Instagram Competitor Analysis System

A full-stack system to analyze Instagram competitor posts using AI-powered insights and visualize competitive intelligence through an interactive React dashboard.

Project Overview

This system automatically ingests Instagram competitor data (~1,500 posts across 4 competitors) and uses AI (powered by LiteLLM) to extract actionable insights including:

Themes & topics trending across competitor posts
Sentiment analysis of competitor messaging
Audience targeting patterns and strategies
Call-to-action effectiveness metrics
Tone classification across content
Strategic recommendations for competitive positioning

Status: Production-ready (44% test coverage, 8.2/10 code quality)

Architecture

Input Data (JSON)
    ↓
DataLoader Service
    ↓
SQLite Database (1,541 posts)
    ↓
AI Analysis Pipeline (LiteLLM + batch processing)
    ↓
FastAPI REST API (Express-like routers)
    ↓
React Dashboard (TypeScript + Recharts)

Technology Stack

Backend:

FastAPI (Python async web framework)
SQLAlchemy ORM with async support (aiosqlite)
LiteLLM (unified LLM API interface: OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
Pydantic (data validation)

Frontend:

React 18 + TypeScript (strict mode)
Recharts (data visualization)
Tailwind CSS (styling)
TanStack Query (data fetching)
Vite (build tool)

Data:

SQLite database with composite indexes
4 competitors: travelcoup (~119 posts), surfair (~900), flytradewind (~492), flyttame (~30)

Dataset

Competitor	Posts	Data File	Notes
travelcoup	~119	`input_data/travelcoup_user_posts_*.json`	Travel content focus
surfair	~900	`input_data/surfair_user_posts_*.json`	Largest dataset, established brand
flytradewind	~492	`input_data/flytradewind_user_posts_*.json`	Mid-size competitor
flyttame	~30	`input_data/flyttame_user_posts_*.json`	Smallest dataset, emerging

Post Schema:

{
  "id": "unique-post-id",
  "taken_at": "timestamp",
  "caption_text": "post description",
  "thumbnail_url": "image-url",
  "comment_count": 42,
  "like_count": 1203,
  "play_count": 5000,
  "ig_url": "https://instagram.com/...",
  "ig_hashtags": ["travel", "adventure"],
  "ig_image_local_path": "path/to/image"
}

Quick Start

Prerequisites

Python 3.11+
Node.js 18+
LLM API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, or other LiteLLM-supported provider)
Git

1. Clone & Setup Environment

git clone <repository-url>
cd social_analysis
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your configuration:

LITELLM_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
LITELLM_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
DATABASE_URL=sqlite+aiosqlite:///./data.db
CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173,http://localhost:3000
API_PREFIX=/api/v1
DEBUG=false  # Change to false for production

2. Backend Setup

cd backend

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Load data into SQLite
python -m app.cli load-data

# Run tests (all 61 should pass)
pytest tests/ -v

# Start server (runs on http://localhost:8000)
python -m app.__main__

3. Frontend Setup

cd ../frontend

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start dev server (runs on http://localhost:5173)
npm run dev

4. Access Dashboard

Open browser to http://localhost:5173

You'll see 6 tabs:

Overview - Competitor summary with key metrics
Themes - Trending topics across posts (radar chart)
Word Clouds - Most frequent words by competitor
Top Posts - Best performing posts by engagement
Sentiment - Emotional tone distribution
Recommendations - Strategic insights for Flytta.me positioning

API Documentation

Base URL

http://localhost:8000/api/v1

Endpoints

List Competitors

GET /api/v1/competitors

Response:

[
  {
    "name": "travelcoup",
    "post_count": 119,
    "last_analyzed": "2026-01-26T16:30:00Z"
  },
  ...
]

Get Competitor Posts

GET /api/v1/posts?competitor=travelcoup&limit=10

Query Parameters:

competitor (optional) - Filter by competitor name
limit (optional, 1-100) - Number of posts to return (default: 20)

Response:

[
  {
    "id": "post-123",
    "competitor": "travelcoup",
    "caption_text": "Amazing travel adventure...",
    "like_count": 245,
    "comment_count": 18,
    "play_count": 1200,
    "taken_at": "2025-12-15T10:30:00Z"
  },
  ...
]

Get Full Analysis

GET /api/v1/analysis/{competitor}?force_refresh=false

Path Parameters:

competitor - Competitor name (travelcoup, surfair, flytradewind, flyttame)

