Are you looking to learn how to export a list of followers from Instagram using Python? If so, you're in luck! In this tutorial, we'll be using a Python library called Instaloader to access our Instagram account and retrieve the details of our followers.
Instaloader is a powerful tool that allows us to interact with Instagram in a number of ways. We can post pictures, videos, add stories, and access many other features of the platform. For this tutorial, we'll be using it to get a list of our followers.
To get started, we'll need to install the library and log into our Instagram account. Here's the source code for the required program:
# Get instance
import instaloader
L = instaloader.Instaloader()
# Login or load session
username = "<username>"
password = "<password>"
L.login(username, password) # (login)
# Obtain profile metadata
profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, username)
# Print list of followers
follow_list = []
count = 0
for follower in profile.get_followers():
follow_list.append(follower.username)
count = count + 1
#Print Number of followers
print("No of followers", count)
To use this program, simply replace <username> and <password> with your own Instagram login credentials. When you run the program, it will print out a list of your followers, as well as the total number of followers you have.
If you want to save the list of followers to a text file, you can simply open the file in write mode and append each follower's username to the file. With this simple program, you'll be able to easily export a list of followers from Instagram using Python.
To export the list of followers to a text file, you can simply add the following code to the end of the program:
# Open a text file in write mode
with open("followers.txt", "w") as f:
# Iterate through the list of followers and write each one to the file
for follower in follow_list:
f.write(follower + "\n")
This will open a new text file called "followers.txt" in write mode and write each follower's username to a new line in the file. When the program finishes running, you should have a text file containing a list of all your Instagram followers.
Here's the complete code with the text file export added:
# Get instance
import instaloader
L = instaloader.Instaloader()
# Login or load session
username = "<username>"
password = "<password>"
L.login(username, password) # (login)
# Obtain profile metadata
profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, username)
# Print list of followers
follow_list = []
count = 0
for follower in profile.get_followers():
follow_list.append(follower.username)
count = count + 1
# Print number of followers
print("No of followers", count)
# Open a text file in write mode
with open("followers.txt", "w") as f:
# Iterate through the list of followers and write each one to the file
for follower in follow_list:
f.write(follower + "\n")
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions or need further assistance.