Instagram Image Downloader

Insta.py

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()