Instagram Crawler

This program is a crawler that can be used to download all images from a given set of Instagram accounts.

Installation

1. Clone the repository & Install the required dependencies

git clone https://github.com/yung1231/Instagram-Crawler.git

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. chromedriver
   • Download the Chrome Driver from official website. Make sure to download the version that matches your Chrome browser version.

Usage

1. Fill in the information in config.cfg, including the usernames of the Instagram accounts you want to download images from.
   • Note: You can enter multiple usernames in the usernames field by separating them with commas.

   [conf]
   save_pth = .\download_1
   usernames = username_1,username_2,username_3,username_4,username_5...

2. Run main.py.
3. Enter your username and password to login.
4. Alternatively, you can use cookies for login. If it's your first time using the program, you will need to login with your username and password. Afterwards, you can use cookies to login directly.
   • Note: If you encounter any issues with your cookies, please delete the cookies.json file and re-capture the cookies.