Is it possible to download a list of Instagram URLs in a txt file but with individual "--range" options per URL?

[RoangC]

If I have a list of Instagram URLs in a txt file, gallery-dl automatically downloads all the images. But I only need to download specific images from each URL instead of scraping it all. For example, if my txt file looked like this:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/ --range 1, 3
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/ -- range 2, 4, 6
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_3/ --range 10

That doesn't work in gallery-dl, but is there a method that works to apply the "--range" option to individual URLs in a txt file?

Another option would be to list the specific URL for each image. For example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/?img_index=1
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/?img_index=3
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=2
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=4
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=6
https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_3/?img_index=10

However, gallery-dl downloads all the images instead of just the specified images.

[NecRaul]

is there a method that works to apply the "--range" option to individual URLs in a txt file

No, but you can do something like this to fulfill this purpose:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

declare -A DATA=(
  ["https://www.instagram.com/username1/"]="3-5"
  ["https://www.instagram.com/username2/"]="2,4,6"
  ["https://www.instagram.com/username3/"]="10"
)

for url in "${!DATA[@]}"; do
  rng="${DATA[$url]}"
  gallery-dl \
    --cookies-from-browser firefox \
    --range "$rng" \
    "$url"
done

or using gallery_dl as a module in a Python script.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import logging
from gallery_dl import job, config, output

output.initialize_logging(logging.DEBUG)
config.load()
config.set((), "cookies", ["firefox"])

data = {
    "https://www.instagram.com/username1/": "3-5",
    "https://www.instagram.com/username2/": "2,4,6",
    "https://www.instagram.com/username3/": "10",
}

for url, range in data.items():
    config.set(("extractor",), "image-range", range)
    job.DownloadJob(url).run()

[hrxn]

Another option would be to list the specific URL for each image. For example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/?img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/?img_index=3 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=2 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=4 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/?img_index=6 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_3/?img_index=10

However, gallery-dl downloads all the images instead of just the specified images.

Yes, it can't work that way. Only if IG themselves would understand/support such URLs with this kind of "parameter"

If I have a list of Instagram URLs in a txt file, gallery-dl automatically downloads all the images. But I only need to download specific images from each URL instead of scraping it all. For example, if my txt file looked like this:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_1/ --range 1, 3 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_2/ -- range 2, 4, 6 https://www.instagram.com/p/Link_3/ --range 10

That doesn't work in gallery-dl, but is there a method that works to apply the "--range" option to individual URLs in a txt file?

Yeah, there's an easy way to apply a specific option (or options) to a certain input URL, with gallery-dl built-in input file processing:

gallery-dl/gallery_dl/__init__.py

Lines 408 to 436 in 866e6df

	"""Process an input file.
	Lines starting with '#' and empty lines will be ignored.
	Lines starting with '-' will be interpreted as a key-value pair
	separated by an '='. where
	'key' is a dot-separated option name and
	'value' is a JSON-parsable string.
	These configuration options will be applied
	while processing the next URL only.
	Lines starting with '-G' are the same as above, except these options
	will be applied for *all* following URLs, i.e. they are Global.
	Everything else will be used as a potential URL.
	Example input file:
	# settings global options
	-G base-directory = "/tmp/"
	-G skip = false
	# setting local options for the next URL
	-filename="spaces_are_optional.jpg"
	-skip = true
	https://example.org/
	# next URL uses default filename and 'skip' is false.
	https://example.com/index.htm # comment1
	https://example.com/404.htm # comment2
	"""