Instagram Downloader

A Python script for downloading Instagram reels at scale using Bright Data's Scraping Browser API with Playwright automation.

Features

• Downloads Instagram reels from a list of URLs
• Uses Bright Data Scraping Browser for advanced anti-detection
• Fresh browser instance per video to avoid navigation limits
• Real browser automation with JavaScript execution
• Adaptive concurrency based on performance
• Automatic retry and error handling
• Progress tracking and detailed reporting

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Bright Data Scraping Browser zone
• Playwright and Chromium browser
• Optional: Bright Data's Instagram dataset snapshot

Installation

1. Install required packages:

pip install playwright requests python-dotenv

2. Install Playwright browsers:

playwright install chromium

3. Create a .env file with your Bright Data Scraping Browser credentials:

SBR_USERNAME=brd-customer-hl_YOUR_CUSTOMER_ID-zone-YOUR_SBR_ZONE
SBR_PASSWORD=YOUR_SBR_PASSWORD
SBR_COUNTRY=de|us|...

Usage

Create a file with Tiktok URLs, one per line:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/somereelurl1
https://www.instagram.com/reel/somereelurl2

Or create and download a Bright Data's Instagram reels snapshot with the filtering you need, save it as JSON file

Run

Simply run the script with the URLs file as a parameter:

python ig_downloader.py urls.txt

or

python ig_downloader.py snapshot.json

Output

The videos are saved in downloads directory