instagram-public-crawler

Get media feed of an Instagram public account

Install

From npm: npm install --save instagram-public-crawler

Usage

Minimal

Using .lite() to get media feed (only 25 media)

• Example

const crawler = require('instagram-public-crawler');
await crawler.lite("permanahendra", { raw: false }); // using async await

crawler.lite("permanahendra", { raw: false }).then(result => {
            
}); // using promise

• Usage

  .lite(<instagram_user_name>, options)

• Options

  raw : boolean return raw result if true else only media

Advanced

Using .start() to get media feed (possible to get all media)

• Example

let options = {
           raw: false,
           username: 'permanahendra',
           query_hash: 'f2405b236d85f8296cf30347g9f08c2a',
           media_count: 101,
           cookie: 'mid=W1X1XQALAAHJWRjBTgzM3UFeWkmt; mcd=3; datr=NQKFWxY73YsDC81ikryvMSy0; csrftoken=n8Kuf8UEN4jFyVUIysZ7ObSwZ6U1YX2x; fbm_124024574287414=base_domain=.instagram.com; csrftoken=7b8rpEE0Gl85fcKBalgGvRF5diWsjrmH; ds_user_id=1SD641929; sessionid=175641929%3AEPkOIsRX0S3oMf%3A15; shbid=5747; rur=ATN; shbts=1558734869.7421114; urlgen="{\"24.124.172.232\": 23693}:1hUIAS:6Q5ch4JClsyPEyL8yfeHqqDnxp1"'
       }
let media = await crawler.start(options); // using async await

crawler.start(options).then(result => {
           
}); // using promise

• Usage

  .start(options)

• Options

  raw : boolean return raw result if true else only media feed

  username : Username of public instagram account

  query_hash : hash of instagram GraphQL query. See below for instructions.

  media_count : The amount of media you want to get. Use -1 to get all media feed.

  cookie: See below for instructions.

Get query_hash

Open an public instagram account via Browser > inspect element > Network > copy query hash's value like image below

Get cookie

Open instagram web Browser > inspect element > Network > copy cookie from request header like image below

Note

Both cookie and query_hash are valid for almost one year. So it's safe for long running job.

Author

Developed by @hynra || Website