instagram-archiver

Save Instagram content you have access to.

Installation

Poetry

poetry add instagram-archiver

Pip

pip install instagram-archiver

Usage

Usage: instagram-archiver [OPTIONS] USERNAME

  Archive a profile's posts.

Options:
  -o, --output-dir DIRECTORY      Output directory.
  -b, --browser [brave|chrome|chromium|edge|opera|vivaldi|firefox|safari]
                                  Browser to read cookies from.
  -p, --profile TEXT              Browser profile.
  -d, --debug                     Enable debug output.
  --no-log                        Ignore log (re-fetch everything).
  -C, --include-comments          Also download all comments (extends download
                                  time significantly).
  -h, --help                      Show this message and exit.

Typical use:

instagram-archiver -o ~/instagram-backups/username username

instagram-save-saved

This tool saves your saved posts (at www.instagram.com/username/saved/all-posts).

Usage: instagram-save-saved [OPTIONS]

  Archive your saved posts.

Options:
  -o, --output-dir DIRECTORY      Output directory.
  -b, --browser [brave|chrome|chromium|edge|opera|vivaldi|firefox|safari]
                                  Browser to read cookies from.
  -p, --profile TEXT              Browser profile.
  -d, --debug                     Enable debug output.
  -C, --include-comments          Also download all comments (extends download
                                  time significantly).
  -u, --unsave                    Unsave posts after successful archive.
  -h, --help                      Show this message and exit.

Notes

The default output path is the username under the current working directory.

Videos are saved using yt-dlp and its respective configuration.