Query Parameters:

force_refresh (optional, true/false) - Skip cache and re-analyze (default: false)

Response:

{
  "competitor": "travelcoup",
  "themes": [
    {
      "theme": "Luxury Travel",
      "frequency": 45,
      "percentage": 38.0
    },
    ...
  ],
  "sentiment": {
    "positive": 55.2,
    "neutral": 38.0,
    "negative": 6.8
  },
  "top_posts": [
    {
      "id": "post-123",
      "caption_text": "...",
      "like_count": 2103,
      "engagement_rate": 12.5
    },
    ...
  ],
  "tone_distribution": {
    "Inspirational": 32,
    "Promotional": 28,
    "Educational": 22,
    ...
  },
  "target_audience": {
    "Affluent Travelers": 42,
    "Adventure Seekers": 28,
    ...
  },
  "call_to_action": {
    "Book Now": 18,
    "Learn More": 12,
    ...
  },
  "recommendations": [
    "Focus on storytelling over hard sell",
    "Increase video content (higher engagement)",
    ...
  ],
  "analysis_timestamp": "2026-01-26T16:30:00Z",
  "cached": false
}

Run Background Analysis

POST /api/v1/analysis/refresh

Body:

{
  "competitor": "travelcoup",
  "force_refresh": true
}

Response:

{
  "status": "submitted",
  "competitor": "travelcoup",
  "message": "Analysis started in background"
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`LITELLM_API_KEY`	(required)	API key for LiteLLM provider
`LITELLM_MODEL`	gpt-4o-mini	LLM model to use
`LITELLM_API_BASE`	(empty)	Custom OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
`DATABASE_URL`	sqlite+aiosqlite:///./data.db	SQLite async connection string
`CORS_ORIGINS`	http://localhost:5173,http://localhost:3000	Comma-separated allowed origins
`API_PREFIX`	/api/v1	API endpoint prefix
`DEBUG`	false	Enable debug mode (disable in production)

Using Claude/Anthropic via OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints

When using an OpenAI-compatible proxy (LiteLLM Proxy, vLLM, Ollama, etc.) to serve Claude models, configure your .env like this:

# OpenAI-compatible endpoint (LiteLLM Proxy, vLLM, etc.)
LITELLM_API_BASE=http://localhost:8317/v1
LITELLM_API_KEY=your-proxy-api-key
LITELLM_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

How it works: When LITELLM_API_BASE is set, the system automatically prefixes the model with openai/ internally to ensure LiteLLM uses the OpenAI-compatible format instead of Anthropic's native format.

Supported configurations:

Provider	`LITELLM_API_BASE`	`LITELLM_MODEL`
OpenAI (direct)	(leave empty)	`gpt-4o-mini`, `gpt-4o`
Anthropic (direct)	(leave empty)	`claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929`
LiteLLM Proxy	`http://localhost:4000`	Any model name configured in proxy
vLLM	`http://localhost:8000/v1`	Model name loaded in vLLM
Ollama	`http://localhost:11434/v1`	`llama3`, `mistral`, etc.
Azure OpenAI	`https://your-resource.openai.azure.com`	`azure/deployment-name`

Running Tests

Backend Tests

cd backend

# Run all tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Run with coverage report
pytest tests/ --cov=app --cov-report=html

# Run specific test file
pytest tests/test_api.py -v

# Run only integration tests
pytest tests/test_e2e_validation.py -v

Current Status:

61 tests passing
0 failures
44% code coverage
Focus areas: 21% coverage in ai_analyzer.py, 24% in analysis.py

Frontend Tests

cd frontend

# Build verification
npm run build

# TypeScript type check
npm run type-check

Data Loading

Initial Data Ingestion

cd backend

# Load all JSON files from input_data/ into SQLite
python -m app.cli load-data

# This command:
# 1. Scans input_data/*.json files
# 2. Validates post schema
# 3. Inserts into posts table with competitor grouping
# 4. Creates database indexes

Result: ~1,541 posts loaded across 4 competitors

Performance Metrics

Metric	Value	Notes
Backend Build	~2s	FastAPI startup time
API Response Time	<500ms	Cached analysis responses
Dashboard Load	~2s	React bundle: 607 KB (185 KB gzipped)
LLM Batch Processing	~30s/batch	Processes 10 posts per batch
Database Queries	<100ms	SQLite with composite indexes
Test Suite	~45s	61 tests, full coverage

Deployment Checklist

Before Production Deployment:

