You can now connect your account to the bot from an Android phone
No computer needed: on Android, connect Instagram to @VideonerBot via Firefox and the Cookie-Editor add-on, and the bot will download stories and private posts.
For the bot to download Instagram stories and private posts, you need to connect your account to it. Until now, this required a computer with the Videoner extension. Now you can connect right from your Android phone.
What you need
- An Android phone.
- The Firefox browser from Google Play: mobile Chrome doesn't support add-ons, but Firefox does.
- The Cookie-Editor add-on for Firefox.
How to connect
- Install Firefox and log in to your account on instagram.com in it.
- Firefox menu (⋮) → "Add-ons" → find and install Cookie-Editor.
- Open instagram.com, then menu (⋮) → "Add-ons" → Cookie-Editor.
- Tap Export and choose the Netscape format — your login data will be copied to the clipboard.
- Open @VideonerBot in a private chat and paste the copied text as a regular message.
The bot will reply that the account is connected. Now send it links to stories — it will download them using your login. You can view and disconnect the connection with the /accounts command.
Important
- This text gives access to your Instagram account. Send it only to the bot in a private chat — not to a group and not to other people.
- The bot keeps only the login data for the platform it needs and stores it encrypted.
- Platforms don't like automated downloads and may restrict your account, so it's better to connect a secondary one rather than your main account.
- This connects an account for you personally. To connect an account for a whole group, use the extension on your computer and the /connect command.
What about iPhone?
This won't work on iPhone: Safari doesn't let you export login data. There, it's easier to connect your account once from a computer using the Videoner extension.