Download Instagram Posts using Python Selenium module

Situatie

In this article, we will learn how we can download Instagram posts of a profile using Python Selenium module. Requirements:

Google Chrome or Firefox
Chrome driver(For Google Chrome) or Gecko driver(For Mozilla Firefox)
Selenium package: It is a powerful tool for controlling a web browser through the program. It is functional for all browsers, works on all major OS and its scripts are written in various languages i.e Python, Java, C#, etc. In can installed using the below command:
```
pip install selenium
```

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Requests package: Requests library is one of an integral part of Python for making HTTP requests to a specified URL. It can be installed using the below command:

pip install requests

# import required modules

from selenium import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

import selenium.common.exceptions

import time

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs

import requests

import os

# get instagram account credentials

username = input(‘Enter Your User Name ‘)

password = input(‘Enter Your Password ‘)

# assign URL

url = ‘https://instagram.com/’ + \

input(‘Enter User Name Of User For Downloading Posts ‘)

Function to start the new session of Browser. You might need to add the path to the web driver. Chrome() function, it depends on your installation.

# get URL path

def path():

global chrome

# starts a new chrome session

# add path if required

chrome = webdriver.Chrome()

Function to enter the URL of the page.

# extract URL

def url_name(url):

# the web page opens up

chrome.get(url)

# webdriver will wait for 4 sec before throwing a

# NoSuchElement exception so that the element

# is detected and not skipped.

time.sleep(4)

Function to enter your login information.

# login to access post

def login(username, your_password):

log_but = chrome.find_element_by_class_name(“L3NKy”)

time.sleep(2)

log_but.click()

time.sleep(4)

# finds the username box

usern = chrome.find_element_by_name(“username”)

# sends the entered username

usern.send_keys(username)

# finds the password box

passw = chrome.find_element_by_name(“password”)

# sends the entered password

passw.send_keys(your_password)

# sends the enter key

passw.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

time.sleep(5.5)

# Find Not Now Button

notn = chrome.find_element_by_class_name(“yWX7d”)

notn.click()

time.sleep(3)

Function to open the first post.

# function to get first post

def first_post():

pic = chrome.find_element_by_class_name(“kIKUG”).click()

time.sleep(2)

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