instagram-scraper
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Can't scrape date. Please try again or submit issue to the github
import scrapper from 'instatouch';
const options = {
// Number of posts to scrape: {int default: 0}
count: 10,
// Download posts or not. {boolean default: false}
download: false,
// Archive downloaded posts. {boolean default: false}
// If set to {false} then posts will be saved in the newly created folder
zip: false,
// How many post should be downloaded asynchronously. Only if {download:true}: {int default: 5}
asyncDownload: 5,
// Media type to scrape: ["image", "video", "all"]: {string default: 'all'}
mediaType: 'image',
// Set proxy {string[] | string default: ''}
// http proxy: 127.0.0.1:8080
// socks proxy: socks5://127.0.0.1:8080
// You can pass proxies as an array and scraper will randomly select a proxy from the array to execute the requests
proxy: '',
// File name that will be used to save data to: {string default: '[id]'}
filename: '[id]',
// File path where all files will be saved: {string default: 'USER_HOME_DIR'}
filepath: `USER_HOME_DIR`,
// Output with information can be saved to a CSV or JSON files: {string default: 'na'}
// 'csv' to save in csv
// 'json' to save in json
// 'all' to save in json and csv
// 'na' to skip this step
filetype: `json`,
// Set initial cursor value to start pagination over the feed from the specific point: {string default: ''}
endCursor: '',
// Timeout between requests. If error 'rate limit' received then this option can be useful: {int default: 0}
timeout: 0,
// Some endpoints do require a valid session cookie value
// This value can be taken from the instagram web(you need to be authorized in the web version)
// Open inspector(google chrome -> right click on the web page -> inspector->Network)
// refresh page and in the "Network" section you will see the request, select it
// scroll down to the "Request Headers" section and look for "cookie:" section
// and there you will find this value "sessionid=BLAHLBAH"
session: "sessionid=BLAHLBAH"
};
async function getPost(username) {
const pictures = await scrapper.user(username, options);
return pictures;
}
let data = await getPost("wtfpratyush");
console.log(data);
I am using the above code but the following error appears:
throw new Error(`Can't scrape date. Please try again or submit issue to the github`); ^
Error: Can't scrape date. Please try again or submit issue to the github
at InstaTouch.extractData (f:\Projects\discord-bot\node_modules\instatouch\build\core\InstaTouch.js:373:27)
at async InstaTouch.startScraper (f:\Projects\discord-bot\node_modules\instatouch\build\core\InstaTouch.js:150:13)
at async promiseScraper (f:\Projects\discord-bot\node_modules\instatouch\build\entry.js:112:20)
at async getPost (file:///f:/Projects/discord-bot/src/temp.js:55:22)
at async file:///f:/Projects/discord-bot/src/temp.js:59:12