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Like by Tags

# Like posts based on hashtags
session.like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=10)

Parameters:

tags: The tags that will be searched for and posts will be liked from

use_random_tags: The tags that will be searched for and posts will be randomized

amount: The amount of posts that will be liked

skip_top_posts: Determines whether the first 9 top posts should be liked or not (default is True)

use_smart_hashtags: Make use of the smart hashtag feature

use_smart_location_hashtags: Make use of the smart location hashtag feature

interact: Defines whether the users of the given post should also be interacted with (needs set_user_interact to be also set)

randomize: Determines whether the first amount of posts should be liked or a random selection.

media: Determines which media should be liked, Photo or Video (default is None which is all)

Like by Tags and interact with user

# Like posts based on hashtags and like 3 posts of its poster
session.set_user_interact(amount=3, randomize=True, percentage=100, media='Photo')
session.like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=10, interact=True)

Like by Feeds

# This is used to perform likes on your own feeds
# amount=100  specifies how many total likes you want to perform
# randomize=True randomly skips posts to be liked on your feed
# unfollow=True unfollows the author of a post which was considered
# inappropriate interact=True visits the author's profile page of a
# certain post and likes a given number of his pictures, then returns to feed

session.like_by_feed(amount=100, randomize=True, unfollow=True, interact=True)

Like by Locations

session.like_by_locations(['224442573/salton-sea/'], amount=100)

# or
session.like_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=100)

# or include media entities from top posts section
session.like_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=5, skip_top_posts=False, randomize=True)

You can find locations for the like_by_locations function by:

Browsing https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/
Regular instagram search.

Example:

Search 'Salton Sea' and select the result with a location icon
The url is: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/224442573/salton-sea/
Use everything after 'locations/' or just the number

Comment by Locations

session.comment_by_locations(['224442573/salton-sea/'], amount=100)
# or
session.comment_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=100)
# or include media entities from top posts section

session.comment_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=5, skip_top_posts=False)

This method allows commenting by locations, without liking posts. To get locations follow instructions in 'Like by Locations'

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Follow by Tags

# Follow user based on hashtags (without liking the image)

session.follow_by_tags(['tag1', 'tag2'], amount=10)

Parameters:

tags: The tags that will be searched for and authors of the posts will be followed.

amount: The amount of posts that the author of the post will be followed

skip_top_posts: Determines whether the first 9 top users of posts should be followed or not (default is True)

use_smart_hashtags: Make use of the smart hashtag feature

use_smart_location_hashtags: Make use of the smart location hashtag feature

interact: Defines whether the users of the given post should also be interacted with (needs set_user_interact to be also set)

randomize: Determines whether the first amount of post authors should be liked or a random selection.

media: Determines which media should be considered, Photo or Video (default is None which is all)

Follow by Locations

session.follow_by_locations(['224442573/salton-sea/'], amount=100)
# or
session.follow_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=100)
# or include media entities from top posts section

session.follow_by_locations(['224442573'], amount=5, skip_top_posts=False)

This method allows following by locations, without liking or commenting posts. To get locations follow instructions in 'Like by Locations'

Following by a list

This will follow each account from a list of instagram nicknames

follow_by_list(followlist=['samantha3', 'larry_ok'], times=1, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)

only follows a user once (if unfollowed again) would be useful for the precise targeting sleep_delay is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10 follows) For example, if one needs to get followbacks from followers of a chosen account/group of accounts.

accs = ['therock','natgeo']
session.follow_by_list(accs, times=1, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)

You can also interact with the followed users by enabling interact=True which will use the configuration of set_user_interact setting:

session.set_user_interact(amount=4,
                          percentage=50,
                          randomize=True,
                          media='Photo')

session.follow_by_list(followlist=['samantha3', 'larry_ok'],
                       times=2,
                       sleep_delay=600,
                       interact=True)

Follow someone else's followers

# Follows the followers of each given user
# The usernames can be either a list or a string
# The amount is for each account, in this case 30 users will be followed
# If randomize is false it will pick in a top-down fashion

session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False)

# default sleep_delay=600 (10min) for every 10 user following, in this case
# sleep for 60 seconds

session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, sleep_delay=60)

Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.

