instag.py

def fetch_with_gallery_dl(url):
    print("running fetch_with_gallery_dl")
    results = {
        "items": [],
        "page": 1,
    }

    """Fetch publicly facing URL's only using gallery-dl (https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl) and generated thumbnails."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(
            ["gallery-dl", "-G", url],
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
            text=True
        )
        if result.returncode != 0:
            raise ValueError(f"gallery-dl error: {result.stderr}")

        output = result.stdout.strip().splitlines()

        for media_url in output:
            thumb = quote(media_url, safe='')
            results["items"].append({
                "url": media_url,
                "thumb": thumb,
                "mime_type": "image/jpeg",  # Assume JPEG for simplicity
                "type": "video" if media_url.endswith(('.mp4', '.mkv', '.avi')) else "image"
            })

        return results

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error with gallery-dl: {e}")
        return {"error": "We could not fetch data"}
        
    
  """Function to pipe the urls/video to the browser once the urls are found with gallery-dl"""
  class ImageProxy(View):
    @staticmethod
    def get(request, *args, **kwargs):
        uri = request.GET.get("source")
        if not uri:
            raise Http404("Missing param'uri'")

        try:
            image_response = requests.get(uri, stream=True)
            image_response.raise_for_status()

            content_type = image_response.headers.get("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")

            return HttpResponse(image_response.content, content_type=content_type)

        except requests.RequestException as e:
            print(str(e))
            return ImageProxy.default_image()

        except Exception as e:
            print(str(e))
            return ImageProxy.default_image()

    @staticmethod
    def default_image():
        try:
            default_image_path = f"{BASE_DIR}/static/not-found.png"
            with open(default_image_path, "rb") as image_file:
                return HttpResponse(image_file.read(), content_type="image/jpeg")
        except FileNotFoundError:
            return HttpResponse("No image found.", status=500)