User

View a list of a user’s medias, following and followers

• user_id - Integer ID of user, example 1903424587

Method	Return	Description
user_followers(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	Dict[int, UserShort]	Get dict of followers users (amount=0 - fetch all followers)
user_following(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	Dict[int, UserShort]	Get dict of following users (amount=0 - fetch all)
search_followers(user_id: str, query: str)	List[UserShort]	Search by followers
search_following(user_id: str, query: str)	List[UserShort]	Search by following
user_info(user_id: str)	User	Get user info
user_info_by_username(username: str)	User	Get user info by username
user_follow(user_id: str)	bool	Follow user
user_unfollow(user_id: str)	bool	Unfollow user
user_id_from_username(username: str)	int	Get user_id by username
username_from_user_id(user_id: str)	str	Get username by user_id
user_remove_follower(user_id: str)	bool	Remove your follower
mute_posts_from_follow(user_id: str)	bool	Mute posts from following user
unmute_posts_from_follow(user_id: str)	bool	Unmute posts from following user
mute_stories_from_follow(user_id: str)	bool	Mute stories from following user
enable_posts_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Enable post notifications of user
disable_posts_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Disable post notifications of user
enable_videos_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Enable videos notifications of user
disable_videos_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Disable videos notifications of user
enable_reels_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Enable reels notifications of user
disable_reels_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Disable reels notifications of user
enable_stories_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Enable stories notifications of user
disable_stories_notifications(user_id: str)	bool	Disable stories notifications of user
close_friend_add(user_id: str)	bool	Add to Close Friends List
close_friend_remove(user_id: str)	bool	Remove from Close Friends List

Low level methods:

Method	Return	Description
user_followers_gql_chunk(user_id: str, max_amount: int = 0, end_cursor: str = None)	Tuple[List[UserShort], str]	Get user’s followers information by Public Graphql API and end_cursor
user_followers_gql(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	List[UserShort]	Get user’s followers information by Public Graphql API
user_followers_v1_chunk(user_id: str, max_amount: int = 0, max_id: str = “”)	Tuple[List[UserShort], str]	Get user’s followers information by Private Mobile API and max_id (cursor)
user_followers_v1(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	List[UserShort]	Get user’s followers information by Private Mobile API
user_following_v1(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	List[UserShort]	Get user’s following users information by Private Mobile API
user_following_gql(user_id: str, amount: int = 0)	List[UserShort]	Get user’s following information by Public Graphql API
search_followers_v1(user_id: str, query: str)	List[UserShort]	Search by followers by Private Mobile API
search_following_v1(user_id: str, query: str)	List[UserShort]	Search by following by Private Mobile API

Example:

>>> cl.user_followers(cl.user_id).keys()
dict_keys([5563084402, 43848984510, 1498977320, ...])

>>> cl.user_following(cl.user_id)
{
  8530498223: UserShort(
    pk=8530498223,
    username="something",
    full_name="Example description",
    profile_pic_url=HttpUrl(
      'https://instagram.frix7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t5...9217617140_n.jpg',
      scheme='https',
      host='instagram.frix7-1.fna.fbcdn.net',
      ...
    ),
  ),
  49114585: UserShort(
    pk=49114585,
    username='gx1000',
    full_name='GX1000',
    profile_pic_url=HttpUrl(
      'https://scontent-hel3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/10388...jpg',
      scheme='https',
      host='scontent-hel3-1.cdninstagram.com',
      ...
    )
  ),
  ...
}

>>> cl.user_info_by_username('example').dict()
{'pk': 1903424587,
 'username': 'example',
 'full_name': 'Example Example',
 'is_private': False,
 'profile_pic_url': HttpUrl('https://scontent-hel3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/s150x150/123884060_803537687159702_2508263208740189974_n.jpg?...', scheme='https', host='scontent-hel3-1.cdninstagram.com', tld='com', host_type='domain', ...'),
 'is_verified': False,
 'media_count': 102,
 'follower_count': 576,
 'following_count': 538,
 'biography': 'Engineer: Python, JavaScript, Erlang',
 'external_url': HttpUrl('https://example.org/', scheme='https', host='example.org', tld='com', host_type='domain', path='/'),
 'is_business': False}

Example: We go around the list of our followers and unfollow from them:

from instagrapi import Client
cl = Client()
cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)

followers = cl.user_followers(cl.user_id)
for user_id in followers.keys():
    cl.user_unfollow(user_id)