White Clip Loader, v1.0.0

The utility for a bulk downloading of reels from Instagram*.

Major version. Implementation of downloading by username list.

* Запрещена в России / Banned in Russia.

requests to the Instagram* API:
- authorization by username and password:
  - saving sessions between utility runs;
- support for a proxy;
- random delay between requests in the specified range;
downloading of reels:
- to the specified output directory;
- automatic creation of output subdirectories:
  - by source name (optionally);
  - by downloading date (optionally);
sources for downloading:
- by usernames:
  - support for downloading by username list;
  - random reel count for downloading in the specified range.

* Запрещена в России / Banned in Russia.

$ white-clip-loader -v | --version
$ white-clip-loader -h | --help
$ white-clip-loader [options]

Options:

-v, --version — show the program version number and exit;
-h, --help — show this help message and exit;
-V, --verbose — verbose logging; can be specified several times: the more times, the more verbose;
-u [USERNAME ...], --usernames [USERNAME ...] — Instagram* usernames for downloading (supports several usernames, e.g., --usernames foo bar);
--min-count COUNT — minimum clip count for downloading (default: 10);
--max-count COUNT — maximum clip count for downloading (default: 20);
--min-delay DURATION — minimum delay between requests (default: 3s);
--max-delay DURATION — maximum delay between requests (default: 4s);
-o PATH, --output PATH — path to an output directory (default: output);
--no-source-subdirs — don't create source subdirectories;
--no-date-subdirs — don't create date subdirectories.

Environment variables:

Environment variables can be specified in a .env config in the format:

NAME_1=value_1
NAME_2=value_2
...

A .env config will never modify any environment variables that have already been set.

* Запрещена в России / Banned in Russia.