Web Scrape Instagram Stories in Go

Download Instagram stories in Go. Currently only Linux systems are supported because wget is called via os/exec package.

Obtain Cookies

The following three values are must to access the Instagram story API.

• ds_user_id
• sessionid
• csrftoken

First login to Instagram from Chrome browser, and there are two ways to get the above information:

1. From Chrome Developer Tools: See this SO answer or Obtain cookies section in instastories-backup repo.

2. From Chrome extension: Use EditThisCookie or cookie-txt-export or other cookie tools.

Example

package main

import (
      "github.com/siongui/goigstorydl"
)

func main() {
      igstorydl.MonitorAndDownload("your user id", "your session id", "your csrftoken")
}

UNLICENSE

Released in public domain. See UNLICENSE.

References

[1]	GitHub - siongui/goigstorylink: Get Links (URL) of Instagram Stories in Go

[2]	GitHub - siongui/goigfollow: Get Instagram following and followers in Go