stanvanrooy/instauto

Simple to use wrapper around the private Instagram API, written in Python.

instauto's Issues

Weird syntax error on raspberry pi

I installed all the requirements and the library and when I try importing it I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "insta.py", line 13, in <module> from instauto import ApiClient File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/instauto/__init__.py", line 2, in <module> from .api.client import ApiClient File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/instauto/api/client.py", line 16, in <module> from .actions import AuthenticationMixIn, PostMixin, RequestMixIn, ProfileMixin, FriendshipsMixin, SearchMixin File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/__init__.py", line 3, in <module> from .request import RequestMixIn File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/request.py", line 93 if www_claim := headers.get('ig-set-www-claim'): self.state.www_claim = www_claim ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Add requests / responses for all `post` related actions.

See original_requests/friendships for reference. Needed for tests.

See https://github.com/stanvanrooy/instauto/blob/master/docs/dev_environment.md for setting up an environment where you can listen to requests.

`_post_post` doesn't work.

Fails with {'message': 'Missing info.', 'status': 'fail'}. To reproduce:

obj = pst.Post.create(path='./to_upload.png', source_type=WhereToPost.Feed, caption="Hey!")
resp = self._client.post_post(obj, quality=100)
resp_as_json = resp.json()
self.assertTrue(resp_as_json['status'] == 'ok')

Check max length for captions of posts

1. Check what the max length is for captions
2. Raise an exception when a caption is passed in, longer than the max_length
3. Add to documentation

Implement method for handling challenge/checkpoint requests.

Write documentation on how to setup an envirionment for inspecting requests from the IG app.

Write a few lines on which tools to use, where to download, how to install and which versions to use.

Implement method for extracting users that commented on post(s) of a user

• Implement method, should probably be added to the post-action, something like PostGetCommenters. Add in pagination functionality, like PostRetrieveByUser
• Write test
• Add an example to examples

Check max length of group thread titles

DEPENDS ON #15

1. Check what the max length is for group thread titles
2. Raise an exception when a caption is passed in, longer than the max_length
3. Add to documentation

can't share a post

i can really share a post

this is my code

client = ApiClient(user_name=os.environ.get("INSTAUTO_USER") or "your_username", password=os.environ.get("INSTAUTO_PASS") or "your_password")
 client.login()
 client.save_to_disk('./.instauto.save')
 post = ps.Post.create(
        path='./black_square.jpg',
        source_type=st.WhereToPost.Feed,
        caption='This is an example. Follow me!'
    )

 resp = client.post_post(post, 80)
 print("Success: ", resp.ok)

Output:
{"message": "Missing info.", "status": "fail"}

Only jpegs supported, impliment image conversion/support for other image types

Someone opened an issue where they could not upload an image as they were using a png and some other image format. De you believe it is worth it to create a method which simply converts the image to a jpeg format? Or is it possible to upload it as a png/other formats (Not really sure how Instagram handles images"

Implement functionality for updating an Instagram profile.

Instagram uses 3 different endpoints for updating a profile:
accounts/set_biography/
Just updates the biography.
accounts/set_gender/
Just updates the gender
accounts/edit_profile/
Updates profile name, username, email, phone number and url.

Where possible, the requests should be combined.

• Set profile name
• Set username
• Set email
• Set phone number
• Set biography
• Set gender

Questions about methods and their implementation

This is a very cool project, I'm glad I found you. I have a couple of questions:
1. What method should you use to get information about a post from a short link?
 How to get this information, including media files.
2. What method should you use to post a comment and how to use it correctly?
3. How to correctly compose a request for uploading a photo with geolocation ?

I would be very grateful if I get an answer.
 

 

Don't work method upload photo

Hello, i use your code from examples (https://github.com/stanvanrooy/instauto/blob/master/examples/post/upload_image.py)
I got error AttributeError: module 'instauto.api.actions.structs.post' has no attribute 'Post'
 

Add the original requests sent and responses received for all endpoints.

Make sure we have the original requests and responses received, stored in a JSON file for later reference. See original_requests/friendships for examples.

• Friendships endpoints
• Post endpoints
• Profile endpoints
• Search endpoints

This can be done in two ways:

1. Follow the instructions in the docs to set up an environment where you can listen to requests made by the Instagram app
   1.1 Do all the actions on your phone and inspect them in mitmweb
2. Run the actions from the code with debug log messages enabled, so all requests sent are logged.

The requests & responses should be added to the JSON files in original_requests/. All the logged information should be in a consistent format across all files.

