Does anyone here actually know how to get instagram followers (full list) programmatically?

[Hana Shin]

Preferably without API. BuT I have a instagram account that I'm willing to use with API if it can be done reliably. Any ideas?

 

[RK]

So you want followers list of a particular page? Or you want to grow your page? Please can you make it clear

 

[KraftyKyle]

So you want followers list of a particular page? Or you want to grow your page? Please can you make it clear

Sounds like he's saying followers list for a particular page.

 

[f0ur]

Preferably without API. BuT I have a instagram account that I'm willing to use with API if it can be done reliably. Any ideas?

I am not 100% sure, but I would think the API would have this feature.

 

[rootjazz]

A lot depends if you want to scrape 10k, or 10 million.

But if you use any of the main bots that use the mobile API, they will be able to do it (reasonable numbers assumed).

If you want to scrapea huge number, you need to use multiple accounts and have your bot use them in sequence during the scrape to avoid over requests. I am not sure if all the main bots allow this, but at least one does

 

[f0ur]

A lot depends if you want to scrape 10k, or 10 million.

But if you use any of the main bots that use the mobile API, they will be able to do it (reasonable numbers assumed).

If you want to scrapea huge number, you need to use multiple accounts and have your bot use them in sequence during the scrape to avoid over requests. I am not sure if all the main bots allow this, but at least one does

Could IG possibly have a cookie like Google does for bot scraping and blacklisting? As explained why the author of PhoneInfoga:

"When you search on Google using custom requests (Google Dorks), you get very easily blacklisted. So Google shows up a page where you have to complete a captcha to continue. As soon as the captcha is completed, Google create a cookie named "GOOGLE_ABUSE_EXEMPTION" which is used to white list your browser and IP address for some minutes. This temporary white list is enough to let you gather a lot of information from many sources."

There might be a work around the issue of blacklisting and thus don't need multiple accounts to finish the scrape, but not exactly sure. Just a thought.

 

[Gogol]

Yupp, you do:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/{user-id}/follows?access_token=ACCESS-TOKEN

Source:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/32410799/1437261

Edit: Looks like instagram scrapped this feature. So bad.. :/

 

[rootjazz]

Could IG possibly have a cookie like Google does for bot scraping and blacklisting? As explained why the author of PhoneInfoga:

"When you search on Google using custom requests (Google Dorks), you get very easily blacklisted. So Google shows up a page where you have to complete a captcha to continue. As soon as the captcha is completed, Google create a cookie named "GOOGLE_ABUSE_EXEMPTION" which is used to white list your browser and IP address for some minutes. This temporary white list is enough to let you gather a lot of information from many sources."

There might be a work around the issue of blacklisting and thus don't need multiple accounts to finish the scrape, but not exactly sure. Just a thought.

No. They just don't allow a single account to do too much. No actual user is using their phone to swipe through 1 million results

 

[Hana Shin]

So you want followers list of a particular page? Or you want to grow your page? Please can you make it clear

Sorry. I meant to say I want to grab follower list of someone. Say I want to get the list of followers of katyperry. That kinda thing.

 

[Miraz0]

Dont bother trying on mobile API, it limits at 200.

 

[rootjazz]

Dont bother trying on mobile API, it limits at 200.

What a are you talking about? The limit is more definitely not 200

 

[Miraz0]

What a are you talking about? The limit is more definitely not 200

With the mobile API, I have never been able to get more than 200 users... I have not tried again since a very long time but it might be different now.

 

[horologie1900]

Can Jarvee execute this task? With a free trial you can jump in, get your list, test the tool and go from there.

 

[rootjazz]

With the mobile API, I have never been able to get more than 200 users... I have not tried again since a very long time but it might be different now.

for a very long time you have been able to get more than 200 results.

Some searches are limited. USERNAME SEARCH for instance, is not pageable. Followers_of most definitely is.

Sounds like you were grabbing the first page of results and not appending the max_id to your request to get page 2.

 

[Miraz0]

for a very long time you have been able to get more than 200 results.

Some searches are limited. USERNAME SEARCH for instance, is not pageable. Followers_of most definitely is.

Sounds like you were grabbing the first page of results and not appending the max_id to your request to get page 2.

Mhm weird, pretty sure i was appending, worked on many ig related projects. Ill see what happens when i test again! Thanks for the info.

 

[rootjazz]

Mhm weird, pretty sure i was appending, worked on many ig related projects. Ill see what happens when i test again! Thanks for the info.

let me know if you still have issues, probably something simple. The simple things always tend to be the hardest as get over looked