from glob import glob from os.path import expanduser from sqlite3 import connect from instaloader import ConnectionException, Instaloader # FIREFOXCOOKIEFILE = "/home/alex/.mozilla/firefox/l96w6b90.default/cookies.sqlite" FIREFOXCOOKIEFILE = glob(expanduser("~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/cookies.sqlite"))[0] instaloader = Instaloader(max_connection_attempts=1) instaloader.context._session.cookies.update(connect(FIREFOXCOOKIEFILE) .execute("SELECT name, value FROM moz_cookies " "WHERE baseDomain='instagram.com'")) try: username = instaloader.test_login() if not username: raise ConnectionException() except ConnectionException: raise SystemExit("Cookie import failed. Are you logged in successfully in Firefox?") instaloader.context.username = username instaloader.save_session_to_file()