Main Features¶

class app.instapy.InstaPyLight(username=None, password=None, nogui=False, selenium_local_session=True, bypass_suspicious_attempt=False, page_delay=25, show_logs=True, headless=False, proxy_address=None, proxy_port=0)¶

Main Class

cancel_pending_follow_requests(accounts, amount)¶: Note

This feature is under development

end()¶: Closes the current session

follow_by_list(followlist, times=1)¶: Allows to follow by any scrapped list

follow_user_followers(profiles, amount=10, randomize=False, interact=False, sleep_delay=600)¶

Follow competitors followers

Args:

profiles:	profiles to follow followers
amount:	amount of follows per profile
randomize:	follow profile randomly
interact:	?
sleep_delay:	<- we need to automate it inside the feature

Example:

profiles = ['profile1', 'profile2', 'profile3']
follow_user_followers(profiles,
                      amount=10,
                      randomize=True)

follow_user_following(usernames, amount=10, randomize=False, interact=False, sleep_delay=600)¶: Follow competitor followings

interact_by_users(usernames, amount=10, randomize=False, media=None)¶: Likes some amounts of images for each usernames

interact_user_followers(usernames, amount=10, randomize=False)¶: ?

interact_user_following(usernames, amount=10, randomize=False)¶: ?

like_by_feed(amount=50, randomize=False, unfollow=False, interact=False)¶: Like the users feed

like_by_locations(locations=None, amount=50, media=None, skip_top_posts=True)¶: Likes (default) 50 images per given locations

like_by_tags(tags=None, amount=50, media=None, skip_top_posts=True, use_smart_hashtags=False)¶

Likes (default) 50 images per given tag

Args:

use_smart_hashtags:
tags:	list of tags to be liked
amount:	amount of interactions
media:	Photo or Video are available
skip_top_posts:	skip initial posts
	auto generate hashtags to be liked

like_by_users(usernames, amount=10, randomize=False, media=None)¶: Likes some amounts of images for each usernames

like_from_image(url, amount=50, media=None)¶: Gets the tags from an image and likes 50 images for each tag

login()¶: Used to login the user either with the username and password

save_screenshot(filename)¶

Save screen shot and save it

Args:

filename:	filename of the screen shot

set_blacklist(campaign, blacklist_likes, blacklist_follows, never_follow_again)¶

Enable blacklist feature

Args:

blacklist_likes:
campaign:	every blacklist campaign has a name
	blacklist profile after liking a post
blacklist_follows:
	blacklist profile after following
never_follow_again:
	mark profile to never be followed again

Example:

set_blacklist('campaign_name',
              blacklist_likes=False,
              blacklist_follows=True,
              never_follow_again=True)

set_do_follow(percentage=0, times=1)¶: Defines if the user of the liked image should be followed

set_dont_like(tags=None)¶: Changes the possible restriction tags, if one of this words is in the description, the image won’t be liked

set_dont_touch(profiles=None)¶

Defines which accounts should not be liked, followed and unfollowed

Args:

profiles:	list of profiles to respect this rule

set_dont_unfollow_active_users(posts=4)¶

Prevents unfollow followers who have liked one of your latest X posts

Args:

posts:	amount of posts to collect profile to not unfollow

Warning

feature not working

set_ignore_if_contains(words=None)¶: Ignores the don’t likes if the description contains one of the given words

set_lower_follower_count(limit=None)¶: Used to chose if a post is liked by the number of likes

set_selenium_local_session()¶: Starts local session for a selenium server

set_selenium_remote_session(selenium_url='')¶: Starts remote session for a selenium server. Useful for docker setup.

set_sleep_reduce(percentage)¶: Can we delete it ?

set_smart_hashtags(tags=None, limit=3, sort='top', log_tags=True)¶: Generate smart hashtags based on https://displaypurposes.com/ ranking, banned and spammy tags are filtered out

set_upper_follower_count(limit=None)¶: Used to chose if a post is liked by the number of likes

set_use_clarifai(api_key=None, full_match=False)¶: Defines if the clarifai img api should be used which ‘project’ will be used (only 5000 calls per month)

set_user_interact(amount=10, percentage=100, randomize=False, media=None)¶: Define if posts of given user should be interacted

unfollow_by_blacklist_campaign(campaign, amount)¶

Unfollow only profiles in certain blacklist campaign

Args:

campaign:	blacklist campaign name
amount:	amount of profiles to unfollow

unfollow_users(amount=10)¶

Unfollow users

Args:

amount:	amount of profiles to unfollow

Warning

onlyNotFollowMe feature not working

Example:

unfollow_users(amount=10)

whats_my_ip()¶: Check and retrieve actual IP address