Instagram Script For Funsies

fun.py

import csv

from context import Instagram # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
from time import sleep

# login strings
my_user = 'changeme'
my_pass = 'changeme'

# log in
print('Logging in...')
instagram = Instagram()
instagram.with_credentials(my_user, my_pass, '.') # dot means cache files can just go here
instagram.login(force=False,two_step_verificator=True)

sleep(2) # rate limit

# get my account
print('Getting account...')
my_account = instagram.get_account(my_user)
print('My account: {}'.format(my_account))

sleep(2) # rate limit

# get X people I follow
# number must be >= page size for instagram API
num_following = 4                   # change me
following_page_size = 4           # change me
print('Getting who I follow...')
users_im_following = instagram.get_following(my_account.identifier, num_following, following_page_size, delayed=True) 

sleep(2) # rate limit

print('Getting the followers of who I follow...')
# number must be >= page size for instagram API
num_followers = 50                  # change me
followers_page_size = 50           # change me

# loop over the users im following
for user_im_following in users_im_following['accounts']:

    print('Getting followers for user: {}'.format(user_im_following.full_name))
    sleep(5) # rate limit

    # for each user i'm following, get me their followers
    their_followers = instagram.get_followers(user_im_following.identifier, num_followers, followers_page_size, delayed=True) 

    # now write their followers to a file
    # make the filename their username
    filename = '{}.csv'.format(user_im_following.username)
    print('Writing followers to {}'.format(filename))

    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20717095/python-csv-overwrite
    with open(filename, 'w+') as file:
        writer = csv.writer(file, delimiter=",")

        # write the headers
        writer.writerow(['id','name'])

        # for each of their followers, write them out row by row
        for their_follower in their_followers['accounts']:
            writer.writerow([their_follower.identifier,their_follower.full_name])