1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:06,380 In this lecture, I would like to show you how can you find the metadata of an Instagram account? 2 00:00:07,100 --> 00:00:13,640 Now, the metadata might sometimes contain some useful information, such as if an Instagram account 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,190 is linked to a Facebook profile or not. 4 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:21,230 The user ID and some other information that you can see in the screenshot. 5 00:00:21,650 --> 00:00:28,400 Now to do this, we need to change our browser user agent and a user agent is basically when you go 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:34,160 to a website, your browser will send information about your browser and your operating system, such 7 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:39,950 as which operating system you are running on, which browser you are using, which version, etc. so 8 00:00:39,950 --> 00:00:46,760 we need to change this information to an Android device because we will be using an Instagram API, 9 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:51,470 and the only way to access this page is by changing our user agent. 10 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:57,740 So the first thing we need is to add the user agent, switcher and manager add on to our Firefox or 11 00:00:57,740 --> 00:01:04,640 Chrome, and after you add it to your browser, the next thing you need is the user ID of the Instagram 12 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,800 account and we already have Rishi Kobra user ID. 13 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:12,330 Next you need to be logged in to your Instagram account. 14 00:01:12,570 --> 00:01:15,870 And lastly, you need to change your user agent. 15 00:01:15,870 --> 00:01:17,610 So here is the add on. 16 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:19,170 I'm going to click on it. 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,360 And then I'm going to click on here. 18 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,880 And then select Instagram. 19 00:01:25,470 --> 00:01:29,430 And then I'm going to select windows and change it to Android. 20 00:01:29,430 --> 00:01:33,570 So we want to access the API using an Android device. 21 00:01:33,570 --> 00:01:38,820 And if we read the user agent, every website we visit is going to think that we are windows. 22 00:01:38,820 --> 00:01:47,100 But if we select a user agent now, every website will think that we are running or using Mozilla 5.0 23 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:56,910 and Android device and a Samsung, etc. so then I'm going to say apply and then if I refresh the page, 24 00:01:56,910 --> 00:02:02,250 you will see that the view is going to be changed a little bit, like here for example. 25 00:02:02,940 --> 00:02:05,640 And the last thing we need is this URL. 26 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:12,730 So this URL will allow us to access an and Instagram API, and all we have to do is just to replace 27 00:02:12,730 --> 00:02:19,780 this number with the user ID, and I've already replaced the number that was here with the user ID of 28 00:02:19,780 --> 00:02:20,950 Rishi Khabra. 29 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,310 You'll find this link in the resources of this lecture. 30 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:30,430 And then I'm going to copy this link and open a new tab and then hit enter. 31 00:02:31,690 --> 00:02:37,930 And as you can see here are the information that we were able to find about this Instagram account about 32 00:02:37,930 --> 00:02:38,920 Rishi Khabra. 33 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:45,790 We can see his full name, his user ID, his username and some other information. 34 00:02:45,790 --> 00:02:54,340 For example, if he had any biography, if there was any external links, if he had any page ID, etc. 35 00:02:54,370 --> 00:02:57,850 we can also see the people that were suggested. 36 00:02:57,850 --> 00:03:03,700 So I always like to minimize this because these are not important. 37 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:09,430 And we can also see his follower count following count and read all of this information. 38 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:16,180 Now, the coolest thing about this is that when we tried to save Rishi Khabra profile picture, we were 39 00:03:16,180 --> 00:03:20,020 only able to get the 320 by 320 pixels. 40 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:27,280 But if you were able to access the URL or the API, then you will find an HD version of his profile 41 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:27,970 picture. 42 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:36,520 So I'm going to open this and you can see that this is 512 by 512, which is mentioned in here. 43 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,820 And this is the one that we were able to save before. 44 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:46,990 But if we have the metadata of his profile, we will be able to see a high resolution of his profile 45 00:03:46,990 --> 00:03:47,770 picture. 46 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:53,080 Now, I have realized that he uploaded a 512 by 512 picture. 47 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,840 And I've tried this with other accounts and we're able to get even higher resolution. 48 00:03:59,230 --> 00:04:05,260 Now, what I always like to do is just to make a copy of this JSON file by clicking on save, and then 49 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:08,110 I can save it in Rishi Khabra folder. 50 00:04:08,860 --> 00:04:14,680 So in this video you have learned how you can extract the metadata of any Instagram account by changing 51 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,840 your browser user agent.