Instagram downloader, supports albums, images, videos and albums with images and videos.

instaload.py

import sys, os, json, re
import urllib.request as req

if (len(sys.argv) < 2):
	print("Usage: instaload.py <url>")
	sys.exit(1)

url = sys.argv[1]
url = re.sub(r"\?.*", "", url)
url = url + "?__a=1"
print("URL: " + url)

html = req.urlopen(url).read()

# jsonData = re.search(r"window\._sharedData = (.+);<\/script>", html).group(1)
# data = json.loads(jsonData)["entry_data"]["PostPage"][0]["graphql"]["shortcode_media"]

jsonData = html
data = json.loads(jsonData)["graphql"]["shortcode_media"]

shortcode = data["shortcode"]

def handleNode(node, index = -1):
	if node["is_video"]:
		print("Media is video")
		dlFile(node["video_url"], "mp4", index)
	else:
		print("Media is image")
		dlBestImage(node["display_resources"], index)

def dlFile(url, type, index = -1):
	if index == -1:
		fileName = shortcode + "." + type
	else:
		fileName = shortcode + "_" + str(index) + "." + type
	print("Downloading: " + url)
	os.system("curl -so \'" + fileName + "\' \'" + url + "\'")

def dlBestImage(display_resources, index = -1):
	url = display_resources[-1]["src"]
	dlFile(url, "jpg", index)

if "edge_sidecar_to_children" in data:
	sys.stderr.write("Album detected\n")
	nodes = data["edge_sidecar_to_children"]["edges"]
	index = 0
	for node in nodes:
		handleNode(node["node"], index)
		index += 1
else:
	sys.stderr.write("Single media detected\n")
	handleNode(data)