IGScraper

A simple Selenium based IG Scraper

work in progress - use at your own peril

Requires

1. Python 3.x
2. Selenium
3. Chrome
4. Chromedriver (compatible chromedriver)
5. Standard Python libraries: urllib, bs4, json, re, time

Information on setting up selenium with Chrome: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver

Functionality:

1. log_in() - logs you in using credentials from class instantiation. Note if 2-factor authentication is enabled, you will need to input the 2nd authentication code.
2. get_user(username) - Navigate to user page
3. scroll_page(sleep=2, maxiters=1000, reset_links=True) - Scroll through user page and collect user image links
4. get_all_photos(sleep=2, fpath='../Data/) - downloads all photos from links in self.piclinks_profile.

Auxiliary methods:

1. reset_links() - clears photo queue
2. get_page(url) - same as selenium "get"
3. quit() - shuts down selenium drivers and resets links
4. get_photos(fpath='../Data/) - downloads current photo to fpath