Information that should be stored:

• Endpoint
• Method
• Post data (if applicable)
• Query params (if applicable)
• Response

Upload image without location don't work

I try to upload a photo without specifying the location, I get an error:
KeyError: 'location'

Update all action structs

Currently, some structs are implemented as normal classes, some as dataclasses, and all friendship structs inherit from the custom common.Base. We want to update all structs to the last one.

The common.Base class works as follows:

1. Add any custom data that only this struct and subclasses of this struct will use, for example: self._custom_data['surface'] = self.State.optional or self.State.required or self.State.default.
2. Add arguments to __init__ for all custom data points, store these arguments in self._data.
3. Enable the values that should be retrieved from the ApiClient, i.e. CSRFToken, user_id, etc. For example: self._enable_datapoint_from_client('_csrftoken'). Currently, _csrftoken, device_id, _uuid, and _uid are supported, please add any that are missing.
4. Add any defaults to self._defaults, i.e. self._defaults["surface"] = "example"

For an example of this implementation, see instauto.api.actions.structs.friendships.

Weird get user issue

For some reason I get this error when trying to get the number of posts by an instagram user:
{'message': 'Please wait a few minutes before you try again.', 'status': 'fail'} Traceback (most recent call last): File "insta.py", line 170, in <module> main() File "insta.py", line 40, in main numbr = getsubnums() File "insta.py", line 63, in getsubnums user = resp['users'][0] KeyError: 'users' None

I tried waiting 1-2 hours and I still get this error. If this is an issue with the number of requests, wouldn't it be easier to just extract that data from the users page (Where is says Posts: number)?

Implement method for extracting users that liked posts of a user

• Implement method, should probably be added to the post-action, something like PostGetLikes. Add in pagination functionality, like PostRetrieveByUser
• Write test
• Add an example to examples

API No longer logging in

I get the following error when trying to run the login code flow:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "insta.py", line 158, in <module> main() File "insta.py", line 48, in main getsubnums() File "insta.py", line 55, in getsubnums client.login() File "/home/user/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/authentication.py", line 64, in login self.state.logged_in_account_data = LoggedInAccountData(**resp.json()['logged_in_user']) KeyError: 'logged_in_user'

Update all imports of non-modules.

Update all imports where single classes/functions are being imported, instead of the complete module. For example:

from structs.friendships import Create -> from structs import friendships as fs and then use Create like fs.Create.

Raise exception when an image with a non-jpeg encoding is used for posting.

Instagram only accepts jpeg images and automatically converts other formats. Converting images is out of scope for instauto.

Instead, we should just raise an exception when someone tries constructing a 'Post` object with a non-jpeg image.

Check max length of comments on posts

1. Check what the max length is for comments (most likely the same as captions, captions are also seen as comments, but check anyway)
2. Raise an exception when a comment is passed in, longer than the max_length
3. Add to documentation

KeyError: 'logged_in_user' (Potentially caused by Challenge)

from instauto import ApiClient
client = ApiClient(user_name=username, password=password)
client.login()

trace:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
.../python3.8/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/authentication.py in login(self)
     62         # does the actual login
     63         resp = self._request('accounts/login/', Method.POST, data=data2, signed=True)
---> 64         self.state.logged_in_account_data = LoggedInAccountData(**resp.json()['logged_in_user'])
     65 
     66     def _build_initial_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:

KeyError: 'logged_in_user'

This might be due to a challenge request (where Instagram asks for a phone/email text message code verification). Could you add this feature to handle that?

Some tips for this: dilame/instagram-private-api#1068 (comment)

Concern regarding Instagram API changes (Instagram stopping support for legacy APIs on Sep 30th)

First I want to thank all the devs working on this great library. Furthermore, seems like Instagram will stop supporting their private API on September 30th (Link: https://www.instagram.com/developer/).

"Legacy API user identifier available on Basic Display API until September 30, 2020"
Seems this means the end of this library usability? Or we can change and adapt which is also not doable from what I have read in their new Instagram Graph API docs... The APIs are very limited and almost only regarding the owner of a page's information (Due to data security concerns). Any thoughts or corrections on my assumption?

Implement a method for uploading videos

Hi, @stanvanrooy )
Do you plan to implement video uploading?

