jinsta

special thanks to @timgrossmann for creating instapy !! (:

check out our discord channel and chat me there to get an invite for the channel :)

this bot is experimental!
unfortunately this approach doesnt seem to lower the blocks and bans of instagram bots. dont use this bot if you search for a stable one.

getting started basic

install nodejs
open the terminal
npm install -g jinsta
jinsta -u instagram_username -p instagram_password -w workspace_path
- the -w parameter could be ./jinsta_data for example
- jinsta will save log files and session data in this folder
run jinsta --help for additional information

update

npm update -g jinsta

advanced configuration

example index.js

install nodejs
open the terminal and create a new folder
- the name the folder must be different than 'jinsta'
npm init -y
npm install jinsta
create a new file index.js

plain javascript

var jinsta = require('jinsta');

var setup = jinsta.default;
var Config = jinsta.Config;
var timeline = jinsta.timeline;
var hashtag = jinsta.hashtag;
var storyMassView = jinsta.storyMassView;

var config = new Config(
	'instagram_username',
	'instagram_password',
	'workspace_path' // like './jinsta_data'
);

var massview = true;

// have a look at https://github.com/breuerfelix/jinsta/blob/master/src/core/config.ts for an example
config.likeLimit = 30;
// you can edit every property you want
// just do it like we change the keywords here
config.keywords = [ 'vegan', 'climate', 'sports' ];

setup(config).then(function(client) {
	if (massview) {
		storyMassView(client, config);
	}

	if (config.tags.length) {
		// run hashtag feed
		hashtag(client, config);
	} else {
		// run timeline feed
		timeline(client, config);
	}
});

node index.js to start the bot

es6 javascript

import {
	setup,
	Config,
	hashtag,
	timeline,
	storyMassView,
} from 'jinsta';

async function main() {
	const workspace = './workspace';

	const { IG_USERNAME, IG_PASSWORD } = process.env;
	const config = new Config(
		IG_USERNAME,
		IG_PASSWORD,
		workspace,
	);

	const massview = false;
	//config.tags = ['vegan', 'world'];
	//config.likeLimit = 10;

	const client = await setup(config);

	if (massview) {
		await storyMassView(client, config);
	}

	if (config.tags.length) {
		// run hashtag feed
		await hashtag(client, config);
	} else {
		// run timeline feed
		await timeline(client, config);
	}
}

main();

proxy

if you're running jinsta on a server in the internet or in a cloud environment it could be really helpful to use a proxy, so it is not that easy for instagram to catch you up. if you are running jinsta from home this may not be needed.

there are two ways to achieve this:

append --proxy ip.ip.ip.ip:port on the commandline
set following configuration in the advanced configuration: config.proxy = 'ip.ip.ip.ip:port'

like by hashtag

the bot will go through all tags and split the like limit randomly between given tags.

simple: jinsta --tags climate vegan sport --likeLimit 10

advanced:

// the bot will like 10 images with the hashtag vegan
// and then 10 images with the hashtag climate
config.likeLimit = 10;
config.tags = ['vegan', 'climate', 'sport'];

contribute

clone this repo
npm install
create a file named .env in the root folder

IG_USERNAME=instagram_username
IG_PASSWORD=instagram_password

npm run dev to start the bot

additional information / helpful another projects

jinsta_starter: helpful for scheduling jinsta, e.g. on a raspberry pi at home

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