Merge pull request #328 from varunKT001/insta-video-downloader

Added Python script to download instagram videos
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# JSON to Excel converter
This is a simple Python script to download instagram videos.
## Usage
```bash
# install xlwt
pip install requests
# run script
python main.py <POST_ID>
```

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import urllib.request
import requests
import json
import re
import sys
def downloadVideo(postId):
is_multiple_post = False
videos = []
url = requests.get("https://instagram.com/p/" + str(postId))
if url.status_code == 404:
print("Specified post not found")
sys.exit()
json_data = json.loads(re.findall(r"window._sharedData\s=\s(\{.*\});</script>", url.text)[0])
data = json_data["entry_data"]["PostPage"][0]["graphql"]["shortcode_media"]
if "edge_sidecar_to_children" in data.keys():
is_multiple_post = True
isVideo = data["is_video"]
if not isVideo and not is_multiple_post:
print("Video not found!")
sys.exit()
if isVideo:
videos.append(data["video_url"])
if is_multiple_post:
for post in data["edge_sidecar_to_children"]["edges"]:
if post["node"]["is_video"]:
videos.append(post["node"]["video_url"])
print("Found " + str(len(videos)) + " videos")
for number, video in zip(list(range(len(videos))), videos):
print("Downloading video " + str(number + 1))
urllib.request.urlretrieve(video, (postId + "_" + str(number + 1) + ".mp4"))
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
print("Please enter the video ID")
else:
downloadVideo(sys.argv[1])