From b7ea0d595393050fc4078471ca7e9ca63787db57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Graf <mail@agraf.me>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:09:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] download_profiles: Check errors only if required
Fixes #178, where with `--profile-pic-only` an error message is printed
(without any further implications) when downloading profile pictures of private
profiles without being logged in.
---
instaloader/instaloader.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/instaloader/instaloader.py b/instaloader/instaloader.py
index f7e8a9e..9c1e0cf 100644
--- a/instaloader/instaloader.py
+++ b/instaloader/instaloader.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ class Instaloader:
self.download_profilepic(profile)
# Catch some errors
- if profile.is_private:
+ if profile.is_private and (tagged or highlights or posts):
if not self.context.is_logged_in:
raise LoginRequiredException("--login=USERNAME required.")
if not profile.followed_by_viewer and self.context.username != profile.username: