unpossibly.py

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import json
import time

username = 'xxxxxxx'
api_token = 'xxxxxxx'

mean_likes = {
'kissinfashion': 23845,
'instagood': 9656,
'beautifuldestinations': 172748,
'etdieucrea': 2542,
'josecabaco': 370 }

query_url = 'http://challenges.instagram.unpossib.ly/api/live'
submit_url = 'http://challenges.instagram.unpossib.ly/api/submissions'

my_auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, api_token)

submitted_posts = set()

while True:
	try:
		get_resp = requests.get(url=query_url, auth=my_auth)

		if get_resp.status_code != 200:
			print('Warning {}'.format(get_resp.text))
			time.sleep(10)
			continue

		data = json.loads(get_resp.text)

		if not data['success']:
			time.sleep(10)
			continue
		else:
			acct_list = data['accounts']
			for account in acct_list:
				username = account['username']
				num_likes = mean_likes[username]
				if len(account['posts']) == 0:
					print('No new posts for account {}'.format(username))
				for post in account['posts']:
					post_id = post['instagram']['id']
					if post_id in submitted_posts:
						continue

					submission = {'post':post_id,'likes':num_likes}
					post_resp = requests.post(url=submit_url, auth=my_auth, data=json.dumps(submission))
					print('Submitted response: {} likes for post {}'.format(num_likes,post_id))
					print('Response: {}'.format(post_resp.text))
					if post_resp.status_code == 200:
						submitted_posts.add(post_id)

		time.sleep(10)
	except Exception as e:
		print(e)
		time.sleep(10)