getFollowers.py

def getFollowers(userId, nextCursor):
    params = {
        'cursor': nextCursor,
        'access_token': INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN
    }
    
    session = Session()
    session.mount("https://", adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=50))
    response = session.get("https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/" + userId + "/followed-by", params = params, verify = True)
    
    return response.json()