Instagram download is down #322

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2025-11-09T09:46:14-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:14 -06:00

Originally created by @aimen08 on GitHub (Jun 20, 2024).

bug description
Instagram download is down.

reproduction steps
steps to reproduce the behavior:

download any video from Instagram

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platform

website
self-hosting

Originally created by @aimen08 on GitHub (Jun 20, 2024). **bug description** Instagram download is down. **reproduction steps** steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. download any video from Instagram **screenshots** <img width="1174" alt="image" src="https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/assets/32209952/a672ed07-680f-4f7a-a9b4-5e0fb1b58ccd"> **platform** - website - self-hosting

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:15 -06:00

@ihatespawn commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024):

only affects the main instance, try another instance
https://instances.hyper.lol/

@ihatespawn commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024): only affects the main instance, try another instance https://instances.hyper.lol/

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:15 -06:00

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024):

only affects the main instance

nope, it's a global issue that affects all instances with either big enough traffic or datacenter ips. it's an unfixable issue atm

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024): > only affects the main instance nope, it's a global issue that affects **all** instances with either big enough traffic or datacenter ips. it's an unfixable issue atm

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:15 -06:00

@aimen08 commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024):

Hey @wukko i want to help fix this issue , just before i start i'm studying the code of Instagram module, this is how it's setup right ?

graph TD
    A[Start: Module called with object] --> B{Check input}
    B -->|postId present| C[Call getPost]
    B -->|username and storyId present| D[Call getStory]
    B -->|Neither condition met| E[Return ErrorUnsupported]

    C --> F[Attempt to fetch post data]
    F --> G{Data fetched successfully?}
    G -->|Yes| H[Extract post data]
    G -->|No| I[Return ErrorCouldntFetch]
    H --> J[Return post data]

    D --> K[Convert username to userId]
    K --> L[Fetch story data]
    L --> M{Story data found?}
    M -->|Yes| N[Extract story data]
    M -->|No| O[Return ErrorEmptyDownload]
    N --> P[Return story data]

    subgraph "getPost function"
    F --> F1[Try mobile API with token]
    F1 --> F2[Try mobile API without token]
    F2 --> F3[Try HTML embed]
    F3 --> F4[Try web app GraphQL API]
    end

    subgraph "Data extraction"
    H --> H1{Is it an old or new post format?}
    H1 -->|Old| H2[Extract using extractOldPost]
    H1 -->|New| H3[Extract using extractNewPost]
    end

Ps : i'm seeing few telegram bots that are able to download from instagram , so i think we might be missing something

@aimen08 commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024): Hey @wukko i want to help fix this issue , just before i start i'm studying the code of Instagram module, this is how it's setup right ? ```mermaid graph TD A[Start: Module called with object] --> B{Check input} B -->|postId present| C[Call getPost] B -->|username and storyId present| D[Call getStory] B -->|Neither condition met| E[Return ErrorUnsupported] C --> F[Attempt to fetch post data] F --> G{Data fetched successfully?} G -->|Yes| H[Extract post data] G -->|No| I[Return ErrorCouldntFetch] H --> J[Return post data] D --> K[Convert username to userId] K --> L[Fetch story data] L --> M{Story data found?} M -->|Yes| N[Extract story data] M -->|No| O[Return ErrorEmptyDownload] N --> P[Return story data] subgraph "getPost function" F --> F1[Try mobile API with token] F1 --> F2[Try mobile API without token] F2 --> F3[Try HTML embed] F3 --> F4[Try web app GraphQL API] end subgraph "Data extraction" H --> H1{Is it an old or new post format?} H1 -->|Old| H2[Extract using extractOldPost] H1 -->|New| H3[Extract using extractNewPost] end ``` Ps : i'm seeing few telegram bots that are able to download from instagram , so i think we might be missing something

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:15 -06:00

@dumbmoron commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024):

i want to help fix this issue , just before i start i'm studying the code of Instagram module, this is how it's setup right ?

@aimen08 looks about right to me, except "Return post data" comes after extractOld/NewPost

@dumbmoron commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2024): > i want to help fix this issue , just before i start i'm studying the code of Instagram module, this is how it's setup right ? @aimen08 looks about right to me, except "Return post data" comes after extractOld/NewPost

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 09:46:16 -06:00

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2024):

duplicate of #572

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2024): duplicate of #572