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Save metadata JSON with --metadata-json

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With --metadata-json, a JSON file for each post is created saving the
Post properties defined in instaloader.Post class, i.e. caption, number
of likes, people tagged in caption or the picture itself, etc.

This closes #33 and closes #47.
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Alexander Graf
2017-09-29 14:02:58 +02:00
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@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ Instaloader supports the following targets:
Instaloader goes through all media matching the specified targets and
downloads the pictures and videos and their captions. You can specify
- :option:`--comments`, to also **download comments** of each post and
- :option:`--comments`, to also **download comments** of each post,
- :option:`--geotags`, to **download geotags** of each post and save them as
Google Maps link.
Google Maps link,
- :option:`--metadata-json`, to store further post metadata in a separate JSON
file.
.. _filename-specification:

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@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ Instead of a *profile* or a *#hashtag*, the special targets
Also **download stories** of each profile that is downloaded. Requires
:option:`--login`.
.. option:: --metadata-json
Create a JSON file containing the metadata of each post. This does not
include comments (see :option:`--comments`) nor geotags (see
:option:`--geotags`). The JSON files contain the properties of
:class:`instaloader.Post`.
.. option:: --stories-only
Rather than downloading regular posts of each specified profile, only