it

python setup.py build

if you dont want to do that, just do:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Get sessionid

Before you start running the code, you will need to add a sessionid (and csrftoken to decrease chances of getting temporarily disabled) to a .env file, which you can get by either checking network traffic on instagram or using a cookie viewing extension

Video tutorial why not

sessionidtutorial.mp4

Usage:

double quote the link because sometimes the link may have &

unbuilt:

python insta.py "link"

built:

insta "link"

linux:

path/to/insta.py "link"

Usage in python

import sys, asyncio
#do this to add to sys path
if 'instadownloader' not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append('instadownloader')
from instadownloader.insta import instadownloader
info = asyncio.run(instadownloader().download(link))

#in async function
async def main():
    info = await instadownloader().download(link)