InstaCapture is a Python package that allows you to anonymously download Instagram stories, posts, reels, IGTV videos, and profile pictures. It provides two main modules:

• InstaStory for downloading stories (requires user cookies)
• InstaPost for downloading reels, posts, IGTV videos, and profile pictures (no cookies required)

📌 Project Page: InstaCapture on PyPI

📌 Live Demo: InstaCapture

✅ Download Instagram stories using user cookies.
✅ Download reels, posts, IGTV videos, and profile pictures without cookies.
✅ Simple and easy-to-use Python API.

Install the package using pip:

pip install instacapture

from instacapture import InstaStory, InstaPost

cookies = {}

story_obj = InstaStory()
story_obj.cookies = cookies

story_obj.username = 'Enter username or profile link'
story_obj.story_download()

story_obj.username = 'Enter username or profile link'
story_obj.story_download()

1. Open Chrome and go to Instagram.
2. Log in to your account.
3. Right-click anywhere and select Inspect.
4. Go to the Network tab.
5. Refresh the page.
6. Find a request to instagram.com.
7. Click on the request.
8. Right-click on the request and select Copy as cURL.
9. Paste the copied cURL command into a tool like cURL to Python Converter.
10. Copy the cookies from the converted Python code.
11. Assign the cookies to the cookies variable in your script.

post_obj = InstaPost()

post_obj.reel_id = "Enter Post/Reel URL or code"
post_obj.media_download()

post_obj.reel_id = "Enter another Post/Reel URL or code"
post_obj.media_download()

⚠️ Ensure your cookies are up to date when downloading stories. 📌 For reels, posts, IGTV, and profile pictures, cookies are not required.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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