Instabot.py is an extremely light instagram bot that uses the undocumented Web API. Unlike other bots, Instabot.py does not require Selenium or a WebDriver. Instead, it interacts with the API over simple HTTP Requests. It runs on most systems, including Raspberry Pi.
- Python v3.6 or greater
- Pip v18 or greater
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Make sure you have Python 3.6 or above installed
python3 --version
On Windows you might have to use python without the version (3) suffix. Experienced users should use virtualenv.
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If your version is below 3.6, we recommend you install the latest Python 3.7 or 3.8
Installation
- From PyPi (Stable):
python3 -m pip install instabot-py
- From sources (Bleeding edge):
python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/instabot-py/instabot.py
Configuration ⚙️
Run instabot-py --create-config command and a default configuration will be created in your current directory: instabot.config.yml. It should be modified according the needs.
You can also run the bot with a different configuration file using -c flag: instabot-py -c myconfiguration.yml
Start the bot 🏁
instabot-pyorpython3 -m instabot_pyinstabot-py -c myconfiguration.ymlorpython3 -m instabot_py -c myconfiguration.yml
The %username%.db file contains records of posts the bot has liked, and the users who has been followed/unfollowed.
The %username%.session file stores your session with Instagram to avoid re-logins each time you start the bot.
python3 -m pip install instabot-py --no-cache-dir --upgradepip3 install instabot-py --no-cache-dir --upgrade
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
| login | str | Your instagram username | |
| password | str | Your instagram password | |
| start_at_h | int | Start program at the hour | 0 |
| start_at_m | int | Start program at the min | 0 |
| end_at_h | int | End program at the hour | 23 |
| end_at_m | int | End program at the min | 59 |
| database | dict | Contains the database configuration | {"type": "sql", "connection_string": "sqlite:///{{login}}.db"} |
| session_file | str | change the name of session file so to avoid having to login every time. Set False to disable. | "username.session" |
| user_agent | str | Custom User Agent to look like a real browser | None |
| like_per_day | int | DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON, REPLACED BY like_per_run | |
| like_per_run | int | Number of photos to like per day (over 1000 may cause throttling) | 296 |
| like_followers_per_run | int | Number of your old followers to like their last photo per day (set to 0 to disable) | 0 |
| media_max_like | int | Maximum number of likes on photos to like (set to 0 to disable) | 0 |
| media_min_like | int | Minimum number of likes on photos to like (set to 0 to disable) | 0 |
| follow_per_day | int | DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON, REPLACED BY follow_per_run | 0 |
| follow_per_run | int | Users to follow per day | 156 |
| follow_time | int | Seconds to wait before unfollowing | 5 * 60 * 60 |
| follow_attempts | int | Attempts to make to follow someone | 10 |
| user_min_follow | int | Check user before following them if they have X minimum of followers. Set 0 to disable | 0 |
| user_max_follow | int | Check user before following them if they have X maximum of followers. Set 0 to disable | 0 |
| follow_time_enabled | bool | REMOVED, TO DISBALE Follow_time, just set it to 0 | -- |
| unfollow_per_day | int | DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON, REPLACED BY unfollow_per_run | 0 |
| unfollow_per_run | int | Users to unfollow per day | 199 |
| unfollow_recent_feed | bool | If enabled, will populate database with users from recent feed and unfollow if they meet the conditions. Disable if you only want the bot to unfollow people it has previously followed. | True |
| unlike_per_day | int | DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON, REPLACED BY unlike_per_run | 0 |
| unlike_per_run | int | Number of media to unlike that the bot has previously liked. Set to 0 to disable. | 0 |
| time_till_unlike | int | How long to wait after liking media before unliking them. | 3 * 24 * 60 * 60 (3 days) |
| comments_per_day | int | Comments to post per day | 0 |
| comment_list | [[str]] | List of word lists for comment generation. @username@ will be replaced by the media owner's username | [['this', 'your'], ['photo', 'picture', 'pic', 'shot'], ['is', 'looks', 'is really'], ['great', 'super', 'good'], ['.', '...', '!', '!!']] |
| tag_list | [str] | Tags to use for finding posts by hasthag or location(l:locationid from e.g. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/212999109/los-angeles-california/) | ['cat', 'car', 'dog', 'l:212999109'] |
| keywords | [str] | Words to use for finding profiles with username or biography contain these words | [] |
| tag_blacklist | [str] | Tags to ignore when liking posts | [] |
| user_blacklist | {str: str} | Users whose posts to ignore. Example: {"username": "", "username2": ""} type only the key and leave value empty -- it will be populated with userids on startup. |
{} |
| max_like_for_one_tag | int | How many media of a given tag to like at once (out of 21) | 5 |
| unfollow_break_min | int | Minimum seconds to break between unfollows | 15 |
| unfollow_break_max | int | Maximum seconds to break between unfollows | 30 |
| log_mod | int | Logging target (0 log to console, 1 log to file, 2 no log.) | 0 |
| proxies | dict | Access instagram through a proxy. {"http_proxy":"http://IP:PORT", "https_proxy":"http://IP:PORT"} (host:port or user:password@host:port) | |
| unfollow_not_following | bool | Unfollow Condition: Unfollow those who do not follow you back | True |
| unfollow_inactive | bool | Unfollow Condition: Unfollow those who have not posted in a while (inactive) | True |
| unfollow_probably_fake | bool | Unfollow Condition: Unfollow accounts which skewed follow/follower ratio (probably fake) | True |
| unfollow_selebgram | bool | Unfollow Condition: Unfollow (celebrity) accounts with too many followers and not enough following | False |
| unfollow_everyone | bool | Unfollow Condition: Will unfollow everyone in unfollow queue (wildcard condition) | False |
Please feel free to contribute and submit PR requests. All help is appreciated. Look for issues with the label needs help. If you want to be in developer team, please email me.
By default, instabot looks for the configuration file instabot.config.yml.
It could be changed by exporting environment variable with the full path:
export INSTABOT_CONFIG_FILE=/path/to/file/instabot2.config.yml---
login : "username"
password : "password"
debug: 1
#Send INFO notification to Telegram channel
logging.handlers.telegram:
level: INFO
class: telegram_handler.TelegramHandler
token: __YOUR__CHANNEL__TOKEN__
chat_id: __CHAT_ID__
logging.loggers.InstaBot.handlers:
- telegram
- console