Instabot.py 🤖 🌟

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.

Requirements

• Python v3.6 or greater
• Pip v18 or greater

Quick Start 🚀

• 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.

• If your version is below 3.6, we recommend you install the latest Python 3.7 or 3.8

  • Python on Windows
  • Python on Mac
  • Python on Raspberry Raspbian / Debian / Ubuntu

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-py or python3 -m instabot_py
• instabot-py -c myconfiguration.yml or python3 -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.

Upgrade ⬆️

• python3 -m pip install instabot-py --no-cache-dir --upgrade
• pip3 install instabot-py --no-cache-dir --upgrade

Parameters

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

Contributing

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.

Instabot with yaml config

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

Create Telegram bot for instabot

Community

• Telegram Group