instabot.rb

An ruby instagram bot and scrapper works without instagram api, only needs your username and password.

installation

Add this to your Gemfile:

gem 'instabot'

and then execute

$ bundle install

or install it yourself as:

$ gem install instabot --no-ri --no-rdoc

Usage

here is the basic usage:

require 'instabot' 

bot = Instabot.new :manual
bot.login("username","password")

bot.follow('user_id')
bot.unfollow('user_id')
bot.like('media_id')
bot.unlike('media_id')
bot.comment('media_id', 'comment text here')

bot.logout()

and here is the automatic usage:

require 'instabot'

Config.setup do |set|
  set.username             = 'username'
  set.password             = 'password'
  set.tags                 = %w[test hello birthday]
  
  # set.use_proxy            = true # => it's important to enable the proxy usage
  # set.proxy                = ["localhost",8888] # without username and password
  # set.proxy                = ["localhost",8000,"USERNAME","PASSWORD"] # with username and password
  
  # set.use_tor              = true # default is false

  set.wait_per_action      = 5 * 60
  set.max_like_per_day     = 50
  set.max_follow_per_day   = 50
  set.max_unfollow_per_day = 50
  set.max_comment_per_day  = 50
  set.log_status           = true
  set.infinite_tags        = true
  set.add_tag_per_post     = 5
  set.print_banner         = true
  set.pre_load             = false

  set.unwanted_list        = ["_id","free_","free"]
  set.white_list_users     = ["john","alex","nick"]

  set.comments             = [
    %w[this the your],
    %w[photo picture pic shot snapshot],
    %w[is looks feels is really],
    %w[great super good very good good wow WOW cool GREAT magnificent magical very cool stylish beautiful so beautiful so stylish so professional lovely so lovely very lovely glorious so glorious very glorious adorable excellent amazing],
    %w[. .. ... ! !! !!!]
  ]
end

bot = Instabot.new
bot.mode(:infinite) # => :cleanup, :infinite, ...

Note: Example files are here and be careful about using infinite_tags option

Using proxies

set.use_proxy                 = true # => it's so important to enable the proxy usage
set.proxy                     = ["localhost",8888] # without username and password
set.proxy                     = ["localhost",8000,"USERNAME","PASSWORD"] # with username and password

don't have money to buy a proxy? no problem! continue reading

Using tor

first of all you have to download the latest tor expert bundle from here

then navigate to the Tor folder and run the tor --controlport 9051

also don't forget to enable using tor by set.use_tor = true option, and that's it! we're done

Configuration description:

Development description:

Methods are available on rubydoc.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/eVanilla/instabot.rb

Also thank you guys! Contributors

and if you like it just... hit the star button to make me (us) happy! (≖ᴗ≖✿)

Used gems

• Activesupport
• Mechanize
• Colorize
• Hashie
• Socksify
• Net-telnet

What's new in the future ?

Still no idea... what do you think?