instasteem
I have needed an utility to cross-post instagram content to STEEM. There is already an application for thatshare2steem in the ecosystem, but nobody loves beneficiaries.
The initial version is a CLI app on the top of a Python library. Means that, if you want to use it, you need to be familiar with the console/terminal.
Parser
instasteem.parser.Parser parses these values from an Instagram post:
- Title
- Description
- Image(s)
- Location
- Upload Date
Since Instagram is not API-friendly application, I had to use requests library to send a normal HTTP request and parse the information via regular expressions.
Parsing and sharing videos is not supported, at the moment.
Installation
$ pip install instasteem
Usage
- Parse the post and get the markdown output
instasteem <instagram_post_url> > post.md
- Parse the post and post to the STEEM blockchain
$ INSTASTEEM_POSTING_KEY=ASDASD instasteem <instagram_post_url> --steem-username
Including metadata
--include-metadata 1 attaches an informational table to the post.
If you don't want that in the post body, then don't send the argument.
Tags
--tags' parameter sets the post's tag on STEEM blockchain. Currently, the parser doesn't parse any tag from Instagram. If you don't pass that parameter, photography will be used as a tag.
Using instasteem as a Python library
instasteem can be also used to parse Instagram posts as a Python package.
from instasteem.parser import InstagramPostParser
p = InstagramPostParser("https://www.instagram.com/p/BsfudqQgGlw/")
images = p.extract_images()
metadata = p.extract_metadata()
# ...
Roadmap
- Uploading feature to steemitimages.com instead of hotlinking to Instagram.
- Writing a web interface (probably with Steemconnect) to easily post, audit, and share Instagram posts.
- Adding video support.
- Adding support for private profiles.
Let me know if you're interested a web application to cross-post your Instagram posts into your Steem profile. Also, feel free to put your thoughts as potential feature ideas.