InstaScrape

InstaScrape is a scraping tool that allows programmers to extract publice user information without Logging into Instagram.

• User Full Name
• User Profile Image
• User Follower Count
• User Post FEED ( Picture & Video )

Package Dependencies

• Puppeteer - Headless Chrome Node API.
• Lodash - A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance & extras.
• util - Node.js's util module for all engines.
• meow - CLI app helper.

Installation

InstaScrape requires Node.js 6.4.0+ to run. Install the dependencies before running.

If you want to run the API in the CLI

$ npm install insta_scrape_insta
$ cd insta_scrape_insta
$ node app.js instascrape -h danbilzerian -c 10

InstaScrape can extract only 1 users information through the CLI FOR NOW.

| Flags | Shorthand | Optional | Value | | ------ | ------| ------ |------ | | filetype | -f | YES | json( return an object ) / json_file | | timestamp | -t | YES | Date and Time upto which posts should be extracted | | handle | -h | NO | Instagram Handle Name | | filename | -n | YES | Custom file name | | count | -c | YES | Extract certain number of posts from the feed | | hashtag | -ht | YES | Match a specific hashtag in the feed |

If you want to call the method in your program

let InstaScrape = require('insta_scrape_insta')
let users = [
        {
            handle:"rik.roc",
            timestamp:"2018-09-04T11:42:12.000Z",
            match_tag:"", 
            no_of_posts: 20
        }
]
let options = {
    users,
    cool_down_time: 200,
    result_format: "json_file",
    result_file_name: "my_insta_profile"
}
let response = InstaScrape(options)

| Key | Optional | Value | | ------ | ------ |------ | | users | NO | Array of all users you want information about | | cool_down_time | YES | Short setTimeOuts for the Garbage Collector to do its jog | | result_format | YES | json( return an object ) / json_file | | result_file_name | YES | Custom file name |

The following are the option provided to filter releavant posts from the feed.

| Key | Optional | Value | | ------ | ------ |------ | | handle | NO | Users Instagram Handle | | timestamp | YES | Date and Time upto which posts should be extracted | | match_tag | YES | Match a specific hashtag in the feed | | no_of_posts | YES | Extract certain number of posts from the feed |

Todos

• Get Followers for Any User

License

MIT