Any way to increase Instagram image quality downloaded with SCrawler?

[Micnmak]

I'm new to the program and in trying it out and downloading some posts, I find that an Instagram post that I download with SCrawler will have dimensions of 1080 x 1350 whereas if I manually find the source of the image and download in browser that it has dimensions of 1440 x 1800. I'd like to know if there's anything I can do to make sure SCrawler gets the highest quality image possible

[AAndyProgram]

Hello. SCrawler does not reduce image quality. An image will be downloaded in the best quality available on the site. In your case, I need the profile (URL) where you found this bug and the specific post (URL) that SCrawler downloaded in a lower quality than exists. Then I can find a bug and fix it.

[Micnmak]

Yeah, I believe I saw you say elsewhere SCrawler automatically downloads the best quality which is why I found the discrepancy odd. From what I can see the issue was consistent over every profile I downloaded, but a specific example I experienced this was with the profile: https://www.instagram.com/willwoodofficial/ and the post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPPSVWFwTx/ Where with SCrawler the image sizes were 1080x1350 and manually inspecting element and downloading from the source was 1440x1800.

[AAndyProgram]

Okay. Thank you. I'll check.

Yes, SCrawler downloads only the best quality. Of course, I tested on some profiles, but maybe this is something extra that I missed...

[AAndyProgram]

Hello again. Today I had time to check your issue. Unfortunately I can't find the bug. I parsed the profile you sent me and I didn't see the dimensions you provide. Especially for the post you provide, the best quality provided by the site is 1080x1350. Quality 1440x1800 is not presented in the site's response.

Screenshot of response (Google Chrome):

[Micnmak]

I appreciate you looking into it. The way I got the dimensions of 1440x1800 was by using inspect element to click on the post's image and finding a link like this in the elements tab: https://instagram.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/264968358_5320249038001712_7730453615581645731_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35&_nc_ht=instagram.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=108&_nc_ohc=rC9JYpMon9EAX-vHoxi&edm=ALQROFkBAAAA&ccb=7-4&ig_cache_key=MjcyNDQ2MzUyNzI4OTI3MTIzMw%3D%3D.2-ccb7-4&oh=00_AT9LkmPdxzdokN1K2e3QNnPKb2rU9hiqAammRCM91-0j1w&oe=627D7811&_nc_sid=30a2ef

[AAndyProgram]

I decided to check this post with a separate post query. Indeed, this response contains quality 1440x1800. BUT! I won't change the algorithm because Instagram queries are too expensive. This is partly explained on the wiki in the limits chapter of Instagram. Through the timeline parsing, I have the ability to get 50 posts per request. So, an account containing 1000 posts can be parsed with 20 requests. If I get data for each post, 1000 requests will be wasted. Sorry.

Screenshot of a response to a single post (Google Chrome):

P.S. If you know a query that can receive an array of posts including these dimensions, we can discuss this in more detail.

[Micnmak]

Understandable! Thank you for looking into it!

[AAndyProgram]

You're welcome! 😊

[AAndyProgram]

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