Getting biography field information.

[MustafaBKLZ]

I encountered a problem like this.

If the biography is written under each other with enter key, for example:

    bla bla
    bla bla
    bla bla

Then result is like this;
[1]=> string(7) "bla bla" [2]=> string(7) "bla bla" [3]=> string(7) "bla bla"

However, if I write my biography information without enter;

`bla bla bla bla bla bla`

then result is;
[1]=> string(23) "bla bla bla bla bla bla"

My question is this;
How can we get all the biography information at once? Is there a way around this?

I using like this.

from ensta import Host
host = Host(username, password)
profile = host.profile("instagramusername")
print(profile.biography)
print(profile.biography_links)
print(profile.category_name)
print(profile.following_count)

[diezo]

seems like instagram has updated the biography api. i'll check what's happening.

[MustafaBKLZ]

Ok. Thanks. I'm waiting for your reply. :)

[ettoreleandrotognoli]

I think ensta is not using this endpoint
Sorry, it is using, it is in the Guest class
https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username=dev.ettore

The biography is looking "normal", just one string with "\n".

{
    "data": {
        "user": {
            "ai_agent_type": null,
            "biography": "Prof. @unimaroficial |  Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFScar\n💻 Computação do básico ao avançado\n🤖 Transformando conceitos simples em magia com IA",
            "bio_links": [],
            "fb_profile_biolink": null,
            "biography_with_entities": {
                "raw_text": "Prof. @unimaroficial |  Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFScar\n💻 Computação do básico ao avançado\n🤖 Transformando conceitos simples em magia com IA",
                "entities": [
                    {
                        "user": {
                            "username": "unimaroficial"
                        },
                        "hashtag": null
                    }
                ]
            },
            ...

[ettoreleandrotognoli]

The code snippet is working normally for me too.

from ensta import Host
host = Host(username, password)
profile = host.profile("instagramusername")
print(profile.biography)
print(profile.biography_links)
print(profile.category_name)
print(profile.following_count)

[MustafaBKLZ]

Hello,
Now I tried a lot of things and realized that I was missing some information. Still I couldn't find out why I was having the above issue.
I use this library with php.

 $username = "mustafabukulmezcom";
 $python = 'C:\\Users\\Mustafa\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\python.exe'; 
 $pyscript = "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\libraries\\py\\insta_read.py " . $username ;
 exec("$python $pyscript", $output, $return);
 var_dump($output);

First of all, my Python codes were like this.

from ensta import Host
host = Host(username, password)
profile = host.profile("instagramusername")
print(profile.biography)
print(profile.biography_links)
print(profile.category_name)
print(profile.following_count)

When I use it this way, the output I get on the PHP side is like this. Index 2,3,4 all my biography @mustafabukulmezcom

array(25) { 
          [0]=> string(18) "mustafabukulmezcom" 
          [1]=> string(18) "Software Developer" 
          [2]=> string(15) "@dijitalortagim" 
          [3]=> string(44) "Content Creator, Sharing, Coding, Technology"  ......

I started this discussion because of the problem so far. However, when I tried more, I realized that I could not get any information from some profiles. Ex: @design

array(0) { }

I realized something was wrong here. Afterwards, I edited Python codes.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# to pass parameters to this file 
import sys

# read parameter
who = sys.argv[1]

from ensta import Host
host = Host("username", 'password')
profile = host.profile(who)

# Organize data into an associative array
data = {
    "Username": who,
    "Biography": profile.biography,
    "Biography Links": profile.biography_links,
    "Category Name": profile.category_name,
    "Following Count": profile.following_count,
    "Followed by Viewer": profile.followed_by_viewer,
    "Follower Count": profile.follower_count,
    "Full Name": profile.full_name,
......
}

# Convert data to JSON format
import json
json_data = json.dumps(data)

# Print JSON data
print(json_data)

Now I can get information from their profiles, which I just noticed was missing information. @design

array(1) { 
          [0]=> string(1291) "{
                "Username": "design", 
                "Biography": "Discover design through the eyes of creators \u2728", "Biography Links": [], 
                "Category Name": "App page", 
                "Following Count": 2032, 
                "Followed by Viewer": true, 
                "Follower Count": 2164220, 
                "Full Name": "Instagram\u2019s @design", 
                "Has Channel": false, 
                "Highlight Count": 18, " ..................

However, the problem that caused this discussion was not seen in this way. Here; @mustafabukulmezcom

array(1) { 
          [0]=> string(1612) "{
                "Username": "mustafabukulmezcom", 
                "Biography": "Software Developer \n@dijitalortagim \nContent Creator, Sharing, Coding, Technology", 
                ...................

I gave all this information so maybe it will make it easier for you to find out what's wrong. Perhaps it will become clear that trying further is unnecessary.

[ettoreleandrotognoli]

I understood that before you start to use json, your PHP code was using line separators as field separators, so the "Biography" with line separators in it was badly decoded
The json.dumps(data) will not use line breaks/separators by default, so it is a good approach for what you are doing
But in that case there is nothing wrong with the ensta

[MustafaBKLZ]

Yes, that's why I wanted to write in detail as soon as I noticed the incident.

[diezo]

@MustafaBKLZ Appreciate the detailed explanation. now that you've found the solution, I'll close this discussion now.

[diezo]

And yes, if ensta has added value to your project, don't forget to give this repo a star. Thanks.

[MustafaBKLZ]

Okey you can close it. Thanks all help and answers.