Instagram-scraper

About the project

This is a scraper that automatically scraps posts data (image, text, comments, likes) of a given hashtag with Selenium and store them in a MongoDB database.

Installation

1. Download and install MongoDB
2. Either clone this repo or download all these files by going to Code -> Download ZIP.
3. Open the terminal inside project folder and install the required packages

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Launch your MongoDB server
2. Launch chromedriver.exe
3. Run InstagramScraper.py with the desired parameters

   InstagramScraper [database name][hashtag][number of posts]

4. A chrome window will automatically open, sit back and enjoy watching the posts being scrapped

License

MIT