Instagram "Error:null"

[RockyBukake]

• Ripme version: 1.7.94 and above
• Java version: 11.0.10
• Operating system: Linux (Pop_OS! 5.11.0-7612-generic 20.10~97a8d1a-Ubuntu)
• Exact URL you were trying to rip when the problem occurred: Any instagram URL (i.e www.instagram.com/kimkardashian )
• Please include any additional information about how to reproduce the problem: Input instagram URL, press "Rip"

Expected Behavior

It downloads Instagram posts

Actual Behavior

Ripme displays :

when ran from terminal the output for release 1.7.94 is :

tested with multiple newer releases output is similar :

[RockyBukake]

Log file : log.txt

[soloturn]

thank you! did not see the "getCallerClass is not supported" up to now as i had java8set. with java11 i got it as well, now fxed with #33. why for you it is "error null" i wonder as well. is it a language thing or pop linux java? i tried with

> locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> java -jar build/libs/ripme-1.7.96-4-f587e175.jar 
07:03:46.490 [main] DEBUG com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils - Getting key select.save.dir in en_US value Select Save Directory
07:03:46.511 [main] DEBUG com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils - Getting key loading.history.from in en_US value Loading history from
...
07:04:15.221 [Thread-3] ERROR com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.AbstractRipper - Got exception while running ripper:
java.io.IOException: No images found at http://www.instagram.com/kimkardashian
	at com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.AbstractJSONRipper.rip(AbstractJSONRipper.java:81) ~[ripme-1.7.96-4-f587e175.jar:1.7.96-4-f587e175]

on the first try, with java8, your link worked. subsequent tries did not work. switching the java version did not help. deleting the "save" directory did not help. delete ~/cconfig/ripme directory did not help. i am wondering if i overlooked where ripme stores information - as it worked one time and other time not. or instagram behaves different if one gets content again. did you see such behaviour? in case you as well get a different error now, please change the title of the ticket.

[soloturn]

@iProdigy you fixed that once in RipMeApp#1722 - you v got any ideas?

[RockyBukake]

thank you! did not see the "getCallerClass is not supported" up to now as i had java8set. with java11 i got it as well, now fxed with #33. why for you it is "error null" i wonder as well. is it a language thing or pop linux java? i tried with

> locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> java -jar build/libs/ripme-1.7.96-4-f587e175.jar 
07:03:46.490 [main] DEBUG com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils - Getting key select.save.dir in en_US value Select Save Directory
07:03:46.511 [main] DEBUG com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils - Getting key loading.history.from in en_US value Loading history from
...
07:04:15.221 [Thread-3] ERROR com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.AbstractRipper - Got exception while running ripper:
java.io.IOException: No images found at http://www.instagram.com/kimkardashian
	at com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.AbstractJSONRipper.rip(AbstractJSONRipper.java:81) ~[ripme-1.7.96-4-f587e175.jar:1.7.96-4-f587e175]

on the first try, with java8, your link worked. subsequent tries did not work. switching the java version did not help. deleting the "save" directory did not help. delete ~/cconfig/ripme directory did not help. i am wondering if i overlooked where ripme stores information - as it worked one time and other time not. or instagram behaves different if one gets content again. did you see such behaviour? in case you as well get a different error now, please change the title of the ticket.

Negative. I did not experience that behavior, tried it on my Arch machine and results were identical, could it be related with how Instagram behaves to different user-agents ? I noticed that with a user-agent switcher extension enabled to "Windows / Chrome 87" on my Firefox and Brave Browser, Instagram would sometimes redirect to instagram.com/accounts/login, after clearing cookies and disabling the extension let's me see the page again, granted i could not get this behavior to work 100% of the time so it might just be Instagram being weird.

[soloturn]

@RockyBukake i debugged it briefly and it went into json ripper where the images were there, but the parsing of it is broken. i am not sure when it goes one of the 2 code paths.

[professorkilo]

same error for me every time
"Rip complete, saved to blah"
null

RipMe v1.7.94 in Kali and in Win10 [Java 8.281]

[terminalwhoami]

Same issue, unless I use an instagram session ID.

I did get locked out of my instagram a few days ago, and I think it might be related. May want to implement a rate limiter for instagram as well.

[KaoNocturatzu]

This issue seems to be happening on DeviantArt as well. It did work on Furaffinity though. I'm wondering if there's some kind of firewall installed on these sites that make it harder to rip them?

[soloturn]

@Tush-r @cariah you have an opinion here?

[soloturn]

@terminalwhoami here they write that before 5000 / hr were accepted, and now 200 / hr:
https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/livefyre/using/streams/c-instagram-rate-limiting.html?lang=en#streams

[Tush-r]

@terminalwhoami here they write that before 5000 / hr were accepted, and now 200 / hr:
https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/livefyre/using/streams/c-instagram-rate-limiting.html?lang=en#streams

Are you still having issues with this?
I don't really use the app. I can get something out on the weekend( no promises though).

[terminalwhoami]

@Tush-r I haven't tried without a session ID lately, also don't rip instagram that much. trying to be cautious so they don't ban my account.

[LP560]

@terminalwhoami here they write that before 5000 / hr were accepted, and now 200 / hr:
https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/livefyre/using/streams/c-instagram-rate-limiting.html?lang=en#streams

Even without hitting the rate limit i still get these errors

[robinhugy]

tried https://github.com/ripmeapp2/ripme/actions/runs/844309842
but no luck, same error

[SH4LT1S]

Anyone fixed it?

[user5532]

Using latest green build. Still getting null..

[CynicalPlatapus]

Using latest green build. Still getting null..

same

[tonystark2225]

Any Solution?

[SH4LT1S]

Any Solution?

you wish

[terminalwhoami]

Any Solution?

have you tried with an instagram session ID?

[terminalwhoami]

@soloturn did you ever get around to finding a solution for this? i remember you saying you tried to track it down, but couldn't figure it out. If i don't use a session ID, i get null. if i use one, i can rip a post. This is on windows.

[soloturn]

interesting, @terminalwhoami , you do it like so: RipMeApp#1380 ?
lets close it then ...