pgrimaud/instagram-user-feed

Generic error \/ Your IP may be block from Instagram. You should consider using a proxy

bugbaal opened this issue · 5 comments

bugbaal commented

Version(s) affected: 6.15

Description
If I use or not the client proxy I get always the same message in the title description

How to reproduce
Just the same of the example:
$client = new Client([
'proxy' => [
'https' => 'xxx.xxx.12.138:999'
]
]);

$data   = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.ipify.org?format=json');
^------ here I saw the proxy IP

$dataRealIp = json_decode(file_get_contents('https://api.ipify.org?format=json'));
^------ here I saw my real IP

$api = new Api($cachePool, $client);
$api->login($credentials->getLogin(), $credentials->getPassword());

but I get the exception:
"Generic error / Your IP may be block from Instagram. You should consider using a proxy."

What could be the problem?
Thanks

pgrimaud commented

How many requests did you make on 24h? Is the proxy shared between multiple users?

bugbaal commented

How many requests did you make on 24h? Is the proxy shared between multiple users?

The real IP was already banned.
So, I take a new proxy to try a new connection.
The problem is that if I use a 'http' proxy the client don't use the proxy, but it continues to use the real IP.
It only works if I use an 'https' certificate proxy.

pgrimaud commented

The problem is that if I use a 'http' proxy the client don't use the proxy, but it continues to use the real IP. It only works if I use an 'https' certificate proxy.

Good to know, thank you for the information.

nam-co commented

I was having the same problem and I came up with this, install openVPN or WireGuard to make your server work as a vpn, connect to the vpn from your computer and login to instagram using your browser, you verify/accept the new location, sounds complicated but actually it was very easy, after this I got it working 🤞 remember to delete the cache folder