Python script to scrape Instagram and Threads
Python script to scrape Instagram and Threads
python scripts to scrape data from Instagram and Threads.net - Ghodawalaaman/instagram_threads_scraper
Hello,
I have made Python scripts to scrape Instagram and Threads. I would like some suggestion or criticism :D
My only question is: why?
Edit: maybe a second question: are you asking for a code review?
You know that "anti commercial AI license" shit does nothing, right? It's the equivalent of idiots posting that wall of text on Facebook a decade or so ago saying they don't give Facebook permission to use their pictures, posts...etc.
I mean if it makes you feel better and gives you a sense of control in an otherwise out-of-your-control environment then I suppose go for it, but you're not actually accomplishing anything other than making yourself feel slightly better and more deluded.
It's the equivalent of idiots posting that wall of text on Facebook a decade or so ago saying they don't give Facebook permission to use their pictures, posts...etc.
I think it's quite different. On facebook, you have accepted a ToS telling that facebook now owns that data. Also, that "movement" was against facebook, the platform itself.
Here you haven't accepted a ToS that wants to use your submissions for whatever they please (or did you?), and also, this movement is against outside parties, not the platform provider.I don't think its been tested in court
Does it need to be logged in?
only scrape_instagram.py requires login. you need to change 8th line of scrape_instagram.py to log into instagram. however you don't need to log in to scrape Threads.