I am constantly getting an error where when I try to scrape posts from a specific hashtag using instaloader, I am getting the error: JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not FoundHere is my script:
from itertools import isliceimport instaloaderusername = ''password = ''hashtag = 'food'L = instaloader.Instaloader()L.login(username, password)posts = L.get_hashtag_posts(hashtag)for post in posts: print(post.url)and here is the full error messsage:
JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not Found [retrying; skip with ^C]JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not Found [retrying; skip with ^C]Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 405, in get_json raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 Not Found")instaloader.exceptions.QueryReturnedNotFoundException: 404 Not FoundDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 405, in get_json raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 Not Found")instaloader.exceptions.QueryReturnedNotFoundException: 404 Not FoundDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 405, in get_json raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("404 Not Found")instaloader.exceptions.QueryReturnedNotFoundException: 404 Not FoundThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/marcus/Documents/python/instascraper/main.py", line 12, in <module> posts = L.get_hashtag_posts('hashtag') File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloader.py", line 1204, in get_hashtag_posts return Hashtag.from_name(self.context, hashtag).get_posts_resumable() File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/structures.py", line 1662, in from_name hashtag._obtain_metadata() File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/structures.py", line 1676, in _obtain_metadata self._node = self._query({"__a": 1, "__d": "dis"}) File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/structures.py", line 1671, in _query json_response = self._context.get_json("explore/tags/{0}/".format(self.name), params) File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 435, in get_json return self.get_json(path=path, params=params, host=host, session=sess, _attempt=_attempt + 1, File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 435, in get_json return self.get_json(path=path, params=params, host=host, session=sess, _attempt=_attempt + 1, File "/Users/marcus/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py", line 423, in get_json raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException(error_string) from errinstaloader.exceptions.QueryReturnedNotFoundException: JSON Query to explore/tags/hashtag/: 404 Not FoundAny help is appreciated.