Requesting instagram posts / carousel / photos is not working from local instance #911

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-09T10:01:42-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 10:01:42 -06:00

Originally created by @IlyaShorin on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025).

problem description

Hi!
I can't download any picture / carousel from instagram via local instance, im getting this error

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"  -H "Accept: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://instagram.com/p/DL5lE1IueOC/"}'  http://localhost:9000/
{"status":"error","error":{"code":"error.api.fetch.fail","context":{"service":"instagram"}}}%  

curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": 
  "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsYhQ1N5xA/?igsh=ZHZ1NGtiZmhkeG5s"}' http://localhost:9000/
{"status":"error","error":{"code":"error.api.fetch.empty"}}

I found out that latest version of local instance via docker-compose is 11.2.2 and for pnpm run start is 11.2.3 but cobalt.tools is 11.2.4, maybe that's the problem&

your instance configuration

no changes at all

Originally created by @IlyaShorin on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025). ### problem description Hi! I can't download any picture / carousel from instagram via local instance, im getting this error ```bash curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://instagram.com/p/DL5lE1IueOC/"}' http://localhost:9000/ {"status":"error","error":{"code":"error.api.fetch.fail","context":{"service":"instagram"}}}% curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsYhQ1N5xA/?igsh=ZHZ1NGtiZmhkeG5s"}' http://localhost:9000/ {"status":"error","error":{"code":"error.api.fetch.empty"}} ``` I found out that latest version of local instance via docker-compose is 11.2.2 and for pnpm run start is 11.2.3 but cobalt.tools is 11.2.4, maybe that's the problem& ### your instance configuration ```shell no changes at all ```

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 10:01:43 -06:00

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025):

this is caused by your ip address being rate limited by instagram. you may have to use a proxy or other ways to go around the ip-based rate limit. since this is not an issue with cobalt, i'm closing this issue.

@wukko commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025): this is caused by your ip address being rate limited by instagram. you may have to use a proxy or other ways to go around the ip-based rate limit. since this is not an issue with cobalt, i'm closing this issue.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-09 10:01:43 -06:00

@nirmalparmar commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025):

Facing same issue, what is the other way? How cobalt.tools is able to fetch

@nirmalparmar commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025): Facing same issue, what is the other way? How cobalt.tools is able to fetch

GiteaMirror referenced this issue

2025-11-09 10:09:45 -06:00

[PR #911] [MERGED] api/test: replace test.js with test-ci.js #1281

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