2FA failing in Instaloader

Question

Trying to login to Instagram using Instaloader,

L = ig.Instaloader()
L.login(user, password)
L.two_factor_login(11111)

raises the following error

raise TwoFactorAuthRequiredException("Login error: two-factor authentication required.")
instaloader.exceptions.TwoFactorAuthRequiredException: Login error: two-factor authentication required.

Answer 1

The documentation mentions that TwoFactorAuthRequiredException is raised if the first step of 2FA login is done, and you should call Instaloader.two_factor_login() - but because the exception is raised, in your code, that call is never reached.

Try something like:

from instaloader.exceptions import TwoFactorAuthRequiredException

L = ig.Instaloader()

try:
    L.login(user, password)
except TwoFactorAuthRequiredException:
    L.two_factor_login(11111)