v1.1

ProfileImage.py

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-import urllib.error, urllib.parse, urllib.request
+import requests
+import urllib.parse
 from PIL import Image
 from io import BytesIO
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 import re, sys
 
-def image_url(url, ctx):
+def image(url, username):
+    session = requests.session()
     #header parameter is used to resolve the bad gateway 502 error
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
+    #html = session.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}).text
 
     #opening the URL and parsing it into BeautifulSoup
     try:
-        html = urllib.request.urlopen(req, context=ctx).read()
+        html = session.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}).text
     except:
         print("Page not found or No internet connection")
         sys.exit()
@@ -19,19 +21,10 @@ def image_url(url, ctx):
     tags = soup.find_all('body')
 
     #using regualr expression to extract the image URL
-    profile_pic_url_hd = re.findall("profile_pic_url_hd\":\"([\S]+?)\"",str(tags[0]))[0]
+    profile_pic_url_hd = re.findall(r"profile_pic_url_hd\":\"([\S]+?)\"",str(tags[0]))[0].replace(r'\u0026', '&')
 
-    return profile_pic_url_hd
-
-def image_show(profile_pic_url_hd, username):
-    """opening the image from the the URL,
-        saving the opened image
-
-    Arguments:
-        profile_pic_url_hd {string} -- profile pic url
-    """
-
-    response = urllib.request.urlopen(profile_pic_url_hd).read()
+    response = session.get(profile_pic_url_hd, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}).content
     img = Image.open(BytesIO(response))
     img.show()
-    img.save("{}.png".format(username))
+    img.save("{}.png".format(username))
+

main.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #custom imports
-import username, certificate, re
+import username,  re
 import ProfileImage as pi
 
 url = username.user_url()
-usname = usname = re.findall("https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/([\S]+?)\/", url)[0]
-ctx = certificate.context_ssl() #this step is not mandatory but advicable
+usname = re.findall(r"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/([\S]+?)\/", url)[0]
 
-profile_pic_url_hd = pi.image_url(url, ctx)
-pi.image_show(profile_pic_url_hd,usname) #opens the image in a new window and also saves the image in the working directory
+pi.image(url, usname)

requirements.txt

@@ -3,8 +3,5 @@
 
 #### ESSENTIAL LIBRARIES FOR MAIN FUNCTIONALITY ####
 
-urllib
-beautifulsoup4
-ssl
-re
+bs4
 Pillow