Follow users that someone else is following

# Follows the people that a given users are following
# The usernames can be either a list or a string
# The amount is for each account, in this case 30 users will be followed
# If randomize is false it will pick in a top-down fashion

session.follow_user_following(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False)

# default sleep_delay=600 (10min) for every 10 user following, in this case
# sleep for 60 seconds

session.follow_user_following(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, sleep_delay=60)

Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.

Follow and interact someone else's followers/following

# For 50% of the 30 newly followed, move to their profile
# and randomly choose 5 pictures to be liked.
# Take into account the other set options like the comment rate
# and the filtering for inappropriate words or users

session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.follow_user_followers(['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3'], amount=10, randomize=False, interact=True)

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Follow the likers of photos of users

This will follow the people those liked photos of given list of users

session.follow_likers(['user1' , 'user2'], photos_grab_amount = 2, follow_likers_per_photo = 3, randomize=True, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)

in this case 2 random photos from each given user will be analyzed and 3 people who liked them will be followed, so 6 follows in total The usernames can be any list The photos_grab_amount is how many photos will I grat from users profile and analyze who liked it The follow_likers_per_photo is how many people to follow per each photo randomize=False will take photos from newes, true will take random from first 12 sleep_delay is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10 follows)

You can also interact with the followed users by enabling interact=True which will use the configuration of set_user_interact setting:

session.set_user_interact(amount=2,
                          percentage=70,
                          randomize=True,
                          media='Photo')

session.follow_likers(['user1' , 'user2'],
                      photos_grab_amount = 2,
                      follow_likers_per_photo = 3,
                      randomize=True,
                      sleep_delay=600,
                      interact=True)

Follow the commenters of photos of users

This will follow the people those commented on photos of given list of users

session.follow_commenters(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=100, daysold=365, max_pic = 100, sleep_delay=600, interact=False)

in this case (max 100 newest photos & maximum 365 days old) from each given user will be analyzed and 100 people who commented the most will be followed The usernames can be any list The amount is how many people to follow The daysold will only take commenters from photos no older than daysold days The max_pic will limit number of photos to analyze sleep_delay is used to define break time after some good following (averagely ~10 follows)

You can also interact with the followed users by enabling interact=True which will use the configuration of set_user_interact setting:

session.set_user_interact(amount=3,
                          percentage=32,
                          randomize=True,
                          media='Video')
session.follow_commenters(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=100, daysold=365, max_pic = 100, sleep_delay=600, interact=True)

Unfollowing

Unfollows the accounts you're following

It will unfollow ~10 accounts and sleep for ~10 minutes and then will continue to unfollow...

There are `4` Unfollow methods available to use:

|> customList |> InstapyFollowed |> nonFollowers |> allFollowing

1 - Unfollow specific users from a CUSTOM list (has 2 tracks- "all" and "nonfollowers"): when track is "all", it will unfollow all of the users in a given list;

custom_list = ["user_1", "user_2", "user_49", "user332", "user50921", "user_n"]
session.unfollow_users(amount=84, custom_list_enabled=True, custom_list=custom_list, custom_list_param="all", style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=55*60*60, sleep_delay=600)

if track is "nonfollowers", it will unfollow all of the users in a given list WHO are not following you back;

custom_list = ["user_1", "user_2", "user_49", "user332", "user50921", "user_n"]
session.unfollow_users(amount=84, custom_list_enabled=True, custom_list=custom_list, custom_list_param="nonfollowers", style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=55*60*60, sleep_delay=600)

PRO: customList method can take any kind of iterable container, such as list, tuple or set.

2 - Unfollow the users WHO was followed by InstaPy (has 2 tracks- "all" and "nonfollowers"): again, if you like to unfollow all of the users followed by InstaPy, use the track- "all";

session.unfollow_users(amount=60, instapy_followed_enabled=True, instapy_followed_param="all", style="FIFO", unfollow_after=90*60*60, sleep_delay=501)

but if you like you unfollow only the users followed by InstaPy WHO do not follow you back, use the track- "nonfollowers";

session.unfollow_users(amount=60, instapy_followed_enabled=True, instapy_followed_param="nonfollowers", style="FIFO", unfollow_after=90*60*60, sleep_delay=501)

3 - Unfollow the users WHO do not follow you back:

session.unfollow_users(amount=126, nonFollowers=True, style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=42*60*60, sleep_delay=655)

4 - Just unfollow, regardless of a user follows you or not:

session.unfollow_users(amount=40, allFollowing=True, style="LIFO", unfollow_after=3*60*60, sleep_delay=450)

