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Retry download anonymously if profile not exists

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In case you are blocked by a public profile which you intend to
download, the server responds as if the profile would not exist. Now in
this case, we retry the download without using an anonymous session.
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Alexander Graf 2017-03-19 12:52:07 +01:00
parent 23a0e32e8e
commit d246268630
1 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -670,8 +670,16 @@ def download_profiles(profilelist: List[str], username: Optional[str] = None, pa
# Iterate through targets list and download them
for target in targets:
try:
download(target, session, profile_pic_only, download_videos,
geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
try:
download(target, session, profile_pic_only, download_videos,
geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
if username is not None:
_log("\"Profile not exists\" - Trying again anonymously, helps in case you are just blocked")
download(target, get_anonymous_session(), profile_pic_only, download_videos,
geotags, fast_update, shorter_output, sleep, quiet)
else:
raise err
except NonfatalException as err:
failedtargets.append(target)
print(err, file=sys.stderr)