NOTE: This is a fork of the Instagram-API-Python by LevPasha, as the original seems to have gone stale.

Instagram-API-python

Unofficial Instagram API to give you access to ALL Instagram features (like, follow, upload photo and video, etc)! Written in Python.

This is the Python port of https://github.com/mgp25/Instagram-API which is written in PHP. It is still a work in progress to copy all of its API endpoints.

NOTE: To successfully parse for a long time you should verify your phone number in your Instagram account. The new fake Instagram account with an unverified phone number after ~ 1-24 hours could not do any requests. All requests will be redirected to the page https://instagram.com/challenge

Installation Instructions

1. Fork/Clone/Download this repo

   git clone https://github.com/LevPasha/Instagram-API-python.git

2. Navigate to the directory

   cd Instagram-API-python

3. Install the dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Modify examples\test.py with your own username and password

5. Run the test.py script (use text editor to edit the script and type in valid Instagram username/password)

Pip Installation Instructions

1. Install via pip

   pip install PyInstagramAPI

   or

   py -m install PyInstagramAPI

2. Import PyInstagramAPI from a python command prompt

   from PyInstagramAPI import PyInstagramAPI