UPDATED INSTAGRAM STORYSAVE API

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
 *.DS_Store
+.DS_Store
 
 # Content
 storysaver

storysave_api.py

@@ -83,12 +83,49 @@ def extract_script_tags(username):
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         return f"Error fetching the URL: {e}"
 
+def find_item_in_json(json_data, key):
+    """
+    Recursively searches for the first occurrence of a key in a JSON-like structure (dict or list).
+
+    :param json_data: JSON data (dict or list) to search.
+    :param key: The key to find.
+    :return: The value of the first occurrence of the key, or None if not found.
+    """
+    if isinstance(json_data, dict):
+        for k, v in json_data.items():
+            if k == key:
+                return v
+            elif isinstance(v, (dict, list)):
+                result = find_item_in_json(v, key)
+                if result is not None:
+                    return result
+    elif isinstance(json_data, list):
+        for item in json_data:
+            if isinstance(item, (dict, list)):
+                result = find_item_in_json(item, key)
+                if result is not None:
+                    return result
+    return None  # Return None if the key is not found
+
 def get_user_id(username):
-    scripts = extract_script_tags(username)
+    """
+    Extracts the user ID (profile_id) from JSON data embedded in script tags for a given username.
+
+    :param username: The username to process.
+    :return: The user ID (profile_id) if found, otherwise None.
+    """
+    scripts = extract_script_tags(username)  # Replace this with your implementation
     for script in scripts:
         if "profile_id" in str(script):
-            json_data = json.loads(script.string)
-            return user_id
+            try:
+                json_data = json.loads(script.string)  # Parse JSON from the script
+                user_id = find_item_in_json(json_data, 'profile_id')  # Search for 'profile_id'
+                if user_id:
+                    return user_id
+            except (json.JSONDecodeError, AttributeError):
+                # Handle JSON decoding errors or missing script content
+                continue
+    return None  # Return None if no 'profile_id' is found
 
 def get_profile_data(username):
     url = 'https://www.instagram.com/graphql/query'
@@ -133,11 +170,10 @@ def get_profile_data(username):
     return json_data
 
 
-user_id = get_user_id('intergalacticum')
-
+username_check = 'tal_ohana'
 
+user_id = get_user_id(username_check)
 
-user_id = 10217929812
 username = get_username_by_user_id(user_id)
 
 if username: