Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@joshkoenig
Created April 5, 2015 22:05
Show Gist options
  • Save joshkoenig/f926154bc34bceed0955 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save joshkoenig/f926154bc34bceed0955 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
"""
Will pull images from a tag.
I'm using this to make a photobook of my brother in law's wedding,
but you might find it helpful for any number of other things.
"""
from instagram.client import InstagramAPI
from pprint import pprint
import urlparse
import urllib
access_token = "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
api = InstagramAPI(access_token=access_token)
max_tag_id = None
while True:
tagged, next_url = api.tag_recent_media(tag_name="YOUR_TAG",
count=10, max_tag_id=max_tag_id)
for media in tagged:
if media.type is 'video':
continue
if media.images.get('standard_resolution') is not None:
filename = media.id + '.jpg'
urllib.urlretrieve(media.images.get('standard_resolution').url, filename)
print "Wrote to %s" % filename
if next_url is None:
break
p = urlparse.urlparse(next_url)
max_tag_id = urlparse.parse_qs(p.query)['max_tag_id'][0]
print "\nNext page, starting with max_tag_id %s\n" % max_tag_id
print "\nDONE!\n"
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment