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- Getting Started
- InstaPy Available Features
- Commenting
- Following
- Following by a list
- Follow someone else's followers
- Follow users that someone else is following
- Follow someone else's followers/following
- Follow the likers of photos of users
- Follow the commenters of photos of users
- Interact with specific users
- Interact with users that someone else is following
- Interact with someone else's followers
- Interact on posts at given URLs
- Unfollowing
- Don't unfollow active users
- Interactions based on the number of followers and/or following a user has
- Liking based on the number of existing likes a post has
- Commenting based on the number of existing comments a post has
- Comment by Locations
- Like by Locations
- Like by Tags
- Like by Feeds
- Mandatory Words
- Restricting Likes
- Ignoring Users
- Ignoring Restrictions
- Excluding friends
- Blacklist Campaign
- Smart Hashtags
- Follow/Unfollow/exclude not working?
- Bypass Suspicious Login Attempt
- Relationship tools
- Use a proxy
- Switching to Firefox
- Emoji Support
- Clarifai ImageAPI
- Running on a Server
- Running on a Headless Browser
- Running Multiple Accounts
- Running with Docker microservices manual
- Running all-in-one with Docker (obsolete)
- Automate InstaPy
- Extra Information
Setting up InstaPy at Digital Ocean (for Debian)
1. git clone https://github.com/timgrossmann/InstaPy.git
2. cd InstaPy
3. pip install .
or
3. python setup.py install
- Download
chromedriver
for your system from here. Extract the .zip file and put it in/assets
folder.
The best way to install InstaPy is to create a virtualenv, install InstaPy there and run it from a separate file:
1. virtualenv venv
2. source venv/bin/activate
3. pip install git+https://github.com/timgrossmann/InstaPy.git
If you're not familiar with virtualenv, please read about it here and use it to your advantage.
In essence, this is be the only Python library you should install as root (e.g., with sudo). All other Python libraries should be inside a virtualenv.
Now copy/paste the quickstart.py
Python code below and run your first InstaPy script. Remember to run it with Python from the virtualenv, so from venv/bin/python
. To make sure which Python is used, run which python
, it will tell you which Python is 'active'.
Running source venv/bin/activate
will activate the correct Python to run InstaPy. To exit an activated virtualenv run `deactivate'.
Basic setup is a good way to test the tool. At project root folder open quickstart.py
and update with your username and password.
from instapy import InstaPy
insta_username = ''
insta_password = ''
# if you want to run this script on a server,
# simply add nogui=True to the InstaPy() constructor
session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)
session.login()
# set up all the settings
session.set_relationship_bounds(enabled=True,
potency_ratio=-1.21,
delimit_by_numbers=True,
max_followers=4590,
max_following=5555,
min_followers=45,
min_following=77)
session.set_do_comment(True, percentage=10)
session.set_comments(['aMEIzing!', 'So much fun!!', 'Nicey!'])
session.set_dont_include(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'])
session.set_dont_like(['pizza', 'girl'])
# do the actual liking
session.like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=100)
# end the bot session
session.end()
Execute it:
$ python quickstart.py
1. Official Cross Platform GUI
3. Session scheduling with Telegram
# default enabled=False, ~ every 4th image will be commented on
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=25)
session.set_comments(['Awesome', 'Really Cool', 'I like your stuff'])
# you can also set comments for specific media types (Photo / Video)
session.set_comments(['Nice shot!'], media='Photo')
session.set_comments(['Great Video!'], media='Video')
# and you can add the username of the poster to the comment by using
session.set_comments(['Nice shot! @{}'], media='Photo')
# default enabled=False, follows ~ 10% of the users from the images, times=1
# (only follows a user once (if unfollowed again))
session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=10, times=2)
follow_by_list(followlist=['samantha3', 'larry_ok'], times=1, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)
only follows a user once (if unfollowed again) would be useful for the precise targeting
sleep_delay
is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10
follows)
For example, if one needs to get followbacks from followers of a chosen account/group of accounts.
accs = ['therock','natgeo']
session.follow_by_list(accs, times=1, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)
- You can also interact with the followed users by enabling
interact=True
which will use the configuration ofset_user_interact
setting:
session.set_user_interact(amount=4,
percentage=50,
randomize=True,
media='Photo')
session.follow_by_list(followlist=['samantha3', 'larry_ok'], times=2, sleep_delay=600, interact=True)
# Follows the followers of each given user
# The usernames can be either a list or a string
# The amount is for each account, in this case 30 users will be followed
# If randomize is false it will pick in a top-down fashion
session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False)
# default sleep_delay=600 (10min) for every 10 user following, in this case
# sleep for 60 seconds
session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, sleep_delay=60)
Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.
# Follows the people that a given users are following
# The usernames can be either a list or a string
# The amount is for each account, in this case 30 users will be followed
# If randomize is false it will pick in a top-down fashion
session.follow_user_following(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False)
# default sleep_delay=600 (10min) for every 10 user following, in this case
# sleep for 60 seconds
session.follow_user_following(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, sleep_delay=60)
Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.
# For 50% of the 30 newly followed, move to their profile
# and randomly choose 5 pictures to be liked.
# Take into account the other set options like the comment rate
# and the filtering for inappropriate words or users
session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, interact=True)
# Follow user based on hashtags (without liking the image)
session.follow_by_tags(['tag1', 'tag2'], amount=10)
session.follow_likers (['user1' , 'user2'], photos_grab_amount = 2, follow_likers_per_photo = 3, randomize=True, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)
in this case 2 random photos from each given user will be analyzed and 3 people who liked them will be followed, so 6 follows in total
The usernames
can be any list
The photos_grab_amount
is how many photos will I grat from users profile and analyze who liked it
The follow_likers_per_photo
is how many people to follow per each photo
randomize=False
will take photos from newes, true will take random from first 12
sleep_delay
is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10
follows)
- You can also interact with the followed users by enabling
interact=True
which will use the configuration ofset_user_interact
setting:
session.set_user_interact(amount=2,
percentage=70,
randomize=True,
media='Photo')
session.follow_likers (['user1' , 'user2'], photos_grab_amount = 2, follow_likers_per_photo = 3, randomize=True, sleep_delay=600, interact=True)
session.follow_commenters(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=100, daysold=365, max_pic = 100, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)
in this case (max 100 newest photos & maximum 365 days old) from each given user will be analyzed and 100 people who commented the most will be followed
The usernames
can be any list
The amount
is how many people to follow
The daysold
will only take commenters from photos no older than daysold
days
The max_pic
will limit number of photos to analyze
sleep_delay
is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10
follows)
- You can also interact with the followed users by enabling
interact=True
which will use the configuration ofset_user_interact
setting:
session.set_user_interact(amount=3,
percentage=32,
randomize=True,
media='Video')
session.follow_commenters(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=100, daysold=365, max_pic = 100, sleep_delay=600, interact=True)
# Interact with specific users
# set_do_like, set_do_comment, set_do_follow are applicable
session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=50)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.set_do_like(True, percentage=70)
session.interact_by_users(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=5, randomize=True, media='Photo')
# Interact with the people that a given user is following
# set_do_comment, set_do_follow and set_do_like are applicable
session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_do_like(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.interact_user_following(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)
Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.
# Interact with the people that a given user is following
# set_do_comment, set_do_follow and set_do_like are applicable
session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_do_like(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)
Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.
session.interact_by_URL(urls=["some/URL/1", "some/URL/2" "other/URL"], randomize=True, interact=True)
To use, define all of the interaction settings
and start the feature right away!
#define interaction settings
session.set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=94)
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=24)
session.set_comments(["Masterful shot", "Chilling!", "Unbelievably great..."])
session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=44)
session.set_user_interact(amount=6, randomize=True, percentage=72, media='Photo')
#start the feature
session.interact_by_URL(urls=["Fv0J4AJ3Y7r/?taken-at=628416252", "Vb0D4bJgY7r" "Dj0J4VJgY7r"], randomize=True, interact=True)
urls
:
Contains the URLs of the posts to be interacted.
- You can provide URLs in these formats:
full:"https://www.IG.com/p/Aj0J4bJDY7r/?taken-at=128316221"
just post link:"https://www.IG.com/p/Aj0J4bJDY7r/"
just post handle:"Aj0J4bJDY7r/?taken-at=128316221"
just post ID:"Aj0J4bJDY7r"
randomize
:
Shuffles the order of the URLs in the given list before starts to interact.
interact
:
Use it if you like to also interact the post owner after doing interactions on the post itself.
It will unfollow ~10
accounts and sleep for ~10
minutes and then will continue to unfollow...
|>
customList |>
InstapyFollowed |>
nonFollowers |>
allFollowing
1 - Unfollow specific users from a CUSTOM list (has 2
tracks- "all"
and "nonfollowers"
):
when track is "all"
, it will unfollow all of the users in a given list;
custom_list = ["user_1", "user_2", "user_49", "user332", "user50921", "user_n"]
session.unfollow_users(amount=84, customList=(True, custom_list, "all"), style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=55*60*60, sleep_delay=600)
if track is "nonfollowers"
, it will unfollow all of the users in a given list WHO are not following you back;
custom_list = ["user_1", "user_2", "user_49", "user332", "user50921", "user_n"]
session.unfollow_users(amount=84, customList=(True, custom_list, "nonfollowers"), style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=55*60*60, sleep_delay=600)
- PRO:
customList
method can any kind of iterable container, such aslist
,tuple
orset
.
2 - Unfollow the users WHO was followed by InstaPy
(has 2
tracks- "all"
and "nonfollowers"
):
again, if you like to unfollow all of the users followed by InstaPy, use the track- "all"
;
session.unfollow_users(amount=60, InstapyFollowed=(True, "all"), style="FIFO", unfollow_after=90*60*60, sleep_delay=501)
but if you like you unfollow only the users followed by InstaPy WHO do not follow you back, use the track- "nonfollowers"
;
session.unfollow_users(amount=60, InstapyFollowed=(True, "nonfollowers"), style="FIFO", unfollow_after=90*60*60, sleep_delay=501)
3 - Unfollow the users WHO do not
follow you back:
session.unfollow_users(amount=126, nonFollowers=True, style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=42*60*60, sleep_delay=655)
4 - Just
unfollow, regardless of a user follows you or not:
session.unfollow_users(amount=40, allFollowing=True, style="LIFO", unfollow_after=3*60*60, sleep_delay=450)
style
You can choose unfollow style as "FIFO"
(First-Input-First-Output) OR "LIFO"
(Last-Input-First-Output) OR "RANDOM"
.
- with
"FIFO"
, it will unfollow users in the exact order they are loaded ("FIFO"
is the default style unless you change it); - with
"LIFO
" it will unfollow users in the reverse order they were loaded; - with
"RANDOM"
it will unfollow users in the shuffled order;
unfollow_after
By using this, you can unfollow users only after following them certain amount of time.
it will help to provide seamless unfollow activity without the notice of the target user
To use it, just add unfollow_after
parameter with the desired time interval, e.g.,
session.unfollow_users(amount=94, InstapyFollowed=(True, "all"), style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=48*60*60, sleep_delay=600)
will unfollow users only after following them 48
hours (2
days).
- Since
unfollow_after
s value is in seconds, you can simply give itunfollow_after=3600
to unfollow after3600
seconds.
Yeah, values kind of1*60*60
- which is also equal to1
hour or3600
seconds, is much more easier to use.
Sure if you like to not use it, give the value of None
- unfollow_after=None
.
sleep_delay
Sleep delay sets the time it will sleep after every ~10
unfollows (default delay is ~10
minutes).
NOTE: You should know that, in one RUN,
unfollow_users
feature can take only one method from all4
above.
That's why, it is best to disable other3
methods while using a one:
session.unfollow_users(amount=200, customList=(True, ["user1", "user2", "user88", "user200"], "all"), InstapyFollowed=(False, "all"), nonFollowers=False, allFollowing=False, style="FIFO", unfollow_after=22*60*60, sleep_delay=600)
here the unfollow method- customList is used
OR just keep the method you want to use and remove other 3 methods from the feature
session.unfollow_users(amount=200, allFollowing=True, style="FIFO", unfollow_after=22*60*60, sleep_delay=600)
here the unfollow method- alFollowing is used
# Prevents unfollow followers who have liked one of your latest 5 posts
session.set_dont_unfollow_active_users(enabled=True, posts=5)
This is used to check the number of followers and/or following a user has and if these numbers either exceed the number set OR does not pass the number set OR if their ratio does not reach desired potency ratio then no further interaction happens
session.set_relationship_bounds(enabled=True,
potency_ratio=1.34,
delimit_by_numbers=True,
max_followers=8500,
max_following=4490,
min_followers=100,
min_following=56)
Use enabled=True
to activate this feature, and enabled=False
to deactivate it, any time
delimit_by_numbers
is used to activate & deactivate the usage of max & min values
potency_ratio
accepts values in 2 formats according to your style: positive & negative
potency_ratio
with POSITIVE values can be used to route interactions to only potential (real) users WHOSE followers count is higher than following count (e.g.,potency_ratio = 1.39
)
find desiredpotency_ratio
with this formula:potency_ratio
== followers count / following count (use desired counts)
e.g., target user has
5000
followers &4000
following and you setpotency_ratio=1.35
.
Now it will not interact with this user, cos the user's relationship ratio is5000/4000==1.25
and1.25
is below desiredpotency_ratio
of1.35
potency_ratio
with NEGATIVE values can be used to route interactions to only massive followers WHOSE following count is higher than followers count (e.g.,potency_ratio = -1.42
)
find desiredpotency_ratio
with this formula:potency_ratio
== following count / followers count (use desired counts)
e.g., target user has
2000
followers &3000
following and you setpotency_ratio = -1.7
.
Now it will not interact with this user, cos the user's relationship ratio is3000/2000==1.5
and1.5
is below desiredpotency_ratio
of1.7
(note that, negative-
sign is only used to determine your style, nothing more)
- 1. You can use
potency_ratio
or not (e.g.,potency_ratio=None
,delimit_by_numbers=True
) - will decide only by your pre-defined max & min values regardless of thepotency_ratio
session.set_relationship_bounds (enabled=True, potency_ratio=None, delimit_by_numbers=True, max_followers=22668, max_following=10200, min_followers=400, min_following=240)
- 2. You can use only
potency_ratio
(e.g.,potency_ratio=-1.5
,delimit_by_numbers=False
) - will decide perpotency_ratio
regardless of the pre-defined max & min values
session.set_relationship_bounds (enabled=True, potency_ratio=-1.5, delimit_by_numbers=False, max_followers=400701, max_following=90004, min_followers=963, min_following=2310)
apparently, once
delimit_by_numbers
getsFalse
value, max & min values do not matter
- 3. You can use both
potency_ratio
and pre-defined max & min values together (e.g.,potency_ratio=2.35
,delimit_by_numbers=True
) - will decide perpotency_ratio
& your pre-defined max & min values
session.set_relationship_bounds (enabled=True, potency_ratio=2.35, delimit_by_numbers=True, max_followers=10005, max_following=24200, min_followers=77, min_following=500)
All of the 4 max & min values are able to freely operate, e.g., you may want to only delimit
max_followers
andmin_following
(e.g.,max_followers=52639
,max_following=None
,min_followers=None
,min_following=2240
)
session.set_relationship_bounds (enabled=True, potency_ratio=-1.44, delimit_by_numbers=True, max_followers=52639, max_following=None, min_followers=None, min_following=2240)
This is used to check the number of existing likes a post has and if it either exceed the maximum value set OR does not pass the minimum value set then it will not like that post
session.set_delimit_liking(enabled=True, max=1005, min=20)
Use enabled=True
to activate and enabled=False
to deactivate it, any time
max
is the maximum number of likes to compare
min
is the minimum number of likes to compare
You can use both max & min values OR one of them as you desire, just put the value of
None
to the one you don't want to check for., e.g.,
session.set_delimit_liking(enabled=True, max=242, min=None)
at this configuration above, it will not check number of the existing likes against minimum value
- Example:
session.set_delimit_liking(enabled=True, max=500, min=7)
Now, if a post has more existing likes than maximum value of 500
, then it will not like that post,
similarly, if that post has less existing likes than the minimum value of 7
, then it will not like that post...
This is used to check the number of existing comments a post has and if it either exceed the maximum value set OR does not pass the minimum value set then it will not comment on that post
session.set_delimit_commenting(enabled=True, max=32, min=0)
Use enabled=True
to activate and enabled=False
to deactivate it, any time
max
is the maximum number of comments to compare
min
is the minimum number of comments to compare
You can use both max & min values OR one of them as you desire, just put the value of
None
to the one you don't want to check for., e.g.,
session.set_delimit_commenting(enabled=True, max=None, min=4)
at this configuration above, it will not check number of the existing comments against maximum value
- Example:
session.set_delimit_commenting(enabled=True, max=70, min=5)
Now, if a post has more comments than the maximum value of 70
, then it will not comment on that post,
similarly, if that post has less comments than the minimum value of 5
, then it will not comment on that post...
session.comment_by_locations(['224442573/salton-sea/'], amount=100)
# or
session.comment_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=100)
# or include media entities from top posts section
session.comment_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=5, skip_top_posts=False)
This method allows commenting by locations, without liking posts. To get locations follow instructions in 'Like by Locations'
session.like_by_locations(['224442573/salton-sea/'], amount=100)
# or
session.like_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=100)
# or include media entities from top posts section
session.like_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=5, skip_top_posts=False)
You can find locations for the like_by_locations
function by:
- Browsing https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/
- Regular instagram search.
Example:
- Search 'Salton Sea' and select the result with a location icon
- The url is: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/224442573/salton-sea/
- Use everything after 'locations/' or just the number
# Like posts based on hashtags
session.like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=10)
# Like posts based on hashtags and like 3 posts of its poster
session.set_user_interact(amount=3, randomize=True, percentage=100, media='Photo')
session.like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=10, interact=True)
# This is used to perform likes on your own feeds
# amount=100 specifies how many total likes you want to perform
# randomize=True randomly skips posts to be liked on your feed
# unfollow=True unfollows the author of a post which was considered
# inappropriate interact=True visits the author's profile page of a
# certain post and likes a given number of his pictures, then returns to feed
session.like_by_feed(amount=100, randomize=True, unfollow=True, interact=True)
# Controls your interactions by campaigns.
# ex. this week InstaPy will like and comment interacting by campaign called
# 'soccer', next time InstaPy runs, it will not interact again with users in
# blacklist
# In general, this means that once we turn off the soccer_campaign again, InstaPy
# will have no track of the people it interacted with about soccer.
# This will help you target people only once but several times for different campaigns
session.set_blacklist(enabled=True, campaign='soccer_campaign')
session.set_do_comment(True, percentage=50)
session.set_comments(['Neymar is better than CR7', 'Soccer is cool'])
session.like_by_tags(['soccer', 'cr7', 'neymar'], amount=100, media='Photo')
# Generate smart hashtags based on https://displaypurposes.com ranking,
# banned and spammy tags are filtered out.
# (limit) defines amount limit of generated hashtags by hashtag
# (sort) sort generated hashtag list 'top' and 'random' are available
# (log_tags) shows generated hashtags before use it
# (use_smart_hashtags) activates like_by_tag to use smart hashtags
session.set_smart_hashtags(['cycling', 'roadbike'], limit=3, sort='top', log_tags=True)
session.like_by_tags(amount=10, use_smart_hashtags=True)
session.set_mandatory_words(['#food', '#instafood'])
.set_mandatory_words
searches the description and owner comments for words and
will like the image if all of those words are in there
session.set_dont_like(['#exactmatch', '[startswith', ']endswith', 'broadmatch'])
.set_dont_like
searches the description and owner comments for hashtags and
won't like the image if one of those hashtags are in there
You have 4 options to exclude posts from your InstaPy session:
- words starting with
#
will match only exact hashtags (e. g.#cat
matches#cat
, but not#catpic
) - words starting with
[
will match all hashtags starting with your word (e. g.[cat
matches#catpic
,#caturday
and so on) - words starting with
]
will match all hashtags ending with your word (e. g.]cat
matches#mycat
,#instacat
and so on) - words without these prefixes will match all hashtags that contain your word regardless if it is placed at the beginning, middle or end of the hashtag (e. g.
cat
will match#cat
,#mycat
,#caturday
,#rainingcatsanddogs
and so on)
# completely ignore liking images from certain users
session.set_ignore_users(['random_user', 'another_username'])
# will ignore the don't like if the description contains
# one of the given words
session.set_ignore_if_contains(['glutenfree', 'french', 'tasty'])
# will prevent commenting on and unfollowing your good friends (the images will
# still be liked)
session.set_dont_include(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'])
If you notice that one or more of the above functionalities are not working as expected - e.g. you have specified:
session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=10, times=2)
but none of the profiles are being followed - or any such functionality is misbehaving - then one thing you should check is the position/order of such methods in your script. Essentially, all the set_*
methods have to be before like_by_tags
or like_by_locations
or unfollow
. This is also implicit in all the exmples and quickstart.py
If you're having issues with the "we detected an unusual login attempt" message, you can bypass it setting InstaPy in this way:
session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password, bypass_suspicious_attempt=True)
bypass_suspicious_attempt=True
will send the verification code to your
email, and you will be prompted to enter the security code sent to your email.
It will login to your account, now you can set bypass_suspicious_attempt to False
bypass_suspicious_attempt=False
and InstaPy will quickly login using cookies.
popeye_followers = session.grab_followers(username="Popeye", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
##now, `popeye_followers` variable which is a list- holds the `Followers` data of "Popeye" at requested time
username
:
A desired username to grab its followers
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
amount
:
Defines the desired amount of usernames to grab from the given account
amount="full"
:- Grabs followers entirely
amount=3089
:- Grabs
3089
usernames if exist, if not, grabs available amount
- Grabs
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing Followers
data
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowers
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Followers
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowers
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Followers
data in a local storage
The files will be saved into your logs folder, ~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/Popeye/followers/
directory.
Sample filename 14-06-2018~full~6874.json
:
14-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition."full"
means the range of the data acquisition;
If the data is requested at the range else than"full"
, it will write that range.6874
means the count of the usernames retrieved.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
E.g., inside your quickstart script, you can do something like this:
#get followers of "Popeye" and "Cinderella"
popeye_followers = session.grab_followers(username="Popeye", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
sleep(600)
cinderella_followers = session.grab_followers(username="Cinderella", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
#find the users following "Popeye" WHO also follow "Cinderella" :D
popeye_cinderella_followers = [follower for follower in popeye_followers if follower in cinderella_followers]
You can use this tool to take a backup of your or any other user's current followers.
lazySmurf_following = session.grab_following(username="lazy.smurf", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
##now, `lazySmurf_following` variable which is a list- holds the `Following` data of "lazy.smurf" at requested time
username
:
A desired username to grab its following
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
amount
:
Defines the desired amount of usernames to grab from the given account
amount="full"
:- Grabs following entirely
amount=3089
:- Grabs
3089
usernames if exist, if not, grabs available amount
- Grabs
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing Following
data
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowing
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Following
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowing
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Following
data in a local storage
The files will be saved into your logs folder, ~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/lazy.smurf/following/
directory.
Sample filename 15-06-2018~full~2409.json
:
15-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition."full"
means the range of the data acquisition;
If the data is requested at the range else than"full"
, it will write that range.2409
means the count of the usernames retrieved.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
E.g., inside your quickstart script, you can do something like this:
##as we know that all lazy Smurf care is to take some good rest, so by mistake, he can follow somebody WHOM Gargamel also follow!
#so let's find it out to save Smurfs from troubles! :D
#get following of "lazy.smurf" and "Gargamel"
lazySmurf_following = session.grab_following(username="lazy.smurf", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
sleep(600)
gargamel_following = session.grab_following(username="Gargamel", amount="full", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
#find the users "lazy.smurf" is following WHOM "Gargamel" also follow :D
lazySmurf_gargamel_following = [following for following in lazySmurf_following if following in gargamel_following]
You can use this tool to take a backup of your or any other user's current following.
Compares the followers
stored in a local storage against current followers and returns absent followers
all_unfollowers, active_unfollowers = session.pick_unfollowers(username="Bernard_bear", compare_by="month", compare_track="first", live_match=True, store_locally=True, print_out=True)
##now, `all_unfollowers` and `all_unfollowers` variables which are lists- hold the `Unfollowers` data of "Bernard_bear" at requested time
#`all_unfollowers` holds all of the unfollowers WHILST `active_unfollowers` holds the unfollowers WHOM "Bernard_bear" is still following
username
:
A desired username to pick its unfollowers
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
compare_by
:
Defines the compare point
to pick unfollowers
-
Available values are:
"latest"
chooses the very latest record from the existing records in the local folder"earliest"
chooses the very earliest record from the existing records in the local folder
The compare points below needs a compare track defined, too:
"day"
chooses from the existing records of today in the local folder"month"
chooses from the existing records of this month in the local folder"year"
chooses from the existing records of this year in the local folder
compare_track
:
Defines the track to choose a file to compare for "day"
, "month"
and "year"
compare points
- Available values are:
"first"
selects the first record from the givenday
,month
oryear
"median"
selects the median (the one in the middle) record from the givenday
,month
oryear
"last"
selects the last record from the givenday
,month
oryear
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing new Followers
data to compare with existing data
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowers
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Followers
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowers
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Unfollowers
data in a local storage
There will be 2 files saved in their own directory:
all_unfollowers
:- Will store all of the unfollowers in there
- Its files will be saved at logs folder,
~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/Bernard_bear/unfollowers/all_unfollowers/
directory.
active_unfollowers
:- Will store only the unfollowers WHOM you are currently following.
- Its files will be saved at logs folder,
~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/Bernard_bear/unfollowers/active_unfollowers/
directory.
Sample filename 03-06-2018~all~75.json
:
03-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition."all"
means that it is all of the unfollowers data;
*"active"
unfollowers files will have"active"
written in there.75
means the count of the unfollowers retrieved.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
print_out
:
Use this parameter if you would like the see
those unfollowers printed into the console output right after finding them.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
- You can the get the unfollowers you have had from the start of the year, or from the middle of the year or from the start of the month, etc.
And then, e.g. do someuseful
analysis with that generated unfollowers data. - And you can also find the unfollowers to
block
them all. - Also, you can unfollow back those
active unfollowers
right away:
#find all of the active unfollowers of Bernard bear
all_unfollowers, active_unfollowers = session.pick_unfollowers(username="Bernard_bear", compare_by="earliest", compare_track="first", live_match=True, store_locally=True, print_out=True)
sleep(200)
#let's unfollow them immediately cos Bernard will be angry if heards about those unfollowers! :D
session.unfollow_users(amount=len(active_unfollowers), customList=(True, active_unfollowers, "all"), style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=None, sleep_delay=600)
scoobyDoo_nonfollowers = session.pick_nonfollowers(username="ScoobyDoo", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
#now, `scoobyDoo_nonfollowers` variable which is a list- holds the `Nonfollowers` data of "ScoobyDoo" at requested time
username
:
A desired username to pick its nonfollowers
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing Followers
and Following
data to compare with each other to find nonfollowers
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowers
and/orFollowing
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Followers
and/orFollowing
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowers
and/orFollowing
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Nonfollowers
data in a local storage
The files will be saved into your logs folder, ~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/ScoobyDoo/nonfollowers/
directory.
Sample filename 01-06-2018~[5886-3575]~2465.json
:
01-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition.5886
means the count of the followers retrieved.3575
means the count of the following retrieved.2465
means the count of the nonfollowers picked.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
- You can get the nonfollowers of several users and then do analysis.
- e.g., in this example Scooby Do used it like this:
##Scooby Doo always wonders a lot and this time he wonders if there are people Shaggy is following WHO do not follow him back... shaggy_nonfollowers = session.pick_nonfollowers(username="Shaggy", live_match=True, store_locally=True) #now Scooby Doo will tell his friend Shaggy about this, who knows, maybe Shaggy will unfollow them all or even add to block :D
smurfette_fans = session.pick_fans(username="Smurfette", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
#now, `smurfette_fans` variable which is a list- holds the `Fans` data of "Smurfette" at requested time
username
:
A desired username to pick its fans
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing Followers
and Following
data to compare with each other to find fans
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowers
and/orFollowing
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Followers
and/orFollowing
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowers
and/orFollowing
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Fans
data in a local storage
The files will be saved into your logs folder, ~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/Smurfette/fans/
directory.
Sample filename 05-06-2018~[4591-2575]~3477.json
:
05-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition.4591
means the count of the followers retrieved.2575
means the count of the following retrieved.3477
means the count of the fans picked.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
- You can get the fans of several users and then do analysis.
- e.g., in this example Smurfette used it like this:
##Smurfette is so famous in the place and she wonders which smurfs is following her WHOM she doesn't even know of :D smurfette_fans = session.pick_fans(username="Smurfette", live_match=True, store_locally=True) #and now, maybe she will follow back some of the smurfs whom she may know :P
Returns Mutual Following
data- all of the accounts who do follow the user WHOM user itself also do follow back
Winnie_mutualFollowing = session.pick_mutual_following(username="WinnieThePooh", live_match=True, store_locally=True)
#now, `Winnie_mutualFollowing` variable which is a list- holds the `Mutual Following` data of "WinnieThePooh" at requested time
username
:
A desired username to pick its mutual following
- It can be your
own
username OR a username of somenon-private
account.
live_match
:
Defines the method of grabbing Followers
and Following
data to compare with each other to find mutual following
Knowledge Base:
Every time you grabFollowers
and/orFollowing
data in"full"
range of any user, it is also gonna be stored in some corner ofInstaPy
for that session.
live_match=False
:- If the user already do have a
Followers
and/orFollowing
data loaded earlier in the same session, it will run a smartdata-matching
algorithm.
And there, it will load only the new data from the server and then return a compact result of current data.
The algorithm works like: load the usernames until hits the ones from the previous query at certain amount. - Also if the
live_match
isFalse
and the user has no any sessionalFollowers
and/orFollowing
data, then it will loadlive
data at requested range. - As a result,
live_match=False
saves lots ofprecious time
andserver requests
.
- If the user already do have a
live_match=True
:- It will always load
live
data from the server at requested range.
- It will always load
store_locally
:
Gives the option to save
the loaded Mutual Following
data in a local storage
The files will be saved into your logs folder, ~/InstaPy/logs/YourOwnUsername/relationship_data/WinnieThePooh/mutual_following/
directory.
Sample filename 11-06-2018~[3872-2571]~1120.json
:
11-06-2018
means the time of the data acquisition.3872
means the count of the followers retrieved.2571
means the count of the following retrieved.1120
means the count of the mutual following picked.json
is the filetype and the data is stored as alist
in it.
There are several use cases
of this tool for various purposes.
- You can get the mutual following of several users and then do analysis.
- e.g., in this example Winnie The Pooh used it like this:
#Winnie The Pooh is a very friendly guy and almost everybody follows him back, but he wants to be sure about it :D Winnie_mutual_following = session.pick_mutual_following(username="WinnieThePooh", live_match=True, store_locally=True) ##now, he will write a message to his mutual followers to help him get a new honey pot :>
You can use InstaPy behind a proxy by specifying server address and port
session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password, proxy_address='8.8.8.8', proxy_port=8080)
To use proxy with authentication you should firstly generate proxy chrome extension (works only with Chrome and headless_browser=False).
from proxy_extension import create_proxy_extension
proxy = 'login:password@ip:port'
proxy_chrome_extension = create_proxy_extension(proxy)
session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password, proxy_chrome_extension=proxy_chrome_extension, nogui=True)
Chrome is the default browser, but InstaPy provides support for Firefox as well.
session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password, use_firefox=True)
To use an emoji just add an u
in front of the opening apostrophe:
session.set_comments([u'This post is 🔥',u'More emojis are always better 💯',u'I love your posts 😍😍😍']);
# or
session.set_comments([u'Emoji text codes are also supported :100: :thumbsup: :thumbs_up: \u2764 💯💯']);
Emoji text codes are implemented using 2 different naming codes. A complete list of emojis codes can be found on the Python Emoji Github, but you can use the alternate shorted naming scheme found for Emoji text codes here. Note: Every Emoji has not been tested. Please report any inconsistencies.
Legacy Emoji Support
You can still use Unicode strings in your comments, but there are some limitations.
You can use only Unicode characters with no more than 4 characters and you have to use the unicode code (e. g.
\u1234
). You find a list of emoji with unicode codes on Wikipedia, but there is also a list of working emoji in/assets
You have to convert your comment to Unicode. This can safely be done by adding an u in front of the opening apostrophe:
u'\u1234 some comment'
Note: Head over to https://developer.clarifai.com/signup/ and create a free account, once you’re logged in go to https://developer.clarifai.com/account/applications/ and create a new application. You can find the client ID and Secret there. You get 5000 API-calls free/month.
If you want the script to get your CLARIFAI_API_KEY for your environment, you can do:
export CLARIFAI_API_KEY="<API KEY>"
session.set_do_comment(True, percentage=10)
session.set_comments(['Cool!', 'Awesome!', 'Nice!'])
session.set_use_clarifai(enabled=True)
session.clarifai_check_img_for(['nsfw'])
session.clarifai_check_img_for(['food', 'lunch', 'dinner'], comment=True, comments=['Tasty!', 'Nice!', 'Yum!'])
session.end()
# default enabled=False , enables the checking with the clarifai api (image
# tagging) if secret and proj_id are not set, it will get the environment
# variables 'CLARIFAI_API_KEY'
session.set_use_clarifai(enabled=True, api_key='xxx')
# uses the clarifai api to check if the image contains nsfw content
# -> won't comment if image is nsfw
session.clarifai_check_img_for(['nsfw'])
# checks the image for keywords food and lunch, if both are found,
# comments with the given comments. If full_match is False (default), it only
# requires a single tag to match Clarifai results.
session.clarifai_check_img_for(['food', 'lunch'], comment=True, comments=['Tasty!', 'Yum!'], full_match=True)
Check out https://clarifai.com/demo to see some of the available tags.