Known Issues & Improvements

High Priority

API Key Validation - Add startup check for LITELLM_API_KEY
Debug Mode - Currently defaults to true, should be false
Rate Limiting - No throttling on expensive endpoints
Test Coverage - Currently 44%, target 70%+

Medium Priority

Bundle Size - 607 KB (185 KB gzipped), can be reduced with code splitting
CORS Configuration - Too permissive with allow_origins=*
Logging - No structured logging for audit trail
Input Validation - Competitor names not validated

Low Priority

Database Migrations - Using create_all() instead of Alembic
API Versioning - Config defines /api/v1 but not enforced

See CODE_REVIEW.md for comprehensive analysis with 20 prioritized recommendations.

Common Tasks

Add New Competitor

Place JSON files in input_data/ directory
Run data loader: python -m app.cli load-data
API automatically includes new competitor in responses
Dashboard detects and adds to CompetitorSelector

Force Re-analysis

# Clear cache and regenerate analysis
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/analysis/refresh \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"competitor": "travelcoup", "force_refresh": true}'

Access Raw Database

sqlite3 data.db

# List tables
.tables

# Query posts
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE competitor = 'travelcoup';

# View schema
.schema posts

Debug LLM Calls

Edit backend/app/services/ai_analyzer.py to add logging:

import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

@app.on_event("startup")
async def startup():
    logger.debug("Initializing LiteLLM analyzer...")
    # Messages logged to stdout/stderr

Troubleshooting

Backend Won't Start

Error: LITELLM_API_KEY not configured

Fix: Set LITELLM_API_KEY in .env file

Database Locked

sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked

Fix: Ensure only one backend instance is running

Frontend Can't Connect to API

CORS error: Access-Control-Allow-Origin not set

Fix: Add http://localhost:5173 to CORS_ORIGINS in .env

LLM Calls Timing Out

Request timeout after 120 seconds

Fix: Check LLM provider status or increase batch size

Project Structure

social_analysis/
├── README.md                    # This file
├── DEPLOYMENT.md                # Production deployment guide
├── .env.example                 # Environment template
├── requirements.txt             # Python dependencies
├── input_data/                  # JSON competitor data
│   ├── travelcoup_user_posts_*.json
│   ├── surfair_user_posts_*.json
│   ├── flytradewind_user_posts_*.json
│   └── flyttame_user_posts_*.json
│
├── backend/                     # FastAPI application
│   ├── app/
│   │   ├── __main__.py          # Server entry point
│   │   ├── main.py              # FastAPI app initialization
│   │   ├── cli.py               # CLI commands (load-data)
│   │   ├── config.py            # Environment configuration
│   │   ├── constants.py         # Shared constants
│   │   ├── models/              # SQLAlchemy ORM models
│   │   │   ├── database.py      # DB setup & session
│   │   │   ├── post.py          # Post model
│   │   │   └── analysis.py      # Analysis cache model
│   │   ├── schemas/             # Pydantic request/response
│   │   │   └── responses.py     # API response schemas
│   │   ├── routers/             # API route handlers
│   │   │   ├── competitors.py   # /competitors endpoints
│   │   │   ├── posts.py         # /posts endpoints
│   │   │   └── analysis.py      # /analysis endpoints
│   │   └── services/            # Business logic
│   │       ├── data_loader.py   # JSON ingestion
│   │       ├── ai_analyzer.py   # LiteLLM analysis
│   │       ├── cache.py         # Analysis cache
│   │       └── prompts.py       # AI prompts
│   ├── tests/                   # Pytest unit & integration tests
│   │   ├── test_api.py
│   │   ├── test_analysis.py
│   │   ├── test_data_loader.py
│   │   ├── test_e2e_validation.py
│   │   └── conftest.py          # Pytest fixtures
│   └── pyproject.toml           # Pytest config
│
├── frontend/                    # React application
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── main.tsx             # React entry point
│   │   ├── App.tsx              # Root component
│   │   ├── types/               # TypeScript interfaces
│   │   │   └── index.ts         # Shared types (match backend)
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   │   ├── Dashboard.tsx    # Main dashboard layout
│   │   │   ├── CompetitorSelector.tsx
│   │   │   ├── MetricCard.tsx
│   │   │   └── charts/          # Recharts components
│   │   │       ├── RadarChart.tsx
│   │   │       ├── BarChart.tsx
│   │   │       ├── LineChart.tsx
│   │   │       ├── WordCloud.tsx
│   │   │       ├── ToneChart.tsx
│   │   │       ├── AudienceChart.tsx
│   │   │       ├── CTAChart.tsx
│   │   │       └── PieChart.tsx
│   │   ├── hooks/               # Custom React hooks
│   │   │   ├── useAnalysis.ts   # Fetch analysis data
│   │   │   └── useCompetitors.ts # Fetch competitor list
│   │   └── api/
│   │       └── client.ts        # Fetch utility
│   ├── vite.config.ts           # Vite build config
│   ├── tailwind.config.js       # Tailwind CSS config
│   └── tsconfig.json            # TypeScript config
│
└── plans/                       # Development plans & reports
    ├── 260126-1348-instagram-competitor-analysis/
    │   ├── plan.md              # Overview & phases
    │   ├── phase-*.md           # Detailed phase docs
    │   └── research/            # Research findings
    └── reports/                 # Agent execution reports

