def retrieve_posts_from_tag(client: ApiClient, tag: str,
limit: int) -> List[dict]:
obj = ps.RetrieveByTag(tag_name=tag)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(obj)
retrieved_items = []
while result and len(retrieved_items) < limit:
retrieved_items.extend(result)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(obj)
return retrieved_items[:limit:]
def retrieve_posts_from_tag(client: ApiClient, tag: str,
limit: int) -> List[models.Post]:
"""Retrieve x amount of posts tagged with a tag.
Args:
client: your `ApiClient`
limit: maximum amount of posts to retrieve
tag: the tag to search for
Returns:
A list of Instagram post objects (objects/post.json).
"""
obj = ps.RetrieveByTag(tag_name=tag)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(obj)
retrieved_items = []
while result and len(retrieved_items) < limit:
logger.info(f"Retrieved {len(retrieved_items)} posts by tag")
retrieved_items.extend(result)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(obj)
return [models.Post.parse(p) for p in retrieved_items[:limit:]]
from instauto.api.client import ApiClient
from instauto.api.actions import post as ps
from instauto.api.actions import search as se
if __name__ == '__main__':
if os.path.isfile('./.instauto.save'):
client = ApiClient.initiate_from_file('./.instauto.save')
else:
client = ApiClient(username=os.environ.get("INSTAUTO_USER")
or "your_username",
password=os.environ.get("INSTAUTO_PASS")
or "your_password")
client.log_in()
client.save_to_disk('./.instauto.save')
s = se.Tag('instagram', 1)
resp = client.search_tag(s).json()
results = resp['results'][0]
tag_name = results['name']
rbt = ps.RetrieveByTag(tag_name)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(rbt)
retrieved_items = []
# retrieve the first 20 posts
while result and len(retrieved_items) < 20:
retrieved_items.extend(result)
obj, result = client.post_retrieve_by_tag(obj)
print(f"Retrieved {len(result)} new posts!")
print(f"Retrieved a total of {len(retrieved_items)} posts!")