Post upload response returning Success: False

Describe the bug
Tested with both file types (.jpg and .mp4) and using the latest version of Instauto, I cannot get a post to upload from my account.
from

final_post = ps.Post.create(
    path=post,
    source_type=st.WhereToPost.Feed,
    caption=my_caption
)

resp = client.post_post(final_post)
print("Success: ", resp.ok)

I get

Success:  False

path='PATH TO POSTS/posts/post.jpg'
caption='test'
(for clarity)

I get no errors of any kind, but I've tried multiple different files--each either .jpg or .mp4--but still the same result. Is there anyway to know what I'm doing wrong?

Expected behavior
Successul post

Implement a method for uploading videos

Creat upload story method

Creat method upload image for story

Integrate pre-commit to enforce a consistent style

pre-commit should be used to add pre-commit hooks to enforce and achieve a consistent style across the project.

Enabled hooks should be tested carefully on a few files at a time, then run on the complete project.

Not sure yet which hooks will be used.

Implement method for retrieving posts from your feed, including pagination

• Implement method, should probably be added to the post-action, something like PostRetrieveByFeed. Add in pagination functionality, like PostRetrieveByUser
• Write test
• Add an example to examples

Add helper functions for parsing responses

Instauto currently returns the complete Response object. That's good, I want to offer that kind of flexibility, but users should have the option to let Instauto parse the response and just return the most commonly used data.

Could either be added as helper functions or as param in the function call. Not sure yet what would be best.

Add helper class that implements some common use cases

On the one hand, I want to keep the library as flexible as possible and give users full control. On the other hand, the largest portion of the possible users isn't looking for flexibility, but for ease of use.

I think the middle ground, is keeping all methods that are currently available but implementing some sort of helper class/helper functions that does implement some common use cases, for example, to iterate of followers, the feed, following, etc.

Will have to think through implementation a bit more.

Write tests for all functionality currently implemented.

• Authentication
• Common base struct
• Friendships endpoints
• Post endpoints
• Profile endpoints
• Search endpoints

Check what information is essential to save, and which can be thrown away

Currently, we store the complete ig_profile, device_profile, state, and session_cookies.

Most likely, not all values from these attributes need to be stored, and we can get away with simply recreating/using the same default value if possible.

This will reduce file size of the save. Not that important, but nice to have.

Add requests / responses for all `profile` related actions

See original_requests/friendships for reference. Needed for tests.

See https://github.com/stanvanrooy/instauto/blob/master/docs/dev_environment.md for setting up an environment where you can listen to requests.

Make sure all structs are dataclasses

Some structs aren't dataclasses. They should be.

Implement method for handling dm's

• Retrieving message threads, implementing some sort of pagination system for this? How is this handled by Instagram?
• Retrieving thread per user
• Send message to user (#112)

Like Function

Hi

`POST /api/v1/media/231529815458455678_174613709/like/

SIGNATURE
{
"delivery_class": "organic",
"media_id": "23154581568_174613709",
"_csrftoken": "LGYsuPoltfgnjLLgT",
"radio_type": "wifi-none",
"_uid": "6780958545",
"_uuid": "ghjuokt5-d78-d5tghjkihgde",
"is_carousel_bumped_post": "false",
"container_module": "feed_contextual_profile",
"feed_position": "34"
}
{
"d": "0"
}`

Are all parameters being sent ?

I think we missing feed_position.

Update function & class names

I see some functions/classes where I used the wrong naming.

All names should look like this:

• profile_set_gender
• post_like
• search_username
• post_comment

So the namespace followed by the action that will be taken.

Add method to `_request` call

api.actions.profile:60, missing method.

Get total posts by user

Is there a way to get the total number of posts by a user?

Cannot post image even though file exists

Here is the error I get when trying to post an image:
images/1600543191-conf.jpeg Traceback (most recent call last): File "insta.py", line 154, in <module> main() File "insta.py", line 39, in main postinsta(image1) File "insta.py", line 113, in postinsta resp = client.post_post(post, 80) File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/post.py", line 133, in post_post as_dict.pop('location') KeyError: 'location' None

The image name is image1 and it is what I printed in the very first line.

