ig-scrap-cache

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search media using tag name, and cache that using redis

initial

var IgScrapCache = require('ig-scrap-cache')
 
var igScrap = new IgScrapCache({
  redis: {  
    //redis options
    port: 6379,
    host: '127.0.0.1'
  },
  config: {
    //optional, defaults
    force: false,
    cacheTime: 60*30,//30mins
    enableFirstTime: false
  }
})

CONFIGS

redis

• node-redis site

config

config	required	etc	default
force	false	force update, ignore cache	false
cacheTime	false	cached time	30*60
aheadTime	false	enable caching time ahead of cached time	5*60
enableFirstTime	false	enable a loading at first time	false

useage

search media by tags

//https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/{{tab}}/ or tag
igScrap.getMediaByTag(tag_name/*or url*/, function (err, result) {
//result
})

search media by users

 
// https://www.instagram.com/{{userid}}/ or userid
igScrap.getMediaByUser(user/*or url*/, function (err, result) {
//result
})

search users

 
// https://www.instagram.com/{{userid}}/ or userid
igScrap.getUser(user/*or url*/, function (err, result) {
  var user = result.user
  var media = result.media
})

search media by users

it is unstable

 
// https://www.instagram.com/{{userid}}/ or https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/{{tab}}
igScrap.getMedia(url, function (err, result) {
// result.thumbnails()
// result.standard()
//result
})

clear cache

 
//remove cache about cache time, cache result, not queue
igScrap.getMedia(url, function (err, result) {
  // result.thumbnails()
  // result.standard()
  //result
})

warning

In case of first time in search by tag, return empty array, use enableFirstTime option

change log

1.1.0

• tag_name, user can be repleaced as url
• add method 'getMedia'

2.0.0

• use namespace (IGSCRAPE)
• add getUser, clearCache
• crawling code is modularized

3.0.0

• version up ig-scrap module

test

• npm test