Parameters (all of these parameters apply to all of the 4 methods available):

style You can choose unfollow style as "FIFO" (First-Input-First-Output) OR "LIFO" (Last-Input-First-Output) OR "RANDOM".

with "FIFO", it will unfollow users in the exact order they are loaded ("FIFO" is the default style unless you change it);
with "LIFO" it will unfollow users in the reverse order they were loaded;
with "RANDOM" it will unfollow users in the shuffled order;

unfollow_after By using this, you can unfollow users only after following them certain amount of time. it will help to provide seamless unfollow activity without the notice of the target user To use it, just add unfollow_after parameter with the desired time interval, e.g.,

session.unfollow_users(amount=94, instapy_followed_enabled=True, instapy_followed_param="all", style="RANDOM", unfollow_after=48*60*60, sleep_delay=600)

will unfollow users only after following them 48 hours (2 days).

Since unfollow_afters value is in seconds, you can simply give it unfollow_after=3600 to unfollow after 3600 seconds. Yeah, values kind of 1*60*60- which is also equal to 1 hour or 3600 seconds, is much more easier to use.

Sure if you like to not use it, give the value of None- unfollow_after=None.

sleep_delay Sleep delay sets the time it will sleep after every ~10 unfollows (default delay is ~10 minutes).

NOTE: You should know that, in one RUN, unfollow_users feature can take only one method from all 4 above. That's why, it is best to disable other 3 methods while using a one:

session.unfollow_users(amount=200, custom_list_enabled=True, custom_list=["user1", "user2", "user88", "user200"], instapy_followed_enabled=False, nonFollowers=False, allFollowing=False, style="FIFO", unfollow_after=22*60*60, sleep_delay=600)

here the unfollow method- customList is used OR just keep the method you want to use and remove other 3 methods from the feature

session.unfollow_users(amount=200, allFollowing=True, style="FIFO", unfollow_after=22*60*60, sleep_delay=600)

here the unfollow method- alFollowing is used

Interact on posts at given URLs

Like, comment, follow on the post in the links provided, also can interact the owner of the post

session.interact_by_URL(urls=["some/URL/1", "some/URL/2" "other/URL"], randomize=True, interact=True)

To use, define all of the interaction settings and start the feature right away!

#define interaction settings
session.set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=94)
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=24)
session.set_comments(["Masterful shot", "Chilling!", "Unbelievably great..."])
session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=44)
session.set_user_interact(amount=6, randomize=True, percentage=72, media='Photo')

#start the feature
session.interact_by_URL(urls=["Fv0J4AJ3Y7r/?taken-at=628416252", "Vb0D4bJgY7r" "Dj0J4VJgY7r"], randomize=True, interact=True)

Parameters:

urls: Contains the URLs of the posts to be interacted.

You can provide URLs in these formats: full: "https://www.IG.com/p/Aj0J4bJDY7r/?taken-at=128316221" just post link: "https://www.IG.com/p/Aj0J4bJDY7r/" just post handle: "Aj0J4bJDY7r/?taken-at=128316221" just post ID: "Aj0J4bJDY7r"

randomize: Shuffles the order of the URLs in the given list before starts to interact.

interact: Use it if you like to also interact the post owner after doing interactions on the post itself.

Interact with specific users

# Interact with specific users
# set_do_like, set_do_comment, set_do_follow are applicable

session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=50)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.set_do_like(True, percentage=70)
session.interact_by_users(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=5, randomize=True, media='Photo')

Interact with specific users' tagged posts

# Interact with specific users' tagged posts
# set_do_like, set_do_comment, set_do_follow are applicable

session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=50)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.set_do_like(True, percentage=70)
session.interact_by_users_tagged_posts(['user1', 'user2', 'user3'], amount=5, randomize=True, media='Photo')

Interact with someone else's followers

# Interact with the people that a given user is followed by
# set_do_comment, set_do_follow and set_do_like are applicable

session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_do_like(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)

Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.

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Interact with users that someone else is following

# Interact with the people that a given user is following
# set_do_comment, set_do_follow and set_do_like are applicable

session.set_user_interact(amount=5, randomize=True, percentage=50, media='Photo')
session.set_do_follow(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_do_like(enabled=False, percentage=70)
session.set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])
session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=80)
session.interact_user_following(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)

Note: simulation takes place while running this feature.

