instagrapi - Unofficial Instagram API for Python

Fast and effective Instagram Private API wrapper (public+private requests and challenge resolver) without selenium. 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 2 September 2021 (last reverse-engineering check)

Support Python >= 3.6

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 (and uses Authorization header instead Cookies)
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("adw0rd")
medias = cl.user_medias(user_id, 20)

The full example

from instagrapi import Client
from instagrapi.types import Location, StoryMention, StoryLocation, StoryLink, StoryHashtag

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

media_path = cl.video_download(
    cl.media_pk_from_url('https://www.instagram.com/p/CGgDsi7JQdS/')
)
adw0rd = cl.user_info_by_username('adw0rd')
loc = cl.location_complete(Location(name='Test', lat=42.0, lng=42.0))
ht = cl.hashtag_info('dhbastards')

cl.video_upload_to_story(
    media_path,
    "Credits @adw0rd",
    mentions=[StoryMention(user=adw0rd, x=0.49892962, y=0.703125, width=0.8333333333333334, height=0.125)],
    locations=[StoryLocation(location=loc, x=0.33, y=0.22, width=0.4, height=0.7)],
    links=[StoryLink(webUri='https://github.com/adw0rd/instagrapi')],
    hashtags=[StoryHashtag(hashtag=ht, x=0.23, y=0.32, width=0.5, height=0.22)],
)

Documentation

• Index
• Getting Started
• Usage Guide
• Interactions
  • Media - Publication (also called post): Photo, Video, Album, IGTV and Reels
  • Resource - Part of Media (for albums)
  • MediaOembed - Short version of Media
  • Account - Full private info for your account (e.g. email, phone_number)
  • TOTP - 2FA TOTP helpers (generate seed, enable/disable TOTP, generate code as Google Authenticator)
  • User - Full public user data
  • UserShort - Short public user data (used in Usertag, Comment, Media, Direct Message)
  • Usertag - Tag user in Media (coordinates + UserShort)
  • Location - GEO location (GEO coordinates, name, address)
  • Hashtag - Hashtag object (id, name, picture)
  • Collection - Collection of medias (name, picture and list of medias)
  • Comment - Comments to Media
  • Story - Story
  • StoryLink - Link (Swipe up)
  • StoryLocation - Tag Location in Story (as sticker)
  • StoryMention - Mention users in Story (user, coordinates and dimensions)
  • StoryHashtag - Hashtag for story (as sticker)
  • StorySticker - Tag sticker to story (for example from giphy)
  • StoryBuild - StoryBuilder return path to photo/video and mention co-ordinates
  • DirectThread - Thread (topic) with messages in Direct Message
  • DirectMessage - Message in Direct Message
  • Insight - Insights for a post
• Development Guide
• Handle Exceptions
• Challenge Resolver
• Exceptions