Setup daily post using linux cron jobs

daily_insta.py

```
Cron job needs to be setup to run everytime PC boots.
Script should be in the same file as all the pictures.
Pictures should be named 1,2,3... and the captions json should have captions with those numbers as keys.
```

import json
from instabot import Bot 
from datetime import date
import requests

status_path = "/home/razor/main/funProject/experimenting/insta/v1/status.json" # FILE SAVING DAILY RUNNING INFO
captions_path = "/home/razor/main/funProject/experimenting/insta/v1/captions.json" # JSON FILE WITH PRE WRITTEN HASTAGS
hashtags_path = "/home/razor/main/funProject/experimenting/insta/v1/hashtags.txt" # FILW WITH ALL THE HASTAGS

# Function to upload post
def upload(num, caption):
	bot = Bot() 
	bot.login(username = "YOUR USERNAME", 
			password = "YOUR PASSWORD")

	space = "\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n"
	hashtag_file = open(hashtags_path)
	hashtags = hashtag_file.read()

	bot.upload_photo(f"/home/razor/main/funProject/experimenting/insta/v1/{num}.jpg", caption = caption + space + hashtags) 

	# print(caption + space + hashtags)

# Function to notify when post is uploaded
def notify(num, caption):
	url = "DISCORD WEBHOOK URL FOR NOTIFYING WHEN POSTED" #webhook url, from here: https://i.imgur.com/aT3AThK.png

	data = {}
	#for all params, see https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook#execute-webhook
	data["content"] = "New Post Uploaded"
	data["username"] = "Insta alert bot"

	#leave this out if you dont want an embed
	data["embeds"] = []
	embed = {}
	#for all params, see https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#embed-object
	embed["description"] = caption
	embed["title"] = f"Counter #{num}"

	# Getting posted image from inta open endpoint
	insta_acc_detail_endpoint = "https://www.instagram.com/<USERNAME>/?__a=1"
	insta_data = requests.get(insta_acc_detail_endpoint)
	json_data = json.loads(insta_data.text)

	embed["image"] = {
		"url" : json_data["graphql"]["user"]["edge_owner_to_timeline_media"]["edges"][0]["node"]["display_url"]

	}
	data["embeds"].append(embed)

	result = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})

	try:
			result.raise_for_status()
	except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
			# print(err)
			pass
	else:
			# print("Payload delivered successfully, code {}.".format(result.status_code))
			pass

def main():

	# getting status
	status = open(status_path)
	status_data = json.load(status)
	status.close()

	# getting todays date
	today = date.today()


	if str(today) != status_data["date"]:
		
		# Get counter
		counter = str(int(status_data["counter"]) + 1)
		# print(counter)

		# Get all captions to check if there is something for today
		captions = open(captions_path)
		caption_data = json.load(captions)
		captions.close()
		
		# Checking if there is a pic to upload at the given counter
		if str(counter) in caption_data.keys():
			upload(counter, caption_data[str(counter)])
			notify(counter, caption_data[str(counter)])

		# Updating status details
		status_data["counter"] = counter
		status_data["date"] = str(today)
		status = open(status_path, "w")
		json.dump(status_data, status)
		status.close()

		print(f"Successfully ran on {str(today)} with final counter {counter}")

main()