Instabot

Instabot is a simple Instagram crawler that logs into your Instagram account with the provided details and follows an account, or fetches their profile along with their latest 12 posts.

• Enter username and password in Dockerfile
• Run the deploy script
• Magic

Features!

• /follow - Endpoint that follows the account handle provided: eg. /follow?handle=katyperry
• /fetch - Endpoint that fetches the account handle provided: eg. /fetch?handle=katyperry

Why?:

• Instagram now requires you to login to view accounts
• Useful for getting the account's ID to query afterwards
• Nice and easy way to get the latest posts from an account, both private and public

Docker

Instabot is very easy to install and deploy in a Docker container.

By default, the Docker will expose port 3006, so change this within the deploy.sh if necessary. When ready, simply run the script to deploy.

cd instabot
./deploy.sh

Verify the deployment by navigating to your server address in your preferred browser.

127.0.0.1:3006

License

MIT