Interact by Comments

Like comments on posts, reply to them and then interact by the users whose comment was liked on the post

session.interact_by_comments(usernames=["somebody", "other buddy"],
                             posts_amount=10,
                             comments_per_post=5,
                             reply=True,
                             interact=True,
                             randomize=True,
                             media="Photo")

Parameters

usernames : A list containing the usernames of users on WHOSE posts' comments will be interacted;

posts_amount : Number of the posts to get from each user for interacting by comments;

comments_per_post : Choose how many comments to interact (like and then reply) on each post;

reply : Choose if it should reply to comments;

interact : Use if you also like to interact the commenters after finishing liking (and then replying to) comments on the post;

randomize : Shuffles the order of the posts from users' feed and comments in the given post;

media : Choose the type of media to be interacted - "Photo" for photos, "Video" for videos, None for any media;

Usage

To use, set replying and interaction configuration(s)

session.set_do_reply_to_comments(enabled=True, percentage=14)
session.set_comment_replies(replies=[u"😎😎😎", u"😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💪🏼", u"😋🎉", "😀🍬", u"😂😂😂👈🏼👏🏼👏🏼", u"🙂🙋🏼‍♂️🚀🎊🎊🎊", u"😁😁😁", u"😂",  u"🎉",  u"😎", u"🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓", u"👏🏼😉"],
                            media="Photo")

session.set_user_interact(amount=2, percentage=70, randomize=False, media="Photo")
# also configure [at least] liking to be used while interacting with the commenters ...
session.set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=94)

# start the feature
session.interact_by_comments(usernames=["somebody", "other.buddy"], posts_amount=10, comments_per_post=5, reply=True, interact=True, randomize=True, media="Photo")

Note: To be able to reply to comments, you have to turn on text analytics- Yandex & MeaningCloud. So that they will analyze the content of comments and if it is appropriate, will send a reply to the comment. To configure those text analytics, see the usage in their sections.

There are 3 COMBINATIONS available to use regarding text analysis: a-) ONLY Sentiment Analysis; MeaningCloud must be turned on and Yandex must be enabled with a valid API key,

session.set_use_meaningcloud(enabled=True, license_key='', polarity="P")
session.set_use_yandex(enabled=True, API_key='')

b-) ONLY Language Match; Yandex must be turned on,

session.set_use_yandex(enabled=True, API_key='', match_language=False, language_code="en")

c-) BOTH Sentiment Analysis and Language Match; MeaningCloud and Yandex must be turned on,

session.set_use_meaningcloud(enabled=True, license_key='', polarity="P")
session.set_use_yandex(enabled=True, API_key='', match_language=True, language_code="en")

If you have followed any of those 3 text analysis combinations: It will first analyze comments' content and if it is appropriate, then it will first like, then will reply to it. All those inappropriate comments will neither be liked, nor replied to.

If you have not followed any of those 3 text analysis combinations OR misconfigured them: Comments' content will not be able to be analyzed and that's why no any comments will be replied. Yet, it will like all of the comments that are available.

In conclusion, the whole block SHOULD look like this,

session.set_use_meaningcloud(enabled=True, license_key='', polarity="P")
session.set_use_yandex(enabled=True, API_key='', match_language=True, language_code="en")

session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=14)
session.set_comment_replies(replies=[u"😎😎😎", u"😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💪🏼"], media="Photo")

session.set_user_interact(amount=2, percentage=70, randomize=False, media="Photo")
session.set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=100)

session.interact_by_comments(usernames=["somebody", "other.buddy"], posts_amount=10, comments_per_post=5, reply=True, interact=True, randomize=True, media="Photo")

Extras

comments from the poster are ignored (those comments are mostly poster's replies);
owner's (logged in user) comments are also ignored;
if the commenter is in blacklist or ignored_users list, that comment will also be ignored;
it will take only one comment from each unique commenter;
as if there are any usable comments, it will first like the post itself before interacting by comments cos liking comments and replying to them without liking the post can look spammy;
it will reply to a comment only after liking it;
it will not send the same reply again on overall posts per each username in the list provided by you;

PROs

you can use this feature to auto-like comments, auto-reply to them on your own posts;
else than interacting by the comments in your own posts, you can use this feature to like lots of comments from other users' posts, reply to some of them and interact by those users just after liking & replying to their comments;

