JxInsta

A java library of Instagram private web API (may include mobile api in future). This library is built as a replacement for instagram4j since it was too old fashioned and was facing a challenge problem due to a similar header population problem among it's users. This project is lead by EasyInsta and is part of it.

Features

• Lightweight and Easy 2 use, Object-oriented
• No need API token
• Supports Sending messages
• Supports Getting/fetching messages
• Supports Deleting message
• Supports Realtime direct messages listener (Pending)
• Supports Login using cache/saving sessions
• Supports Posting (Picture)
• Supports Adding stories (Photo)
• Supports Following/Unfollowing
• Supports Acception/Ignoring follow request (Pending)
• Supports Scrapping followings and followers
• Supports Getting profile data
• Supports Liking/commenting on post
• Supports Fetching feeds/timeline post
• Supports Downloading posts and pfp

Implimentation

Due to the outage of jitpack, the library cannot published. Therfore, you have to locally implement it by puting the .jar file in the lib directory.

Step 1 : Download the .jar from the release section and put it in lib folder of your project.

Step 2 : declare the dependency

For gradle

dependencies {
    implementation files('libs/JxInsta-v1.0-beta.jar')
    implementation group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', name: 'okhttp', version: '5.0.0-alpha.11' //skip if already implemented
}

For maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.sample</groupId>
    <artifactId>jxinsta</artifactId>
    <version>v1.0-beta-2</version>
    <scope>system</scope>
    <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/JxInsta-v1.0-beta-2.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
    <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0-alpha.11</version>
</dependency>

You can search on Google for more info on including local dependencies.

Acknowledgements

• Instagram usage limits
• Instagram daily limit
• API Policies
• About Instagram checkpoints and challenges

Its easy :)

JxInsta insta = new JxInsta("username", "password", JxInsta.LoginType.WEB_AUTHENTICATION);  
insta.uploadStory(new File("photos/story-24.png"));  
var profile = insta.getProfile("username").;
...

Documentation

Javadoc (Not needed)

User guide

FAQ

[Q.1] Can we use this library to make bots?

Answer. Yes. But Instagram doesn't allow them to make bots with their official graph APIs. Although this is not the official API, you should follow the usage limits to prevent detection.

[Q.2] Can we download stories or posts using this library?

Answer. Yes, and that too without login

[Q.3] Does the use of this library require any tokens or other keys?

Answer. No. You only need to have the username and password of the account. You can also log in using cookies and bearer tokens.

[Q.4] In Android, can we use Webview to log in?

Answer. Yes, check this example on how to use that

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! There is a lot of scope for contribution in this library.

Please refer to Contribution guide. Also, see the code of conduct. Please see Todo. md to see what features are pending and what things you can add on your end.

Support

The fastest channel to contact me is Instagram, just DM me and I'll reply to you within 24 hours. My Instagram : x0.rahil

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