instabot.rb

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

installation

Add this to your Gemfile:

gem 'instabot'

and make sure you run bundle install command

or install it yourself as:

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

Usage

here is the manual 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:

set	description	value (example)
username	this is your IG username	your_ig_username
password	this is your IG password	your_ig_password
tags	This script use tags for searching medias & users	write whatever you want like this ["hello_world", "test"] in an array
wait_per_action	wait time per actions	1 * 60
log_status	printing logs in the file	true or false
unwanted_list	unwanted names in usernames	["_id","free_","free"]
white_list_users	white list usernames	["john","alex","nick"]
max_like_per_day	this is the max likes per day limitation	100
max_follow_per_day	this is the max follows per day limitation	100
max_unfollow_per_day	this is the max unfollows per day limitation	100
max_comment_per_day	this is the max comments per day limitation	100
infinite_tags	grab new tags by medias (infinite tag grabber)	ture or false
add_tag_per_post	an limit for infinite_tags	5 , default is 1
print_banner	enable or disable banner	true or false
comments	the comments you want to post in medias	just change the values in example
pre_load	load pre configurations in logs folder	followed_users.txt, unfollowed_users.txt, liked_medias.txt, commented_medias.txt
use_tor	enabling and disabling the tor usage	true or false
use_proxy	enabling and disabling the proxy usage	true or false
proxy	http(s) proxy details	write it in an array like this ["IP",PORT] or if it has username and password you have to use this format ["IP",PORT,"USERNAME","PASSWORD"]

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?