Coded by: @holps-7
Check out followers and following of any user on Instagram and save them in a CSV file...
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
You will need the following for running this script-
1)Python3 installed in your system
2)Firefox web browser with Firefox webdriver
3)pip3
4)selenium
Visit the following url for details on how to install Python 3 for various Operating systems https://realpython.com/installing-python/#step-1-download-the-python-3-installer
cd
sudo apt-get -y install firefox
cd
wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.26.0/geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64.tar.gz
tar xzf geckodriver-v0.25.0-linux64.tar.gz
sudo mv geckodriver /usr/bin/geckodriver
cd
apt install python3-pip
cd
pip3 install selenium
This project is not any kind of extention of any other project
- Clone the project
- Follow the installation instructions
- Open InstaSpy.py file in any text editor
- Now, in line 121 replace the following with your credentials and target's username
('<Username>', '<Password>', '<target_username>')
- Open terminal and run the following command
cd Downloads/InstaSpy-master
python3 InstaSpy-script.py
- Wait for around 5 minutes and let the script run
- After successful execution of the script Firefox will close and now you can check 'InstaSpy-master' folder, it will have two .csv files-
followers.csv This file will contain list of all the followers of target
following.csv This file will contain list of all those who follow target (following)
PS:- I used Atom editor, which is one of the greatest editors.
Availabe for free on https://atom.io
Feel free to create Pull Requests, for contributing.
- Ramesh Sachan - Vellore Institute of Technology
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details
Usage of InstaSpy for attacking target without prior mutual consent OR flooding 'Instagram.com' with requests is illegal. It's the end user's responsibility to obey all applicable local, state and federal laws. Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by this program. Only use for educational purposes.