Instagram Reels Downloader and Uploader

Pre-requirements

Setup the environment

1. Node.js >= 18.1.0
2. yarn >= 1.19.0
3. ffmpeg >= 6.0.0
4. yt-dlp latest. At the time of writing this document, the latest version is 2024.01.02. You can download it from here.

Setup Instagram for posting reels videos

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/getting-started

This step is required if you want to post the reels videos to your instagram account. You need create a instagram pageId and get the access token.

1. Create a instagram creator account or business account.
2. Create a facebook page and link it to your instagram account.
3. Create a facebook business app and enable facebook login.
4. Use facebook graph api explorer to get the pageId and access token.
   1. Select your business app. Which you created in step 3.
   2. Select Get User Access Token.
   3. Select pages_show_list, instagram_basic, instagram_content_publish, and publish_video permissions.
   4. Click Generate Access Token. Keep the access token. We will use it later.
   5. Follow this instruction to get the instagram pageId. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/getting-started#4--get-the-user-s-pages. Keep the pageId. We will use it later.
   6. Convert short-lived access token to long-lived access token. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/getting-started#5--convert-the-short-lived-token-to-a-long-lived-token. Keep the long-lived access token. We will use it later.

How to install

1. Clone this repo to your local.
2. Run yarn install to install the dependencies.

How to use

1. Create .env file in the root directory of this repo.
2. Copy the content of .env.example to .env and fill the values. You can get the values from the pre-requirements section. Instagram access token and pageId are required if you want to post the reels videos to your instagram account.
3. Use chrome to open the instagram and login your account. This will help yt-dlp can re-use the cookies to download the private videos.
4. Run yarn start to start the script.

run on Mac OS

If you are using Mac OS, you can quickly run the script by running ./start.sh command. It will install the dependencies and start the script. "# reel_video_bot"