This was an idea for better and pretty organization of IL Lib downloaded data. In short, data hoarding.
pip install -r requirements.txt
|-- username/
| |-- Highlights/
| | |-- HighlightTitle/
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC.jpg
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC.mp4
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC.json.xz
| |-- Posts/
| | |-- DateUTC/
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC.jpg
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC_1.jpg
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC_2.mp4
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC.json.xz
| | | |-- {DATE_UTC}_UTC_comments.json
| |-- {username}.json
| |-- {username}_resume.txtNOT OPTIONAL:
For use this without errors, you need to add a @property to the Profile class:
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- Got to your site-packages folders:
- If you have a virtual env:
venv\Lib\site-packages\instaloader\structures.py - Or global python:
python3Folder\Lib\site-packages\instaloader\structures.py
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- Paste this code wherever inside
Profileclass, i recommend belowbiographyproperty at line:876
- Paste this code wherever inside
@property
def entities(self) -> str:
'''This property will return a list or single ``string`` of the sponsored accounts/entities showed in the target profile
or ``No sponsors list.`` string.
'''
# Check if the target has entities.
if len(self._metadata('biography_with_entities')["entities"]) == 0:
return "No sponsors list."
else:
# If so, create the list/single string and return it.
sponsorsList = ""
for item in self._metadata('biography_with_entities')["entities"]:
sponsorsList = sponsorsList + f'{item["user"]["username"]}\n'
return sponsorsListI open a pull req to instaloader lib with that modification: My Pull Req