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Sign into instagram -> Inspect Element -> Paste code into console tab -> change username variable to your username -> hit enter
const fetchOptions = {
credentials: "include",
headers: {
"X-IG-App-ID": "936619743392459",
},
method: "GET",
};
const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
const random = (min, max) => Math.ceil(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min;
// This function handles all of the pagination logic
// Calls the API recursively until there are no more pages to load
const concatFriendshipsApiResponse = async (
list,
user_id,
count,
next_max_id = ""
) => {
let url = `https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/friendships/${user_id}/${list}/?count=${count}`;
if (next_max_id) {
url += `&max_id=${next_max_id}`;
}
const data = await fetch(url, fetchOptions).then((r) => r.json());
if (data.next_max_id) {
const timeToSleep = random(100, 500);
console.log(
`Loaded ${data.users.length} ${list}. Sleeping ${timeToSleep}ms to avoid rate limiting`
);
await sleep(timeToSleep);
return data.users.concat(
await concatFriendshipsApiResponse(list, user_id, count, data.next_max_id)
);
}
return data.users;
};
// helper methods to make the code a bit more readable
const getFollowers = (user_id, count = 50, next_max_id = "") => {
return concatFriendshipsApiResponse("followers", user_id, count, next_max_id);
};
const getFollowing = (user_id, count = 50, next_max_id = "") => {
return concatFriendshipsApiResponse("following", user_id, count, next_max_id);
};
const getUserId = async (username) => {
const lower = username.toLowerCase();
const url = `https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/web/search/topsearch/?context=blended&query=${lower}&include_reel=false`;
const data = await fetch(url, fetchOptions).then((r) => r.json());
const result = data.users?.find(
(result) => result.user.username.toLowerCase() === lower
);
return result?.user?.pk || null;
};
const getUserFriendshipStats = async (username) => {
const user_id = await getUserId(username);
if (!user_id) {
throw new Error(`Could not find user with username ${username}`);
}
const followers = await getFollowers(user_id);
const following = await getFollowing(user_id);
const followersUsernames = followers.map((follower) =>
follower.username.toLowerCase()
);
const followingUsernames = following.map((followed) =>
followed.username.toLowerCase()
);
const followerSet = new Set(followersUsernames);
const followingSet = new Set(followingUsernames);
console.log(Array(28).fill("-").join(""));
console.log(
`Fetched`,
followerSet.size,
"followers and ",
followingSet.size,
" following."
);
console.log(
`If this doesn't seem right then some of the output might be inaccurate`
);
const PeopleIDontFollowBack = Array.from(followerSet).filter(
(follower) => !followingSet.has(follower)
);
const PeopleNotFollowingMeBack = Array.from(followingSet).filter(
(following) => !followerSet.has(following)
);
return {
PeopleIDontFollowBack,
PeopleNotFollowingMeBack,
};
};
// Replace 'example_username' following with your instagram username
const username = "example_username";
getUserFriendshipStats(username).then(console.log);
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