InstaFeed

Stop wasting time scrolling Instagram. Get all the updates you want once a day in your email inbox.

Built using

• Selenium
• Django
• Chrome Driver

How to use

1. Get a VM. I used Digital Ocean, but any cloud provider should work.

2. Ssh into the vm, install git, docker, docker-compose.

3. Clone the project: git clone git@github.com:MihaiAnton/InstaFeed.git

4. Cd into it: cd InstaFeed

5. Change the mail recipients here.

6. Create a .env file. Make sure it has:

   • INSTAGRAM_USERNAME=< your Instagram username >
   • INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD=< your Instagram password>
   • SECRET_KEY=< your Django secret key >
   • EMAIL_ACCOUNT=< your gmail account >
   • EMAIL_USER=< the password fot the gmail account >

7. Build: docker-compose build

8. Run: docker-compose up

   • At this moment, the server scrapes once every 4 hours and sends the email at 7PM CET. You can modify these here and here.

9. Create a superuser (I will automate this soon)

   • ssh into your VM again and enter the project directory
   • run docker-compose run web-wsgi bash
   • run python manage.py createsuperuser
   • follow the instructions

10. Go to YOUR_IP:8004/admin and add Instgram usernames.

    • If you are able to see their profile normally through Instagram, you will get updates once they add a new post.