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Saurabh Chavan
Saurabh Chavan

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Download Instagram profile picture using python

Hello everyone☀️❤️
Welcome🤝🙏
In this tutorial, we will learn🧾

How to download Instagram profile picture using python🐍.

So,For that we need one module, the name of the module is Instaloader

So,first, download the module Instaloader.

How to download👇

Go to the command prompt.

Simple search cmd or command prompt in the search box and open command prompt

you can see in the below 👇picture and open command prompt.

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ok you successfully opened command prompt🦸.

So now using the following command you can download the Instaloader module✨.

     $ Pip install Instaloader
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Simple type Pip install Instaloader in the command prompt and then Instaloader will be download🛒.

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You successfully 🦸downloaded instaloader module.

So now go to your favourite 💻editor my favourite is VScode.you can download VScode from here https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Go to, The VScode and create a python file.The name of python file is insta_profile.py(you can write your own).
Then📝Write the code in the python file.

   import instaloader

   mod=instaloader.Instaloader()

   user=input("Enter instagram username:")

   mod.download_profile(user,profile_pic_only=True)
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So we completed the code now run the python file🏃.

Open terminal and type..

   $ Python insta_profile.py(Python filename.py)
   Enter Instagram username:100rabhch(your Instagram username)
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Your profile picture is ready💁.

🚶Go to the python file location .

🕺You can see the name of the folder 100rabhch(your Instagram username folder)open it.

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You can see your profile picture successfully download🕺🕺.

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🤵hope this tutorial is helpfull.
Thank you 😻⚡
Here is tutorial video👇
https://youtu.be/8_FGgxrNWt8

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