Use the nogui
parameter to interact with virtual display
session = InstaPy(username='test', password='test', nogui=True)
Note: Chrome only! Must use chromedriver v2.9+
Use headless_browser
parameter to run the bot via the CLI. Works great if running the scripts locally, or to deploy on a server. No GUI, less CPU intensive. Example
session = InstaPy(username='test', password='test', headless_browser=True)
Use the multi_logs parameter if you are going to use multiple accounts and want the log files stored per account.
session = InstaPy(username='test', password='test', multi_logs=True)
Docker allows very easy and fast run of the instapy bot without any pain and tears.
Install docker from the official website https://www.docker.com/
Install VNC viewer if you do not have one. For windows, a good program is http://www.tightvnc.com/
Open docker_quickstart.py
and fill the quotes after insta_username and insta_password with your credentials.
Don't forget to make other changes for the file as you want to. Read the documentation above for info.
First you need to open your terminal, move to the root folder (usually with the cd
command) of instapy project and then type:
docker-compose up -d --build
That's all! At this step, you are already successfully running your personal bot!
Run your VNC viewer, and type address and port localhost:5900
. The password is secret
.
Use your terminal again, type in the same window:
docker-compose down
Your bot is stopped!
Those are just basic steps to run instapy bot on your PC with docker. There are other docker-compose settings file in the root of project.
Use it to help us with development and test instapy! docker-dev.yml
file.
docker-compose -f docker-dev.yml up -d
After striking this command, you can access your bot by VNC on the adress localhost:5901
, the password is secret
.
But there is more! There is a fully accessible bash console with all code mounted at the path /code
. When you hack some files they are dynamically updated inside your container.
To access yor container console to run bot type localhost:22
in your favorite ssh client. The User is root
and the password is root
also.
Suitable to run in a remote server. Attention! You can not view what happened through VNC on this configuration docker-prod.yml
file.
docker-compose -f docker-prod.yml up -d
First you need to build the image by running this in the Terminal:
docker build -t instapy ./docker_conf/all_in_one
Make sure to use the nogui
feature:
# you can use the nogui parameter to use a virtual display
session = InstaPy(username='test', password='test', nogui=True)
After the build succeeds, you can simply run the container with:
docker run --name=instapy -e INSTA_USER=<your-user> -e INSTA_PW=<your-pw> -d --rm instapy
You can use Window's built in Task Scheduler to automate InstaPy, using a variety of trigger types: time, login, computer idles, etc. To schedule a simple daily run of an Instapy script follow the below directions
- Open Windows Task Scheduler
- Select "Create Basic Task"
- Fill out "Name" and "Description" as desired, click "Next"
- On "Trigger" screen select how frequently to run, click "Next" (Frequency can be modified later)
- On "Daily" screen, hit "Next"
- "Action Screen" select "Start a program" and then click "Next"
- "Program/script" enter the path, or browse to select the path to python. (How to find python path on Windows)
- "Add arguments" input the InstaPy script path you wish to run. (Example: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\GitHub\InstaPy\craigquick.py)
- "Start in" input Instapy install location (Example: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\GitHub\InstaPy). Click "Next"
- To finish the process, hit "Finish"
You can add InstaPy to your crontab, so that the script will be executed regularly. This is especially useful for servers, but be sure not to break Instagrams follow and like limits.
# Edit or create a crontab
crontab -e
# Add information to execute your InstaPy regularly.
# With cd you navigate to your InstaPy folder, with the part after &&
# you execute your quickstart.py with python. Make sure that those paths match
# your environment.
45 */4 * * * cd /home/user/InstaPy && /usr/bin/python ./quickstart.py
Schedule is an in-process scheduler for periodic jobs that uses the builder pattern for configuration. Schedule lets you run Python functions periodically at pre-determined intervals using a simple, human-friendly syntax.
pip install schedule
from instapy import InstaPy
import schedule
import time
def job():
try:
session = InstaPy(selenium_local_session=False) # Assuming running in Compose
session.set_selenium_remote_session(selenium_url='http://selenium:4444/wd/hub')
session.login()
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=20)
session.set_comments(['Well done!'])
session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=5, times=2)
session.like_by_tags(['love'], amount=100, media='Photo')
session.end()
except:
import traceback
print(traceback.format_exc())
schedule.every().day.at("6:35").do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("16:22").do(job)
while True:
schedule.run_pending()
time.sleep(1)
Built-in delays prevent your account from getting banned. (Just make sure you don't like 1000s of post/day)
64-bit system is a requirement for current versions of chrome browser.
During indirect data retrieval, simulation happens to provide a genuine activity flow triggered by a wise algorithm.
To turn off simulation or to decrease its occurrence frequency, use set_simulation
setting:
#use the value of `False` to permanently turn it off
session.set_simulation(enabled=False)
#use a desired occurrence percentage
session.set_simulation(enabled=True, percentage=66)