Instagram Downloader
About
A server to download videos and media from Instagram.
Details
- Author
- handoing
- GitHub stars
- 4
- Downloads
- 369
- Categories
- Web Scraping, Other
Jump to
- Fetch Instagram video URLs
- Download videos to a specified local path
- Progress tracking and logging
- Built with FastMCP for simple integration
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Instagram DownloaderCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository and configure the server in your MCP client settings using the node command with the path to index.js. Invoke the download tool with a url (Instagram post URL) and path (local destination folder). The service returns "Instagram download success" upon completion.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"instagram downloader": {
"ig-download-mcp-server": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"path/ig-download-mcp-server/index.js"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"ig-download-mcp-server": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"path/ig-download-mcp-server/index.js"
]
}
}MCP service for downloading Instagram videos
ig-download-mcp-serveris a lightweight MCP (Model Context Protocol) service that enables downloading Instagram videos programmatically. It usesbtch-downloaderfor extracting media URLs andaxiosfor efficient downloading.
- Fetch Instagram video URLs
- Download videos to a specified local path
- Progress tracking and logging
- Built with FastMCP for easy integration
$ git clone https://github.com/handoing/ig-download-mcp-server
{ "mcpServers": { "ig-download-mcp-server": { "command": "node", "args": [ "path/ig-download-mcp-server/index.js" ] } } }
{ "tool": "download", "parameters": { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DHvN6-xygmQ/", "path": "/Users/project/downloads" } }
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