Archive all posts on instagram

archive.py

from instagram_private_api import Client, ClientCompatPatch
from instagram_private_api.errors import ClientError

username = ""
password = ""
api = Client(username, password) # have to disable 2fa

posts = []
user_feed = api.user_feed(api.authenticated_user_id, max_id="")
posts.extend(user_feed['items'])

while user_feed['more_available'] == True:
    user_feed = api.user_feed(api.authenticated_user_id, max_id=user_feed['next_max_id'])
    posts.extend(user_feed['items'])

print(len(posts))

for post in posts:
    try:
        api.media_only_me(post['id'], post['media_type'])
    except ClientError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}, for {post['id']}")
        continue
    if post['caption']:
        print(f"Archived {post['caption']['text']}")
    else:
        print(f"Archived post {post['id']}")

requirements.txt

instagram-private-api @ git+https://git@github.com/ping/instagram_private_api.git@1d70e99bc11591161b0cd71cff3f0c08cd04b34f