New solution for reusing cookies

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• Updated to the lastest version v1.6.0
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Which client are you using?

• app (instagram_private_api/)
• web (instagram_web_api/)

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#simple solution for reusing cookies
from instagram_private_api import Client
import pickle
import os
#write binary file with api.settings
def writeSettings(user,pwd,settings_file):
    api = Client(user,pwd)
    with open(settings_file,"wb") as FileObj:
         pickle.dump(api.settings,FileObj)
#read binary file to api.settings
def readSettings(settings_file):
    cache = None
    with open(settings_file,"rb") as FileObj:
        cache = pickle.load(FileObj)
    return cache
if not os.path.exists("settingObj"):
    writeSettings("user","pwd","settingObj")
cache_settings = readSettings("settingObj")
api = Client("user","pwd",settings=cache_settings)
#usually  worked well

[TheAverageProgrammar]

I have been looking for a solution for changing the user agent but have not been able to find one how to do it ?

[RealA10N]

Be careful, you are opening files without closing them. The best practice is to open files using the with open(...) as ... syntax,
In any case, the developer of the module intentionally left the implementation of caching the settings to the user of the library.