Instagram & TikTok Scraper v1.0.0 First stable release of the Instagram & TikTok Scraper for academic research. Features Instagram scraper: Playwright-based with API interception and cursor pagination TikTok scraper: yt-dlp with browser impersonation and carousel reconstruction Language detection: Automatic via lingua-py (95+ languages) CSV export: 23 standardized variables per post Screenshot capture: Embedded post format for both platforms Carousel/slideshow reconstruction: MP4 generation via ffmpeg (both platforms) Configurable study periods and rate limiting Requirements Python 3.10+ ffmpeg Playwright (Chromium) Documentation Full usage guide in README Paper included (paper.md, paper.bib) 46 unit tests License GPL-3.0

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