Instascrape

Simple cross-platform Instagram scraper

🚀 Usage

🔧 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Git (to clone repo)

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🖥 Run it (Linux/macOS)

chmod +x start.sh
./start.sh

🪟 Run it (Windows)

Double-click start.bat or Run in terminal:

start.bat

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🛠 What it does

1. Creates a virtual environment (venv/)
2. Installs dependencies from requirements.txt
3. Installs the required Playwright browser (Chromium)
4. Runs the scraper via run.py

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🧼 To reset

If stuff breaks or you want a clean install:

rm -rf venv
./start.sh

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📝 Notes

• First run might take a bit — Chromium download is ~100MB.
• Script assumes you're online.
• No bundling, packaging, or PyInstaller needed. Just run it.

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📂 Structure

Instascrape/
├── main.py              # Some goofy ahh modules
├── run.py               # Main entry point
├── requirements.txt     # Dependencies
├── start.sh             # Linux/macOS launcher
├── start.bat            # Windows launcher
└── README.md            # You're here