diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f256627..2ceb32e 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ Instaloader =========== -Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from -a given set of profiles (even if private), from your feed or from all -followees of a given profile. -Usage ------ +Installation +------------ instaloader is written in Python, thus ensure having `Python `__ (at least version 3.3) installed. -If you intend to use this tool under Windows, it is highly recommended -to first install +If you intend to use this tool under Windows, it is recommended +to install `win-unicode-console `__. If you have `pip `__ installed, you @@ -29,15 +26,18 @@ and invoke bundled ``setup.py`` (requiring :: - ./setup.py install [--user] + python3 setup.py install [--user] (pass ``--user`` to install it for your user only instead of globally) instaloader requires -`python3-requests `__, which +`requests `__, which will be installed automatically by setup.py, if not already installed. -Now, to download a set of profiles, do +How to automatically download pictures from Instagram +----------------------------------------------------- + +To download a set of profiles, do :: @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ invoke it with When invoked like this, it also **stores the session cookies** in a file in ``/tmp``, which will be reused later when ``--login`` is given. So you can download private profiles **non-interactively** when you already -have a valid session cookies file. +have a valid session cookie file. If you want to **download all followees of a given profile**, call @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ If you want to **download all followees of a given profile**, call instaloader --login=your_username @profile -To **download all the pictures which you have liked**, call +To **download all the pictures from your feed which you have liked**, call :: diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py index cceb492..828b344 100755 --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ setup( license='MIT', author='Alexander Graf, André Koch-Kramer', author_email='mail@agraf.me, koch-kramer@web.de', - description='Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given ' - 'set of profiles (even if private), from your feed or from all followees of a ' - 'given profile.', + description='Tool to download Instagram pictures (or videos) and captions from a given set of ' + 'profiles (even if private), from your feed or from all followees of a given ' + 'profile.', long_description=open('README.rst').read(), install_requires=['requests>=2.4'], python_requires='>=3.3',