Instpector

A simple Instagram's web API library written in Python. Supports login with two-factor authentication enabled. No selenium or webdriver required.

Installation

pip install instpector

Sample usage

from instpector import Instpector, endpoints

instpector = Instpector()
instpector.login("my_username", "my_password")

profile = endpoints.factory.create("profile", instpector)
followers = endpoints.factory.create("followers", instpector)

insta_profile = profile.of_user("some_username")

# Loop through all followers
for follower in followers.of_user(insta_profile.id):
    print(follower.username)

instpector.logout()

Using 2FA

For login in using two-factor authentication, generate your 2fa key once on the Instagram's app and provide the code when logging in with instpector. The following example uses pytop library to demonstrate the usage:

from pyotp import TOTP
from instpector import Instpector, endpoints

instpector = Instpector()
totp = TOTP("my_2fa_key") # Input without spaces

# Login into Instagram's web
instpector.login("my_username", "my_password", totp.now())

Examples

Check out more examples here.

Endpoints

• Followers
• Following
• Timeline
• Comments
• Profile
• Story Reel
• Story

More to come

API

Classes

Instpector

Method	Details
login(user: str, password: str, two_factor_code: str = None) -> bool	Login to an Instagram account. If your account is 2FA protected provide the 2FA code as in the provided example.
logout()	Logouts from an Instagram account.
session() -> Session	Returns the current session used by instpector.

EndpointFactory

Method	Details
create(endpoint_name: str, instpector_instance: Instpector)	Creates and returns an endpoint instance based on the provided name. Available endpoint names are: "followers", "following", "profile", "timeline", "comments" "story_reel" and "story".

Endpoints

Profile

Gets the profile of any public or friend user account.

Method	Details
of_user(username: str) -> TProfile	Returns a TProfile instance for the provided username.
follow(user: TProfile | str) -> bool	Follows a user. You can provide a TProfile instance or an Instagram's user Id.
unfollow(user: TProfile | str) -> bool	Unfollows a user. You can provide a TProfile instance or an Instagram's user Id.
activity() -> TActivity	Yields a list of TActivity items for the current logged in account.

Followers

Endpoint for accessing the follower list of any public or friend user account.

Method	Details
of_user(user_id: str) -> TUser	Yields a list of TUser instances with all followers. Note the method receives a user id and not a username. To get the user id use the Profile endpoint.

Following

Endpoint for accessing the followees list of any public or friend user account.

Method	Details
of_user(user_id: str) -> TUser	Yields a list of TUser instances with all followees. Note the method receives a user id and not a username. To get the user id use the Profile endpoint.

Timeline

Endpoint for accessing the timeline of any public or friend account.

Method	Details
of_user(user_id: str) -> TTimelinePost	Yields a list of TTimelinePost instances with all timeline posts. Note the method receives a user id and not a username. To get the user id use the Profile endpoint.
download(timeline_post: TTimelinePost, only_image: bool = False, low_quality: bool = False)	Downloads and save the available resources (image and video) for the provided TTimelinePost. The file name convention is ownerid_resourceid.extension and saved in the execution directory. If low_quality is True the resource will be the downloaded with the lowest size available (only for image). If only_image is True a video file resource won't be downloaded.
like(timeline_post: TTimelinePost | TActivityPost) -> bool	Likes a post.
unlike(timeline_post: TTimelinePost | TActivityPost) -> bool	Unlikes a post.

Comments

Endponint for accessing comments and threaded comments of any public or friends post or comment.

Method	Details
of_post(timeline_post: TTimelinePost | TActivityPost) -> TComment	Yields a list of TComment instances with all post comments.
of_comment(comment: TComment) -> TComment	Yields a list of TComment instances with all threaded comments of a comment.
like(comment: TComment) -> bool	Likes a comment.
unlike(comment: TComment) -> bool	Unlikes a comment.
add(timeline_post: TTimelinePost | TActivityPost, text: str, parent_comment: TComment = None) -> TComment | None	Adds a new comment to a post. You can reply to a comment if parent_comment argument is provided. An instance of the created comment is return if succeeded otherwise None.
remove(timeline_post: TTimelinePost | TActivityPost, comment: TComment) -> bool	Removes a comment from a post. Only comments authored by the current logged in account can be removed.

StoryReel

Endpoint for accessing the story reel (stories) of any public or friend user account.

Method	Details
of_user(user_id: str) -> TStoryReelItem	Yields a list of TStoryReelItem instances with all stories. Note the method receives a user id and not a username. To get a user id use the Profile endpoint.
download(story_item: TStoryReelItem, only_image: bool = False, low_quality: bool = False)	Downloads and save the available resources (image and video) for the provided TStoryReelItem. The file name convention is ownerid_resourceid.extension and saved in the execution directory. If low_quality is True the resource will be the downloaded with the lowest size available. If only_image is True a video file resource won't be downloaded.

Story

Endpoint for accessing the story details of a story reel item. This endpoint is only available for stories posted by the current logged in user.

Method	Details
viewers_for(story_id: str) -> TStoryViewer	Yields a list of TStoryViewer instances with all viewers of the provided story id.

Types

TUser

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the user
username	str	The user's name
full_name	str	The full name of the user
is_private	bool	A flag to show if the user account is private

TProfile

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the user
username	str	The user's name
biography	str	The biography of the user
is_private	bool	A flag to show if the user account is private
followers_count	integer	The follower count of the user
following_count	integer	The following count of the user

TTimelinePost

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the post
shortcode	str	The Instagram shortcode Id of the post
owner	str	The post author's Instagram Id
timestamp	integer	The created timestamp of the post
caption	str	The caption of the post
is_video	bool	A flag to know if the post is a video
like_count	integer	The like count of the post
comment_count	integer	The comment count of the post
display_resources	list	A list of image URL strings associated with the post
video_url	str	The video URL (if available) associated with the post

TComment

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the comment
text	str	The text of the comment
username	str	The author's username
timestamp	integer	The timestamp of the comment
viewer_has_liked	bool	A flag to know if the viewer liked the comment
liked_count	integer	The like count of the comment
thread_count	integer | None	The comment's thread comments count. This value is None if the instance is a threaded comment.

TStoryReelItem

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the story
owner	str	The story author's Instagram Id
timestamp	integer	The created timestamp of the story
expire_at	integer	The expiration timestamp of the story
audience	str	The type of audience of the story. If public the value is MediaAudience.DEFAULT, if private the value is MediaAudience.BESTIES
is_video	bool	A flag to know if the story is a video
view_count	integer	The view count of the story. The count is only available for stories posted by the currently logged in user. Other accounts will have a count equal to 0
display_resources	list	A list of image URL strings associated with the story
video_resources	list	A list of video URL strings associated with the story

TStoryViewer

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the story viewer
username	str	The user name of the viewer

TActivity

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the activity
timestamp	integer	The timestamp of the activity
username	str	The user name linked to the activity
activity_type	str	The activity type. Either NEW_LIKE or NEW_FOLLOW
liked_post	TActivityPost | None	If the activity type is NEW_LIKE, an TActivityPost instance is returned

TActivityPost

Field	Type	Details
id	str	The Instagram Id of the post
shortcode	str	The Instagram shortcode Id of the post
thumbnail_resources	list	A list of thumbnails URL strings associated with the post

Development dependencies

• requests

Tests

1. Create a pytest.ini file with the sample contents of pytest.sample.ini in the tests directory.

2. Add your account information.

3. Run with pytest:

(env)$ pytest -qs tests

Disclaimer

This tool is not affiliated with, authorized, maintained or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Use at your own risk.

License

Licensed under MIT License.