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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index b10755788..b92367a9d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ class InstagramUserIE(InfoExtractor):
thumbnails_el = it.get('images', {})
thumbnail = thumbnails_el.get('thumbnail', {}).get('url')
- title = it.get('caption', {}).get('text', it['id'])
+ # In some cases caption is null, which corresponds to None
+ # in python. As a result, it.get('caption', {}) gives None
+ title = (it.get('caption') or {}).get('text', it['id'])
entries.append({
'id': it['id'],