this is definitely due to updates to the instagram site as @beatstore mentioned.
i just did a very rough edit to make it work. you can view the changes here: https://github.com/roycifer/stagtools/commit/dea461299b3c511d6f155d7492e5e8b905192f96
i submitted a pull request: https://github.com/mauryaratan/stagtools/pull/28
thanks.. i was afraid of that. 😉 i will have to save this exploration for a rainy day. thanks for the response!
not sure… i only had 2.7 installed for half a day. i reverted to 2.6.