instaloader/instaloader v4.1b1

Version 4.1b1

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• Download highlights of a profile: option --highlights, class Highlight, methods Instaloader.get_highlights(), Instaloader.download_highlights() (#162)
• Download posts where a given profile is tagged: option --tagged, method Instaloader.download_tagged() (contributed by @e5150 in #154)
• Prevent pictures from being downloaded with option --no-pictures (#131)
• Download single post with target -shortcode (#129)
• Allow reading arguments from file with +args.txt (contributed by @AndCycle in #161)
• Prevent download of regular profile posts with option --no-posts, obsoleting --stories-only and --profile-pic-only
• New method Instaloader.download_profiles(), efficiently handling downloading of multiple profiles and their stories, deprecating Instaloader.download_profile()
• Tidy up output of --help

Changes since 4.1a1:

• Export method Instaloader.format_filename() to apply filename pattern
• Store tagged posts in username/:tagged rather than username:tagged
• In-memory cache to map profile ids to profiles
• Adjust GraphQL rate limits for Profile.from_id()

This is a beta release; Upgrade with

pip3 install --pre --upgrade instaloader