How to use osi.ig to get information from Instagram accounts 🕵️‍♂️

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with over 1 billion monthly active users. It is also a rich source of information for anyone who wants to learn more about a person, a brand, or a topic. But how can you get the most out of Instagram without spending hours scrolling through profiles and posts? 🤔

That's where osi.ig comes in handy. Osi.ig is an open-source tool that can help you get a range of information from an Instagram account that you normally wouldn't be able to get from just looking at their profile. The information includes:

• Profile: Username, Profile Name, URL, Followers, Following, Number of Posts, Bio, Profile Picture URL, Is Business Account ?, Connected to a FB account ?, External URL, Joined Recently ?, Business Category Name, Is private ?, Is Verified ?
• Tags: Most used tags, and by using -t all used tags
• Posts: Accessibility caption, location, timestamp, comments disabled, caption, picture url

Osi.ig is written in Python and can be run on any device that supports Python 3. You can download it from GitHub here or here. You can also read more about it here or here.

How to install osi.ig 💻

To install osi.ig, you need to have git and Python 3 installed on your device. If you don't have them, you can install them by following the instructions for your operating system here and here.

Once you have git and Python 3 installed, you can install osi.ig by following these steps:

git clone https://github.com/ahmadchen/osi.ig.git && cd osi.ig
chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh

This will install the required dependencies for osi.ig.

How to use osi.ig 🕵️‍♀️

To use osi.ig, you need to have an Instagram username that you want to scan. You can use any public or private account, as long as you know their username.

To scan an account, type the following command in the terminal or command prompt:

python3 main.py -u username

Replace username with the actual username of the account you want to scan.

For example, if you want to scan the account of @instagram, type:

python3 main.py -u instagram

This will show you the basic profile information of the account.

If you want to scrape all the uploaded images info of the account, add the -p flag to the command:

python3 main.py -u username -p

For example:

python3 main.py -u instagram -p

This will show you the information of each post of the account.

If you want to save the data to a file (including the profile picture, profile info, and post info), add the -s flag to the command:

python3 main.py -u username -s

For example:

python3 main.py -u instagram -s

This will create a folder with the username and save all the data in it.

You can also use the -h flag to see the help message and all the available options:

python3 main.py -h

Conclusion 🎉

Osi.ig is a powerful tool that can help you get valuable information from Instagram accounts in a fast and easy way. You can use it for various purposes, such as research, investigation, marketing, or just curiosity.

I hope you found this blog post useful and learned something new today. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below. And don't forget to follow me on Instagram @fakerajbhx for more awesome content. 😊

Source: Conversation with Bing, 7/16/2023
(1) GitHub - ahmadchen/osi.ig: Information Gathering Tool For Instagram.. https://github.com/ahmadchen/osi.ig.
(2) SulimanHacker1/ig.osi: Information Gathering Instagram Tool. - GitHub. https://github.com/SulimanHacker1/ig.osi.