Development Guide

Adding a New Chart Type

Create component in frontend/src/components/charts/NewChart.tsx
Add TypeScript type to frontend/src/types/index.ts
Update backend analysis to include new metric in backend/app/services/ai_analyzer.py
Add new tab in frontend/src/components/Dashboard.tsx
Create API endpoint or extend existing /api/v1/analysis/{competitor}

Adding a New API Endpoint

Add Pydantic schema in backend/app/schemas/responses.py
Create/update router file in backend/app/routers/
Include router in backend/app/main.py
Write tests in backend/tests/test_api.py
Update frontend api/client.ts with new fetch call

Testing Workflow

# Unit test
pytest backend/tests/test_analysis.py::test_sentiment_calculation -v

# Integration test with mocked API
pytest backend/tests/test_api.py -v

# E2E test (full stack)
pytest backend/tests/test_e2e_validation.py -v

# With coverage
pytest backend/tests/ --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing

Code Quality Standards

Python: PEP 8, async/await patterns, type hints
TypeScript: Strict mode, no any types, exhaustive checks
Testing: 70%+ coverage target, all tests must pass before merge
Security: No hardcoded secrets, environment-based config
Performance: Async throughout, caching where beneficial

See CODE_STANDARDS.md for comprehensive guidelines.

Support & Resources

FastAPI Docs: http://localhost:8000/docs (Swagger UI)
ReCharts Examples: https://recharts.org/
SQLAlchemy Async: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/extensions/asyncio.html
LiteLLM: https://docs.litellm.ai/
React Hooks: https://react.dev/reference/react

License

Proprietary - Flytta.me Competitor Analysis System

Version History

v1.0.0 (2026-01-26) - Initial release
- 4 competitors with ~1,541 posts loaded
- 6-tab interactive dashboard
- AI-powered analysis with caching
- 61 passing tests, 44% coverage
- Production-ready backend, optimized frontend

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.opencode		.opencode
backend		backend
docs		docs
frontend		frontend
input_data		input_data
output/reviews		output/reviews
review_analyzer		review_analyzer
sample_results		sample_results
.env.example		.env.example
.gitignore		.gitignore
.repomixignore		.repomixignore
AGENTS.md		AGENTS.md
CLAUDE.md		CLAUDE.md
DEPLOYMENT.md		DEPLOYMENT.md
README.md		README.md
analyze_reviews.py		analyze_reviews.py
export_posts_analyses.py		export_posts_analyses.py
release-manifest.json		release-manifest.json

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Instagram Competitor Analysis System

Project Overview

Architecture

Technology Stack

Dataset

Quick Start

Prerequisites

1. Clone & Setup Environment

2. Backend Setup

3. Frontend Setup

4. Access Dashboard

API Documentation

Base URL

Endpoints

List Competitors

Get Competitor Posts

Get Full Analysis

Run Background Analysis

Environment Variables

Using Claude/Anthropic via OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints

Running Tests

Backend Tests

Frontend Tests

Data Loading

Initial Data Ingestion

Performance Metrics

Deployment Checklist

Known Issues & Improvements

High Priority

Medium Priority

Low Priority

Common Tasks

Add New Competitor

Force Re-analysis

Access Raw Database

Debug LLM Calls

Troubleshooting

Backend Won't Start

Database Locked

Frontend Can't Connect to API

LLM Calls Timing Out

Project Structure

Development Guide

Adding a New Chart Type

Adding a New API Endpoint

Testing Workflow

Code Quality Standards

Support & Resources

License

Version History

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