instagrapi

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Fast and effective Instagram Private API wrapper (public+private requests and challenge resolver). Use the most recent version of the API from Instagram, which was obtained using reverse-engineering with Charles Proxy and Proxyman.

Instagram API valid for 16 Dec 2023 (last reverse-engineering check)

Support Python >= 3.9

For any other languages (e.g. C++, C#, F#, D, Golang, Erlang, Elixir, Nim, Haskell, Lisp, Closure, Julia, R, Java, Kotlin, Scala, OCaml, JavaScript, Crystal, Ruby, Rust, Swift, Objective-C, Visual Basic, .NET, Pascal, Perl, Lua, PHP and others), I suggest using instagrapi-rest

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Features

  1. Performs Public API (web, anonymous) or Private API (mobile app, authorized) requests depending on the situation (to avoid Instagram limits)
  2. Login by username and password, including 2FA and by sessionid
  3. Challenge Resolver have Email and SMS handlers
  4. Support upload a Photo, Video, IGTV, Reels, Albums and Stories
  5. Support work with User, Media, Comment, Insights, Collections, Location (Place), Hashtag and Direct Message objects
  6. Like, Follow, Edit account (Bio) and much more else
  7. Insights by account, posts and stories
  8. Build stories with custom background, font animation, swipe up link and mention users
  9. In the next release, account registration and captcha passing will appear

Example

Basic Usage

from instagrapi import Client

cl = Client()
cl.login(ACCOUNT_USERNAME, ACCOUNT_PASSWORD)

user_id = cl.user_id_from_username("example")
medias = cl.user_medias(user_id, 20)

The full example

from instagrapi import Client
from instagrapi.types import StoryMention, StoryMedia, StoryLink, StoryHashtag

cl = Client()
cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD, verification_code="<2FA CODE HERE>")

media_pk = cl.media_pk_from_url('https://www.instagram.com/p/CGgDsi7JQdS/')
media_path = cl.video_download(media_pk)
example = cl.user_info_by_username('example')
hashtag = cl.hashtag_info('dhbastards')

cl.video_upload_to_story(
    media_path,
    "Credits @example",
    mentions=[StoryMention(user=example, x=0.49892962, y=0.703125, width=0.8333333333333334, height=0.125)],
    links=[StoryLink(webUri='https://github.com/subzeroid/instagrapi')],
    hashtags=[StoryHashtag(hashtag=hashtag, x=0.23, y=0.32, width=0.5, height=0.22)],
    medias=[StoryMedia(media_pk=media_pk, x=0.5, y=0.5, width=0.6, height=0.8)]
)

Requests

The first request to fetch media/user is public (anonymous), if instagram raise exception, then use private (authorized). Example (pseudo-code):

def media_info(media_pk):
    try:
        return self.media_info_gql(media_pk)
    except ClientError as e:
        # Restricted Video: This video is not available in your country.
        # Or media from private account
        return self.media_info_v1(media_pk)

Detailed Documentation

To learn more about the various ways instagrapi can be used, read the Usage Guide page.