instagramphotodownloader.py

""" Instagram Photo Downloader
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"""
from sys import argv
import urllib
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import datetime
def ShowHelp():
    print 'Insta Image Downloader'
    print ''
    print 'Usage:'
    print 'insta.py [OPTION] [URL]'
    print ''
    print 'Options:'
    print '-u [Instagram URL]\tDownload single photo from Instagram URL'
    print '-f [File path]\t\tDownload Instagram photo(s) using file list'
    print '-h, --help\t\tShow this help message'
    print ''
    print 'Example:'
    print 'python insta.py -u https://instagram.com/p/xxxxx'
    print 'python insta.py -f /home/username/filelist.txt'
    print ''
    exit()
def DownloadSingleFile(fileURL):
    print 'Downloading image...'
    f = urllib.urlopen(fileURL)
    htmlSource = f.read()
    soup = BeautifulSoup(htmlSource,'html.parser')
    metaTag = soup.find_all('meta', {'property':'og:image'})
    imgURL = metaTag[0]['content']
    fileName = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S") + '.jpg'
    urllib.urlretrieve(imgURL, fileName)
    print 'Done. Image saved to disk as ' + fileName
if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(argv) == 1:
        ShowHelp()
    if argv[1] in ('-h', '--help'):
        ShowHelp()
    elif argv[1] == '-u':
        instagramURL = argv[2]
        DownloadSingleFile(instagramURL)
    elif argv[1] == '-f':
        filePath = argv[2]
        f = open(filePath)
        line = f.readline()
        while line:
            instagramURL = line.rstrip('\n')
            DownloadSingleFile(instagramURL)
            line = f.readline()
        f.close()