If the option -d or -download-only and points to a valid text file with list of user ids then the story will be downloaded for only those id listed in this file. There is a options to download only user ids listed in include.txt text file. A Windows Scheduled Task or a Unix cron job is recommended to perform this automatically. To periodically obtain stories from followed users, run this script at least every 24 hours. Value of ds_user_id is your instagram user id. csrftoken=value ds_user_id=value ig_did=value ig_nrcb=value mid=value rur=value sessionid=value shbid=value shbts=value

(For this you need to set Extension->Settings->Options->Choose the preferred export format for cookies-> Semicolon separated name=value pairs). The script will ask for required information such as your username, user id, cookies etc., cookies can be obtained from the developer tools of Google Chrome or Firefox.įor exporting cookies you can install the EditThisCooki extension and follow this guide for exporting cookies in comma-separated format. On first run, a config file will be generated. d DOWNLOAD_ONLY, -download-only DOWNLOAD_ONLYĭownload stories for user id listed in the file. Path for loading and storing config key file. f CONFIG_LOCATION, -config-location CONFIG_LOCATION h, -help show this help message and exit Install using pip $ pip install -U instagram-story

Download a story from instagram