from InstagramAPI import InstagramAPI

import time

from datetime import datetime

username = ''

pwd = ''

media_id = '1477006830906870775_19343908'

#stop conditions, the script will end when first of them will be true

until_date = '2017-03-31'

count = 100

API = InstagramAPI(username,pwd)

API.login()

API.getUsernameInfo()

has_more_comments = True

max_id = ''

comments = []

while has_more_comments:

_ = API.getMediaComments(media_id,max_id=max_id)

#comments' page come from older to newer, lets preserve desc order in full list

for c in reversed(API.LastJson['comments']):

comments.append(c)

has_more_comments = API.LastJson.get('has_more_comments',False)

#evaluate stop conditions

if count and len(comments)>=count:

comments = comments[:count]

#stop loop

has_more_comments = False

print "stopped by count"

if until_date:

older_comment = comments[-1]

dt=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(older_comment.get('created_at_utc',0))

#only check all records if the last is older than stop condition

if dt.isoformat()<=until_date:

#keep comments after until_date

comments = [

c

for c in comments

if datetime.utcfromtimestamp(c.get('created_at_utc',0)) > until_date

]

#stop loop

has_more_comments = False

print "stopped by until_date"

#next page

if has_more_comments:

max_id = API.LastJson.get('next_max_id','')

time.sleep(2)