An Insagram bot made with Python and independant from the Instagram API.
| Method | Definition | Argument(s) |
|---|---|---|
| login | login to instagram | - |
| follow | follow an user | user_id |
| unfollow | unfollow an user | user_id |
| like | like a media | media_id |
| unlike | unlike a media | media_id |
| comment | post a comment (return the comment_id) | media_id, text |
| uncomment | delete a comment | media_id, comment_id |
| explore | return a list of medias | tag |
| downloadMedia | download a media | media_shortcode |
| getUserDetails | return a dictionary with the user details | username |
| usernameToUserId | return the user_id | username |
| userIdToUsername | return the username | user_id |
| Parameter | Definition | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| tags | list of tags to explore | ("default") |
| follow_ratio | probability to follow a media owner | 1 |
| like_ratio | probability to like a media | 1 |
| comment_ratio | probability to coment a media | 0.33 |
| average_time_gap | average time between each media iteration | 30 |
| max_stack_size | number of medias to explore at each loop | 5 |
| comments | list of sub_comment | (("Super", "Beautiful", "Great"), ("post", "picture"), ("!", "")) |
| add_to_unfollow_queue | the followed users will be unfollowed | True |
| follow_duration | time before unfollowing | 600 |
| media_owner_max_followers | max followers for follow | 500 |
| media_max_likes | max likes for like | 20 |
| medias_posted_before_time | handle only the medias posted before time | 300 |
| allow_videos | are videos handled | False |
| users_blacklist | these users won't be followed | ("user0") |
| users_whitelist | these users won't be unfollowed | ("user1") |
| start_at | starting time | dtime(hour= 7) |
| end_at | ending_time | dtime(hour= 22, minute= 30) |
- Download and install python3+ on your computer
git clonethis repo or download as a ZIP and extract- Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
These are the approximately Instagram limits. Be worry of respecting them or you'll get a bunch of 403 HTTP errors and might get banned !
- Maximum of 800 follows / unfollows a day (200-300 for a new accounts)
- Maximum of likes a day = 1.5 * the follow limit
- Maximum of 250-300 comments a day (100-150 for new accounts)
- 1-2 seconds between each request