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Instagram Influencer Scraper

What is this

This script scrapes handle and name from top posts on Instagram based on #hashtags using selenium webdriver

How it works

  1. Logs in
  2. Find instagram top posts by provided #hashtag
  3. Navigate to each @handle and saves @handle, name in a file

Set up

  • Python 3.x+
  • pip
  1. pip install -r requirements.txt
  2. Download chromedriver. Place in root directory.
  3. Create influencers and tags file (no extension) in root directory
  4. Set IG_USERNAME and IG_PASSWORD environment variables
  5. $ python app.py

tags file should look like:

gaming
mensfashion

Results will be stored in influencers file. E.g.

pewdiepie,PewDiePie
markiplier,Markiplier

Configuration

  1. MAX_HANDLE_ATTEMPTS set to 25 by default. Sets the number of posts the script will scrape in a single run.
  2. MINIMUM_FOLLOWER_COUNT set to 10000 by default. Sets the minimum number of followers for influencer to be recorded.

Features

  • Duplicate @handles will not be saved to influencers file

Please note

  • Emojis/special characters in names are ignored when saving to influencers
  • Commas in names are replaced as a space