@neguin/insta-dl

insta-dl

Overview

@neguin/insta-dl is a tool for downloading media from Instagram. It uses Playwright to interact with Instagram pages and extract media URLs.

Features

• Validates Instagram URLs.
• Downloads media (images and videos) from Instagram posts.
• Handles different types of Instagram media, including sidecar posts.

Installation

npm install @neguin/insta-dl
npx playwright install

Usage

To download media from an Instagram URL, use the instaDl function. This function takes an Instagram URL as input and returns an array of media URLs.

Example:

const { instaDownload } = require('@neguin/insta-dl');

(async () => {
    const mediaUrls = await instaDl('https://www.instagram.com/p/C0-fN1dLPNi/');
    console.log(mediaUrls);
})();

Output:

{
	"type": "video",
	"urls": [
    	"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/411871655_6943863569015015_2167177240664383492_n.mp4?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=CEO103UVEfEAX_axHSD&edm=APs17CUBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfBP_Z24NC2U_2z2BBBhfoBp0AGPrqZyXITd_ZvRnmOiGQ&oe=6581A508&_nc_sid=10d13b"
	]
}