instagram-common-likers-1.py

import re
import json
import requests  # pip install requests

profile_pat = re.compile('<script type="text/javascript">window\._sharedData = (.*);</script>')
username = 'onurmatik'  # instagram username to check its posts

# The exception handling is excluded for brevity
response = requests.get('https://www.instagram.com/%s/' % username)
match = profile_pat.findall(response.text)
parsed = json.loads(match[0])
shortcodes = [
    m['code'] for m in parsed['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['media']['nodes']
]