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@ -9,29 +9,29 @@ Ensure having [Python](https://www.python.org/) (at least version 3.3) and
After having downloaded instaloader.py, you invoke it with
```
instaloader.py profile [profile ...]
./instaloader.py profile [profile ...]
```
where `profile` is the name of a profile you want to download. Instead of only one profile, you may
also specify a list of profiles.
To later update your local copy of that profile, you may run
```
instaloader.py --fast-update profile [profile ...]
./instaloader.py --fast-update profile [profile ...]
```
When `--fast-update` is given, instaloder terminates when arriving at the first already-downloaded
picture.
Instaloader can also be used to **download private profiles**. To do so, invoke it with
```
instaloader.py --login username profile [profile ...]
./instaloader.py --login=your_username profile [profile ...]
```
When invoked like this, it also **stores the session cookies** in a file in `/tmp`, which will later
be reused when `--login` is given. So you can download private profiles **non-interactively** when
you already have a valid session cookies file.
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.
The `--quiet` option makes it also **suitable as a cron job**.
To get a list of other helpful flags, run `instaloader.py --help`.
To get a list of other helpful flags, run `./instaloader.py --help`.
## Usage as library