How to Get JSON Files
Follow these steps to download your Instagram data:
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Go to your Instagram profile and click on the menu icon (three
horizontal lines).
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Navigate to "Accounts Center", then click "Your information and
permissions".
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Click "Download your information", then click "Download or
transfer information".
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Select the profiles you’d like to download information from.
- Click "Next", then select "Some of your information".
- Choose "Followers and Following" and click "Next".
- Select "Download to device".
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Choose the file options:
- Date range: All time
- Notify: Your email address
- Format: JSON
- Media quality: Low
- Click "Create files".
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Once you receive the download completion email, click the link
to download the ZIP file.
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Extract the ZIP file and locate the followers.json and
following.json files.