Download photos, videos, and sidecars from Instagram

Download photos, videos, and sidecars from Instagram

A simple command-line script to download photos, videos, and sidecars (album) of an Instagram profile.

Instagram Media Downloader is a command-line script to download photos, videos and sidecars (album) of an Instagram profile. No configuration or password required. This script works with public profiles only.

Requirements

  • Python 3.x

Usage

  1. Clone the Instagram Media Downloader repo to your computer.
  2. Install the required packages using pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  3. Run the script using the command python3 instagram.py -u <instagram_username> -p <path_to_download>

The path parameter is optional. Specify the path if you want to save the media in a specific location. If omitted, it downloads the media to the current working directory.

Please feel free to fork and file issues or create pull requests. https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-media-downloader

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