CONs

liking a comment doesn't fill up your like quota, but replying to a comment does it to the comment quota. Try to compensate it in your style and do not overuse;
using auto-reply capability of this feature can result in unwanted miscommunication between you and the commenter IN CASE OF you do not make an efficient use of text analytics;

Interact by Likers

Get a user's posts, get the posts' likers and interact with them.

session.interact_user_likers(usernames=["somebody", "other buddy"],
                             posts_grab_amount=10,
                             interact_likers_per_post=5,
                             randomize=True)

Parameters

usernames : A list containing the usernames of users on whose posts' likers will be interacted with;

posts_grab_amount : Number of the posts to get from each user for getting its likers to interact with;

interact_likers_per_post : Choose how many likers to get from each post;

randomize : Shuffles the order of the posts from users' feed;

Accept pending follow requests

session.accept_follow_requests(amount=100, sleep_delay=1)

amount The maximum amount of follow requests that will be accepted.

sleep_delay Sleep delay sets the time it will sleep after every accepted request (_default delay is ~ 1 second).

Remove outgoing follow requests

# Remove outgoing unapproved follow requests from private accounts

session.remove_follow_requests(amount=200, sleep_delay=600)

InstaPy Pods

In case you are unfamiliar with the concept do read a little. Here's a blog to learn more about Pods

photo_comments = ['Nice shot! @{}',
                'I love your profile! @{}',
                  'Your feed is an inspiration :thumbsup:',
                  'Just incredible :open_mouth:',
                  'What camera did you use @{}?',
                  'Love your posts @{}',
                  'Looks awesome @{}',
                  'Getting inspired by you @{}',
                  ':raised_hands: Yes!',
                  'I can feel your passion @{} :muscle:']

session = InstaPy()

with smart_run(session):
   session.set_comments(photo_comments, media='Photo')
   session.join_pods()

Parameters:

topic: Topic of the posts to be interacted with. general by default.

Note : Topics allowed are {'general', 'fashion', 'food', 'travel', 'sports', 'entertainment'}.

engagement_mode: Desided engagement mode for your posts. There are four levels of engagement modes 'no_comments', 'light', 'normal' and 'heavy'(normal by default). Setting engagement_mode to 'no_comments' makes you receive zero comments on your posts from pod members, 'light' encourages approximately 10% of pod members to comment on your post, similarly it's around 30% and 90% for 'normal' and 'heavy' modes respectively. Note: Liking, following or any other kind of engagements doesn't follow these modes.

Instapy Stories

Watching Stories with interact

Will add story watching while interacting with users

session.set_do_story(enabled = True, percentage = 70, simulate = True)

simulate: If set to True InstaPy will simulate watching the stories (you won't see it in the browser), we just send commands to Instagram saying we have watched the stories. If set to False Instapy will perform the exact same action as a human user (clicking on stories, waiting until watching finishes, etc...)

Please note: simulate = False is the safest settings as it fully disables all additional, simulated interactions

Watch stories by Tags

Will watch up to 20 stories published with specified tags.

session.story_by_tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])

Watch stories from users

Take a list of users and watch their stories.

session.story_by_users(['user1', 'user2'])

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Like by Tags

Parameters:

Like by Tags and interact with user

Like by Feeds

Like by Locations

Comment by Locations

Follow by Tags

Parameters:

Follow by Locations

Following by a list

This will follow each account from a list of instagram nicknames

Follow someone else's followers

Follow users that someone else is following

Follow and interact someone else's followers/following

Follow the likers of photos of users

This will follow the people those liked photos of given list of users

Follow the commenters of photos of users

This will follow the people those commented on photos of given list of users

Unfollowing

Unfollows the accounts you're following

There are 4 Unfollow methods available to use:

Parameters (all of these parameters apply to all of the 4 methods available):

Interact on posts at given URLs

Like, comment, follow on the post in the links provided, also can interact the owner of the post

Parameters:

Interact with specific users

Interact with specific users' tagged posts

Interact with someone else's followers

Interact with users that someone else is following

Interact by Comments

Like comments on posts, reply to them and then interact by the users whose comment was liked on the post

Parameters

Usage

Extras

PROs

CONs

Interact by Likers

Get a user's posts, get the posts' likers and interact with them.

Parameters

Accept pending follow requests

Remove outgoing follow requests

InstaPy Pods

Parameters:

Instapy Stories

Watching Stories with interact

Watch stories by Tags

Watch stories from users

There are `4` Unfollow methods available to use: