insta-collect

Installation

pip install insta-collect

playwright install

CLI Usage

insta-collect --tag donaldtrump --limit 7

Sample JSON Output

[
    {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DS3MmgOCTBl/",
    "caption": "O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump...", 
    "caption_status": "long_text",
    "timestamp": "2025-12-29T21:30:31.000Z",
    "is_video": false,
    "hashtags": [
      "EUA",
      "Venezuela",
      "DonaldTrump",
      "Ataque",
      "JovemPanNews"
    ],
    "mentions": [
      "jovempannews"
    ],
    "source_tag": "donaldtrump"
  },
,
{
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CrVuUBbN5bQ/",
    "caption": "Following the new charges against US ex-President Donald Trump...",
    "timestamp": "2023-04-22T13:04:10.000Z",
    "is_video": false,
    "hashtags": [
      "TheAfghan",
      "Afghanistan",
      "donaldtrump",
      "joebiden"
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "source_tag": "donaldtrump"
  }
]

HTML Comment Parser

python3 insta-collect.py obama.html --preview 20

[+] Total entries saved: 239
[+] JSON/XLSX generated.

--- PREVIEW ---
1. @primo_18__: Epsteins island crew
2. @mohhco: All the pedophiles in ONE picture!!!
3. @therealbunbun40: 3 great president's
4. @southernmommaa: President Bush! President Obama! 🩷💙🇺🇸🙏
5. @lo__s___: Clinton is the best president in this pic
6. @wumi_18: Clinton the better person!!
7. @benmary01: Every achievement starts with a decision to try ignorance destorys
8. @allmyvapesaredead: All thinking about the children they’re going to have for lunch
9. @collinsolivedenise: What our country needs again real leadership
...

Data Summary