Upload a photo to Instagram with request post python

Hello again, I tried to compose a request myself, but I didn't succeed, you can help me

I'm trying to compose a post request for uploading a photo to Instagram, but the third request returns a 403 error to "instagram.com/create/configure/"

My code:
`import re
import requests
import urllib.request
from datetime import datetime

link = 'https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/'
login_url = 'https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/'

login = 'username'
password = 'password '

time = int(datetime.now().timestamp())
print(time)
payload = {
'username': login,
'enc_password': f'#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:0:{time}:{password}',
'queryParams': {},
'optIntoOneTap': 'false'
}

with requests.Session() as s:
r = s.get(link)
a = r.cookies['csrftoken']
print(r.cookies)
print(a)
csrf = re.findall(r"csrf_token":"(.*?)"", r.text)[0]
print(csrf)

r = s.post(login_url, data=payload, headers={
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.120 Safari/537.36",
    "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest",
    "Referer": "https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/",
    "x-csrftoken": csrf
})
print(r.status_code)
print(r.url)
print(r.text)
print(s.cookies)
r = s.get('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/edit/')
print(login in r.text)


microtime = int(datetime.now().timestamp())
headers =  {
    "content-type": "image / jpg",
    "X-Entity-Name" : f"fb_uploader_{microtime}",
    "Offset": "0",
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.120 Safari/537.36",
    "x-entity-length": "299255",
    "X-Instagram-Rupload-Params": f'{{"media_type": 1, "upload_id": {microtime}, "upload_media_height": 1080, "upload_media_width": 1080}}',
    "x-csrftoken": csrf,
    "x-ig-app-id": "1217981644879628"
}

img = urllib.request.urlopen('https://sun9-64.userapi.com/RVgUHSq9fXrDr8YBJ4a4h9xwN4EQA_8BXuQ5Vg/Mdx3LwawEmY.jpg')
photo = img.read()
r = s.post(f'https://www.instagram.com/rupload_igphoto/fb_uploader_{microtime}', data=open("4.jpg", "rb"), headers=headers)
print(r.text)
headers = {
    'Content-Length': '104',
    'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    "origin": "https://www.instagram.com",
    "referer": "https://www.instagram.com/create/details/",
    'user-agent': "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.120 Safari/537.36",
    "x-csrftoken": csrf,
    "x-ig-app-id": "1217981644879628",
    "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"
}

body = {
    'upload_id': f'{microtime}',
    "caption":'00000000000000000000',
    'usertags':'',
    'custom_accessibility_caption': '',
    'retry_timeout':''
}
r = s.post('https://www.instagram.com/create/configure/', data=body, headers=headers)
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)`

Process:
First authorization, everything is okay with that
The second request is to upload a photo, everything is ok too
The third request, with the parameters of the photo, there is an error ... error 403 is returned

Rename ShowFollowing and ShowFollowers.

Rename to GetFollowing & GetFollowers.

Create a common struct which all base structs can inherit from

The _create method is repeated everywhere. Should just be in a common class which the base classes inherit from.

So you'll have:

• Base
• _BaseFriendship(Base)
• _BasePost(Base)

Don't work comment_post

My code:

import os

from instauto import ApiClient
from instauto import post as ps

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if os.path.isfile('./.instauto.save'):
        client = ApiClient.initiate_from_file('./.instauto.save')
    else:
        client = ApiClient(user_name="your_username", password="your_password")
        client.login()
        client.save_to_disk('./.instauto.save')

    like = ps.Comment.create(
        media_id="1734612737423614055_6400760974",
        comment_text="Such great!"
    )
    resp = client.post_comment(like)
    print("Success: ", resp.ok)

return "Success: False"
no comment is sent

How to get media ID from a normal link? example https://www.instagram.com/p/CEukJmYgQxD/

Make `instauto` 3.6+ compatible

Should be as simple as removing walrus operators.

client.followers_get has no attribute 'max_id'

client.followers_get(f) now throws an exception because "GetFollowers" doesn't have "max_id" attribute anymore.

f = fs.GetFollowers(user_id="2283025667")
obj, result = client.followers_get(f)

AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in
1 f = fs.GetFollowers(user_id=user_id)
----> 2 obj, result = client.followers_get(f)

/opt/anaconda2/envs/Instabot2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/instauto/api/actions/friendships.py in followers_get(self, obj)
65 ```
66 """
---> 67 if obj.max_id is None and obj.page > 0:
68 return obj, False
69 query_params = {

AttributeError: 'GetBase' object has no attribute 'max_id'

due to changes in #54
468302a#r42655264

`profile_update_gender` doesn't work.

Not sure what's wrong atm. To reproduce:

obj = pr.SetGender(gender=WhichGender.female)
resp = self._client.profile_set_gender(obj)
resp_as_json = resp.json()
print(resp_as_json)  # {'message': '', 'status': 'fail'}

Implement method for retrieving posts from a hashtag

• Implement method, should probably be added to the post-action, something like PostRetrieveByHashtag. Add in pagination functionality, like PostRetrieveByUser
• Write test
• Add an example to examples