jarsky / instaloader-docker

Instaloader Docker

This is a Dockerfile to automatically build a new Docker for the official Instaloader. The Dockerfile will grab the latest release version that is available as a release on the Instaloader GitHub page

The official Instaloader Project: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader

Installation

1. Clone the Repository
2. Edit the docker-compose.yml with your environment
3. Run ./instaloader.sh to install Instaloader and to update the docker container

Usage

For full Instaloader usage, refer to their documentation here.

This docker image will allow you to pass "settings" and "profiles" arguments automatically.

The default for Docker would typically be /opt/instaloader/config The files to be created are: settings.txt profiles.txt

The settings file contains instaloader arguments. I recommend creating the file with at least the following arguments:

--login=myusername 
--sessionfile=/session-filename 
--stories
--highlights
--tagged
--fast-update

The profiles file contains a list of line seperated profiles or hashtags to scrape.

user1
user2
#hashtag1
#hashtag2
[etc]

Updating Session File & Profile List (Powershell)

You're probably running your Docker on a remote server.
You can use the included Powershell Script on your Windows PC to remotely update these automatically.

Requirements:

You must be running Docker on Linux
You must have Key Authentication setup for SSH (SFTP) (Key required in PPK format i.e PuTTyKeyGen)
Requires 615_import_firefox_session.py
Requires WinSCP installed and Windows PATH configured
Firefox Browser

Usage:

Download the instaloader.ps1 script to your Windows PC
Ensure you have all the requirements
Right click the script and edit the Variables section
Do not edit below the variables unless you know what you're doing
Run the Powershell script to update your sessions file and/or profile list