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I am following the "view page source" method for getting the full resolution of an Instagram image, but feel like I'm doing something wrong. Let's consider this example.

If you view source in Chrome and get the one marked the highest, then download it, it becomes a 90kb jpg. Is anything being lost, or is the 90kb jpg essentially all that Instagram has after compressing upon upload? I notice that Instagram will store all images in jpg, is this correct?

Lastly, the images I want don't even have the multiple resolution options when I view source. The entre html looks like shown below. In that case, what resolution am I getting?

<img alt="DESCRIPTION" crossorigin="anonymous" src="URL" class="CLASS ID" style="object-fit: cover;">

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    Internet pages are highly optimized. Why serve better quality and resolution than required? Even if I had the original resolution in store, I know I wouldn't serve it, ever.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Mar 15 at 19:30
  • @DanielB I agree with you, Instagram says they reduce quality to 1080x1920. I'm asking whether I can actually get the full 1080x1920 they promise.
    – Display name
    Commented Mar 15 at 19:31

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Instagram doesn't show the original pictures. Here's how to access them anyway.

From the article How to View Original Full-Size Pictures & Profile Photos on Instagram.

In a nutshell, these pictures are not accessible from the Instagram application, but can be accessed from the browser on a PC, this way:

  • On the browser, open the picture you wish to download
  • Modify the URL in the address bar by appending to it media/?size=l (lowercase L for large-size).
  • Press Enter to execute the URL
  • Save the image.

The modified URL might look something like:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-KPJLlJ2iJ/media/?size=l

(I don't use Instagram so can't test this.)

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    Works great! For the example in the question, the URL needs to be edited down to exclude the name, like: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci4SvJ1uai8/media/?size=l, and remains a 90KB image at 1080p
    – Cpt.Whale
    Commented Mar 15 at 21:28
  • I've been doing that if there's one image. Doesn't work well on a multi-image post.
    – Display name
    Commented Mar 16 at 6:04

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