Instagram-JS

A Instagram Automation Libary for NodeJS

Installation

Usage

Import the libary and create a new client object.

    const InstagramJS = require('instagram-js')
    
    const client = new InstagramJS.Client()

Client

• client.init
• client.login
• client.close
• client.followerCount
• client.follow
• client.unfollow
• client.comment
• client.likePost
• client.unlikePost
• client.post

client.init([dev])

Creates a Chromium instance to emulate Instagram on mobile.

• dev <bool> (Optional) If true is given the Chromium browser will be visable and not run in the hidden in the background

client.login(username, password)

Logs into your Instagram account, this is required to perform actions that being signed in necessary.

• username <string> Instagram account username
• password <string> Instagram account password
• Returns <Promise>

client.close()

This will close the Chromium browser used for oporating Instagram, to reopen you will need to call client.init(). It is recommened to close when not in use in complex applications to free up memory.

• Returns <Promise>

client.followerCount(username)

Queries and returns the amount of followers an account has. You do not need to be logged in to use this method.

• username <string> Instagram account to query
• Returns <Promise(<int>)>

client.follow(username)

Follows an Instagram account if the logged in account ins't already doing so.

• username <string> Instagram account to follow

client.unfollow(username)

Unfollows an Instagram account if the logged in account ins't already doing so.

• username <string> Instagram account to unfollow
• Returns <Promise>

client.comment(post, message)

Comments a message on a specified Instagram post.

• post <string> URL of the post to comment on
• message <string> Message to comment
• Returns <Promise>

client.likePost(post)

Likes a specified Instagram post.

• post <string> URL of the Instagram post to like
• Returns <Promise>

client.unlikePost(post)

UnLikes a specified Instagram post.

• post <string> URL of the Instagram post to unlike
• Returns <Promise>

client.post(content[, comment])

Creates a post.

• content <string> Dir of the image or video to upload
• comment <string> Optional - Comment to of the post
• Returns <Promise>