Instagram pages not loading in Octoparse v7.3.0.12181 (even for Firefox 45 browser)
Hi!
I have been using Octoparse for about a year now, and had a few tasks for Instagram already configured and working. What I usually do is scrape post URLs from location pages, such as this one: instagram.com/explore/locations/238184646/usina-do-gasometro/ in order to, in a second task, scrape data from each post from the list of extracted URLs.
In the last few weeks, however, Instagram pages have stopped loading in my Octoparse v7.3.0.12181 application. I have tried every browser option without being able to fix this. Also, I have attempted to do it in two computers, having the same result.
This took me to version 8.1 Beta, in which the browser loads but the action window freezes as soon as I select "click item" for the first post.
Does anyone have any idea what could be happening?
Thank you,
Gianluca
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The same browser problem is happening when I try to do the same thing on the URL provided in Octoparse tutorials for Instagram scraping: https://www.instagram.com/izkiz/
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Hi Gianluca,
Thank you for reaching out.
Looks like our colleague has already helpt you on this issue via ticket, and just to let you know, it's always more likely to get blocked by Instagram while scraping with a regular task, that's why all our built-in task templates for Instagram are written with JavaScript especially.
Best regards,
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Hi Kara,
Thank you for your response. The troubleshooting via ticket was a very quick and helpful one as well.
I believe my issue had to do with Instagram blocking me, as I had extracted some data previously.
The task has started working again after about 10 days without me having to adjust anything. Maybe that is the way Instagrm blocks work?
Sincerely,
Gianluca
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