Forbidden

[abutizi]

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Which client are you using?

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

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Issue reproduction: I'm using the un-authorized access:

web_api = Client(auto_patch=False, drop_incompat_keys=False)

user_info = _get_user_info('haydar.aimon')

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For a bug report, you must include the Python version used, code that will reproduce the error, and the error log/traceback.

Paste the output of python -V here:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\hayda\Google Drive\Websites\Webapp\New API\instagram_private_api-master\instagram_web_api\client.py", line 234, in _make_request
    res = self.opener.open(req, data=data, timeout=self.timeout)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Error/Debug Log:

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\hayda\Google Drive\Websites\Webapp\New API\instagram_private_api-master\test.py", line 19, in <module>
    user_info = web_api.user_info2('haydar.aimon')
  File "C:\Users\hayda\Google Drive\Websites\Webapp\New API\instagram_private_api-master\instagram_web_api\client.py", line 314, in user_info2
    info = self._make_request(endpoint, query={'__a': '1'})
  File "C:\Users\hayda\Google Drive\Websites\Webapp\New API\instagram_private_api-master\instagram_web_api\client.py", line 244, in _make_request
    raise ClientError('HTTPError "{0!s}" while opening {1!s}'.format(e.reason, url), e.code)
instagram_web_api.errors.ClientError: HTTPError "Forbidden" while opening https://www.instagram.com/haydar.aimon/?__a=1

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Describe your issue

Thank you for this amazing web api, however I'm starting to get:
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
on all of my requests. Did Instagram block access to this api? What can I do to resolve this issue?

[ping]

@Haydardi

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[ghost]

The same issue, it seems that access to this url has been forbade by instagram.

[abutizi]

@ping

Alright, have done it. Let me know if this is okay now

[abutizi]

@Pavloki

Is it possible to try another url approach you think?

[2minchul]

I solved this problem. I will send a pull request soon.

[ghost]

I wrote small helpful function:

def _get_user_info(username):
    # Helper function to temporary replace user_info2
    try:
        url = 'https://instagram.com/%s' % username
        resp = webapi.opener.open(url)

    except HTTPError as e:
        raise ClientError('HTTPError "{0!s}" while opening {1!s}'.format(e.reason, url), e.code)

    resp_html = resp.read().decode('utf-8')
    resp_find = re.findall('<script type="text/javascript">window._sharedData = (.*?);</script>', resp_html)
    resp_json = json.loads(resp_find[0])
    resp_info = resp_json.get('entry_data').get('ProfilePage')[0].get('graphql').get('user')

    return resp_info

It is not good solution, but it's work good. And it works slower in twice than old method.

[abutizi]

@2minchul

That sounds very good, looking forward to it!

@Pavloki
Thanks so much for sharing man, appreciate it!

[ping]

@Haydardi Please fix your issue template. You didn't post the code used, you only posted the error trackback, so I cannot tell if you're using an authenticated or unauthenticated client.

@2minchul Thanks for your PR but I already have a similar fix in my local repo, which I'm not pushing out because there's still a bug. Can you test if your fix works when the user is authenticated? In my testing, this works only if the user is unauthenticated (no login). When the user is authenticated, it's still a 403.

[abutizi]

@ping You're right, forgot to write about that. I have updated the issue again. Short answer, I'm using the unauthenticated client.

[abutizi]

@2minchul Your fix works wonders in my case (unauthenticated client)!

[ping]

This should be fixed in cc2119b.

[2minchul]

This issue happened again.
new md5 value is
{rhx_gis}:{variables}

[ping]

@2minchul Thanks for the tip. Fixed in 5133b82

[abutizi]

Awesome! Thanks a lot.

Quick question. I would love to contribute to this project, especially the web API, but I’m new to this area. What libraries/frameworks should I read about in or to fully understand the web API?

[lukeify]

Are Instagram watching this project or something? There's been a number of changes in rapid succession over the past several days, and I've been using this project as a guideline on how to access the unauthenticated endpoints for my own project.

Thanks to @ping and @2minchul for all the work so far.

And hello Instagram devs! 😁👋

[abutizi]

Bad news...

I'm still getting the same Forbidden error. What to do?