backup-direct-messages

An easy way to backup all of your Instagram direct messages in an Instagram direct thread.

Only Backup

This program will save all of your messages in output/dump_file.csv directory and download all of thread media in output.

  python main.py -u <username> -p <password> -t <thread-title>

CSV headers are :

1. UserID
2. Message
3. ItemID
4. Timestamp

Backup and clean

  python main.py -u <username> -p <password> -t <thread-title> --remove True

What is thread-title ?

Every thread has title. When you are texting to your friend in Instagram direct , You will see your friend's username in title (header). That is thread-title.

Debug mode

Use --debug True to see logs in stdout. Use --log-file to write logs into specific file.