'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get' downloading from Instagram #4821

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opened 2026-02-21 02:23:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 02:23:35 -05:00

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Originally created by @ekalin on GitHub (Jun 7, 2015).

Does not happen for all users. Apparently happens when the user has lots of posts and/or it's an old account, but I can't confirm. Here's one example of a failing account:

$ ./youtube-dl --verbose https://instagram.com/rafakalimann/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://instagram.com/rafakalimann/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.06.04.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-stretch-sid
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.3, ffprobe 2.6.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 1
[instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 2
......... [similar lines, nothing else in between] ....
[instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 72
[instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 73
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "./youtube-dl/main.py", line 19, in
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 405, in main
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 395, in _real_main
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1502, in download
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 650, in extract_info
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 273, in extract
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 103, in _real_extract
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'

Originally created by @ekalin on GitHub (Jun 7, 2015). Does not happen for all users. Apparently happens when the user has lots of posts and/or it's an old account, but I can't confirm. Here's one example of a failing account: $ ./youtube-dl --verbose https://instagram.com/rafakalimann/ [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://instagram.com/rafakalimann/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.06.04.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-stretch-sid [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.3, ffprobe 2.6.3 [debug] Proxy map: {} [instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 1 [instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 2 ......... [similar lines, nothing else in between] .... [instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 72 [instagram:user] rafakalimann: Downloading page 73 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "./youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module> File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/**init**.py", line 405, in main File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/**init**.py", line 395, in _real_main File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1502, in download File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 650, in extract_info File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 273, in extract File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 103, in _real_extract AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'