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Not to take anything from how great it is to have something like this, some of the supported sites have heavy rate limiting and bot detection and using this with your account can easily get you banned.

For example, I had immense difficulty parsing my own saved posts from instagram (used a one-off script that runs in the browser).

Re: Gallery-dl – download images from several image hosting sites

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post #6

Not to take anything from how great it is to have something like this, some of the supported sites have heavy rate limiting and bot detection and using this with your account can easily get you banned. For example, I had immense difficulty parsing my own saved posts from instagram (used a one-off script that runs in the browser).

Does Instagram not have an export function (similar to Facebook) for personal data to comply with CCPA and GDPR? If not, they should be reported to the appropriate regulatory bodies to encourage such an export function.

Disclaimer: I don’t have or use Insta, so apologies if this is a naive question.

Re: Gallery-dl – download images from several image hosting sites

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post #6

Not to take anything from how great it is to have something like this, some of the supported sites have heavy rate limiting and bot detection and using this with your account can easily get you banned. For example, I had immense difficulty parsing my own saved posts from instagram (used a one-off script that runs in the browser).

I wonder if there are any Instagram clients that are offline-first; save a copy of your posts locally before sending them to Instagram's servers.

Re: Gallery-dl – download images from several image hosting sites

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post #6

Not to take anything from how great it is to have something like this, some of the supported sites have heavy rate limiting and bot detection and using this with your account can easily get you banned. For example, I had immense difficulty parsing my own saved posts from instagram (used a one-off script that runs in the browser).

Does Instagram not have an export function (similar to Facebook) for personal data to comply with CCPA and GDPR? If not, they should be reported to the appropriate regulatory bodies to encourage such an export function. Disclaimer: I don’t have or use Insta, so apologies if this is a naive question.

They do. You can easily get all your photos, chats, etc using that feature.

https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/181231772500920?help...

Re: Gallery-dl – download images from several image hosting sites

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Does Instagram not have an export function (similar to Facebook) for personal data to comply with CCPA and GDPR? If not, they should be reported to the appropriate regulatory bodies to encourage such an export function. Disclaimer: I don’t have or use Insta, so apologies if this is a naive question.

They do. You can easily get all your photos, chats, etc using that feature. https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/181231772500920?help...

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