README.md

InstaPy GUI

Graphical User Interface for InstaPy Automation including some useful Analytics.

installation

requirements

• install python 3
• install firefox
• host your own instance of this repo

register a bot

windows-1-click-install

• download update.bat and save it
  • you can copy your old assets folder into this folder aswell to reuse your database / cookies / etc.
• double-click update.bat
• double-click setup.bat
  • answer all the questions
• double-click startClient.bat To take off!

linux/mac-1-click-install

• download update.sh and save it
  • you can copy your old assets folder into this folder aswell to reuse your database / cookies / etc.
• execute bash update.sh
• execute bash setup.sh
  • answer all the questions
• execute bash startClient.sh To take off!

docker

create a file named instapy.env with the following content:

INSTAPY_USER=instapy.io_username
INSTAPY_PASSWORD=instapy.io_password
IDENT=choose_any_name_to_indentify_this_instance

execute the following command:

sudo docker run -d --env-file instapy.env --name instapyclient felixbreuer/instapy-client

remember that you can only run docker clients in headless mode.

step-by-step guide

• download all files here and save them to a folder on your system
  • you can copy your old assets folder into this folder aswell to reuse your database / cookies / etc.
• navigate to the folder in the console
  • you could create a new python virtual environment here (optional)
• run pip install -r requirements.txt
  • use pip3 if you are on linux or mac
• create a file named .env or instapy.env with the following content

INSTAPY_USER=instapy.io_username
INSTAPY_PASSWORD=instapy.io_password
IDENT=choose_any_name_to_indentify_this_instance

• run python start.py
  • use python3 if you are on linux or mac
• go to instapy.io and take off!

adjustments for raspberry pi

• activate the virtual enviroment
• run following commands in the console

python3 -m pip uninstall instapy-chromedriver
python3 -m pip install --user instapy-chromedriver==2.36.post0

if this is not working try the following:

• cd into instpay-client folder

mkdir assets && cd assets
wget https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v3.0.0-beta.5/chromedriver-v3.0.0-beta.5-linux-armv7l.zip
unzip chromedriver-v3.0.0-beta.5-linux-armv7l.zip
chmod 755 chromedriver
chmod +x chromedriver
sudo apt-get remove chromium

register more bots

if you are on a different machine just follow the steps register a bot again.

• copy the whole client folder to a different folder
• edit .env or instapy.env
  • change IDENT=... to something new
• start the new client
• in the start panel of instapy.io you now have 2 bots in the select bot dropdown menu

guides

how to start contributing

support

troubleshoot

no module named 'pip'

• run curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
• execute the downloaded file
  • on linux or mac run ./env/bin/python3 get-pip.py
  • on windows run .\env\Scripts\python.exe get-pip.py
• reinstall the requirements
  • on linux or mac run ./env/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  • on windows run .\env\Scripts\pip.exe install -r requirements.txt

certificate verify failed

in the client after logged in with user: <username> you get the following error:

certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate

please have a look at this stack overflow post to resolve the issue.

global name 'f' is not defined

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "start.py", line 175, in
TOKEN = get_token(username, password)
File "start.py", line 64, in get_token
print(f,"authenticate {username} to {url} ...")
NameError: global name 'f' is not defined

you need to use python version 3.6 or higher. the f-string format got implemented in that version.

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disclaimer: please note that this is a research project. i am by no means responsible for any usage of this tool. use on your own behalf. i am also not responsible if your accounts get banned due to extensive use of this tool.

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