CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

The goal of this file is explaining to the users of our project the notable changes relevant to them that occurred between commits.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning

[0.6.17] - 2022-01-19 - [Unreleased]

Fixed

• Fixed project homepage to InstaPy

[0.6.16] - 2021-12-11

Added

• Added filter in extract_text_from_element() for non-username elements.

Fixed

• Fixed is_private_profile() when 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
• Fixed find_element*() to find_element()

[0.6.16] - 2021-12-11

Added

• Added filter in extract_text_from_element() for non-username elements.

Fixed

• Fixed is_private_profile() when 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
• Fixed find_element*() to find_element()

[0.6.15] - 2021-12-02

Fixed

• Fixed relationship_tools to check if not username == self_username

[0.6.14] - 2021-10-18

Added

• Added delays after load cookie in login.util.py
• Added apidisplaypurposes about in smart_hashtags and new api token; Python3.5
• Added interact_user_likers interacting with the likers from a given user's posts
• Added second accept_igcookie_dialogue to handled the second "cookie accept screen" that is not automatically accepted
• Added delays after update_activity() in follow_util.py and util.py
• Added extra trace in get_followers()
• Added verified_only argument to get_followers to return only verified users
• mandatory_bio_keywords control before evaluating for mandatory
• Fix user following and verification of follow
• Skipping of public account with (optional) percentage

Fixed

• Move call to get_following_status above web_address_navigator inside get_links_for_username function
• Fixed the correct URL displaypurposes.com, the old displaypurposes.com API is deprecated
• Fixed additional-information.md, removed extra info for cron configuration
• Fixed actions.md and settings.md for identation
• Fixed getting additional data from page source
• Fixed xpath for when images cannot be detected
• Fixed empty shared data
• Cannot detect post media type
• Updated xpath Image "Like" and "Unlike"

Changed

• Change the ip data supplier to https://freegeoip.app/ from https://seeip.org/

[0.6.13] - 2020-12-30

Added

• Handle situation if stale elements detected when cookie cannot be loaded
• Convert Documentation to Docusaurus
• Check if user's account is private
• Added informational message when videos found instead of images in likers_from_photo
• Two Factor Authentication check when acct is protected
• Added Pull Request Template
• Added function accept_igcookie_dialogue that clicks accept at IG cookie dialogue
• Added comment_liked_photo to set_do_comment to be able to comment twice a photo that is already liked; deactivated by default

Fixed

• Fixed typo in message when a video is tried to like.
• Fixed the problem where followers_list could be used without being initialized.
• Fixed incorrect xpath used by interact_by_comments
• Fixed typo in dissmiss_save_information to dismiss_save_information
• Fixed get_followers return for empty list
• Fixed xpath for likers_from_photo
• Changed windows size to iPhone XS Max: 414, 896
• Fixed process_comments where some comments used the InstaPy user
• Updated user_agent profile to be the same for the bot session
• Fixed required sameSite:Strict parameter in browser cookie session
• Fixed login_session for issues when cookie cannot be loaded
• Fixed likes_dialog_close_xpath to generic format
• Fixed validate_username to navigate user profile to read their Bio
• Fixed Liked button now found, might be a video that could be floodig general log
• Fixed logger.warn to logger.warning as default warning in Python
• Fixed xpath for watch_story

[0.6.12] - 2020-10-26

Added

• Defined local variables ( ie: 'unfollow_state') to fix message for referenced before assignment
• *.code-workspace in .gitignore for vscode project (macOS)
• like_by_locations() with randomize flag
• Added firefox_options.log.level = geckodriver_log_level for debugging
• dissmiss_save_information in login_user()
• new path used in login_util.py
• information for geckodriver_log_level, development only

Changed

• check if liking activity was blocked after every like
• Call scroll_down() after follower accepted, with this new def the window is scrolled down after accepting a follower.
• Sorted imports, to make code readable
• Modified followed.txt log to append information
• like_image now needs to handle images and videos
• Imports were ordered
• like_by_feed limits from 100 to 50

Fixed

• fixed some comments were double quotes were not necessary
• issue where getTitle was timing out
• get_users_through_dialog_with_graphql with a new try/except

[0.6.11] - 2020-09-25

Added

• Use random tag list for session.like_by_tags

Changed

• General log rotation, gecko driver log in user directory, comments in 80 chars

Fixed

• Unfollowing of users that haven't posted anything
• get_links xpath for yet another change
• Path for Obtaining user id
• like_util.py list index out of range error
• like_by_feed() method
• `follow_user_following
• processing unexpected alert error on resize

[0.6.10] - 2020-07-30

Added

• Generallize mandatory words and add mandatory_bio_keywords

Changed

• Update xpath for like/unlike and comment
• Fix like_by_feed() xpath
• get_like_on_feed() improve function readability

Fixed

• "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'commenting_approved' referenced before assignment" error when bot tries to comment
• Typo updating configuration object. Changed nofity into notify
• Add specific firefox preference agent data to prevent error
• Smart location url
• Error "Hide Selenium Extension: Error" mentioned in #5304
• XPATH for like svg

[0.6.9] - 2020-06-12

Added

• Additional parameter browser_executable_path now available when initializing InstaPy. Use it to run a specific installation of Firefox.
• A new feature - target_list() to parse text files containing target lists of users, hashtags etc.

Changed

• Remove view-source which stops bot from proceeding
• Remove instagram status check

[0.6.8] - 2020-01-28

Fixed

• xPath for breaking LIKE and COMMENT

[0.6.7] - 2020-01-05

Fixed

• Adjusted follow xPath

[0.6.6] - 2019-11-11

Changed

• Additional web checks default False to avoid erros on runtime

[0.6.5] - 2019-10-20

Added

• Additional CLI-Argument for connection checks

Changed

• Post types now as Enum in separate file

Fixed

• Internet connection checks
• Small typos in documentation
• Firefox Proxy error

[0.6.4] - 2019-09-15

Fixed

• prettyfied code
• fixed onetap account page on login
• fix minor bug in unfollow function

[0.6.3] - 2019-09-08

Added

• Improved documentation
• Added "no_comments" for Pods
• Improved Tox / Travis testing
• Improved random sleep delay
• Telegram support

Fixed

• Able to use Domains as a Proxy
• jsonschema requrements version
• skip_top_posts function
• Backup plan for graphql additional / shared data

[0.6.2] - 2019-08-30

Added

• New bypass challenge approach (choose sms or email option)
• Show InstaPy version on initialization

Fixed

• Login xpath update

[0.6.1] - 2019-08-12

Added

• Add log information about the non-working feature (unfollow with All Following option enabled)

Fixed

• Fix an issue with screen shot file creation
• Fix an issue with JSON file state creation
• Fix Get Query Hash function to work on all Python 3.x versions
• Fix Unfollow with option nonFollowers

[0.6.0] - 2019-08-12

Added

• Firefox Extension which hides Selenium
• Black code formatter
• Mobile user agent
• Mobile Mode to enable mobile features
• Screen shots (rotative screen shots are taken and saved in your InstaPy user folder)
• Connection State

Breaking Changes

• removed chromedriver
• signature changes:
  • set_action_delays(random_range) -> (random_range_from, random_range_to)
  • set_delemit_liking(max, min) ->(max_likes, min_likes)
  • set_delemit_commenting(max, min) ->(max_comments, min_comments)
  • unfollow_users(customList, instapyfollowed) -> (custom_list_enabled, custom_list, custom_list_param, instapy_followed_enabled, instapy_followed_param)
  • setquota_supervisor(peak) ->(peak___hourly, peak*_daily)

Fixed

• Fix follow_likers feature
• Fix follow_user_followers
• Fix comment_image feature
• Update dont_unfollow_active_users to Mobile Mode
• Fix scroll down (util) function
• Remove bypass_by_mobile, it will auto detect the mobile if required now
• Update profile scrapping to use GraphQL (get_users_through_dialog_with_graphql)

[0.5.8] - 2019-08-01

Added

• skip user based on profile bio

Fixed

• xpath error likers from photo

[0.5.7] - 2019-07-24

Fixed

• user agent error in firefox

[0.5.6] - 2019-07-22

Fixed

• xpath compile multiple errors

Added

• feature watch stories
• always use the lastest user-agent

[0.5.5] - 2019-07-11

Fixed

• get_action_delay check for uninitialized delays in settings

[0.5.4] - 2019-07-03

Changed

• Always start chromedriver with --no-sandbox to fix #4607

Fixed

• get_action_delay method always returning default values #4540

[0.5.3] - 2019-07-02

Fixed

• Argument Being Interpreted as Sequence in bypass_suspicious_login

[0.5.2] - 2019-06-28

Fixed

• session.get_relationship_counts() broken behavior

[0.5.1] - 2019-06-18

Added

• Documentation for basic Selenium Errors
• Import Settings in docs

Fixed

• session.follow_user_following() broken behavior

[0.5.0] - 2019-06-03

Added

• Additional check for like block.

Changed

• Remove support for python2
• Information regarding the nogui parameter in documentation.
• XPath Isolation
• Remove redundant assignment of pod_post_ids
• Remove address var assigned multiple times without intermediate usage
• set_mandatory_language can maintain multiple character sets
• Feature finetuning comments for pods

Fixed

• Interact_by_comments aborts when self.abort is true
• Media type filter (Photo, Video) in get_links
• 'Failed to get comments' issue
• Threaded session ending with exception ValueError: signal only works in main thread
• like_image in dev has this arg
• Verifying mandatory words when the script can not get post description
• Codacy checks for unused var, out of scope, and missing args

[0.4.3] - 2019-05-15

Fixed

• Commenting issue #4409

[0.4.2] - 2019-04-15

Fixed

• Fail of whole pod run on exception

[0.4.1] - 2019-04-06

Added

• Support for split database with -sdb flag to avoid SQLite lock up

Fixed

• "Failed to find login button" when trying to login (add KEYS.ENTER to submit login data)

[0.4.0] - 2019-04-03

Added

• Improved info provided by log messages in instapy.py and like_util.py
• Possibility to skip non bussiness accounts

Changed

• Remove docker from core, moved into instapy-docker repo
• Remove quickstart templates and only reference instapy-quickstart
• Restructure README and add new DOCUMENTATION file

Fixed

• "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'tag' referenced before assignment" when there is no smart-hastag genereated
• xPath to dialog_address

[0.3.4] - 2019-03-17

Added

• (re) add page_reload, after cookie load, on login_user()

Fixed

• "Failed to load desired amount of users" when trying to read long follower lists

[0.3.3] - 2019-03-14

Added

• Add additional exception catch to Login check

Changed

• Set language on the browser (no clicks required)

Fixed

• Get_active_users hotfix

[0.3.2] - 2019-03-12

Fixed

• Hot fix problems with browser abstraction class

[0.3.1] - 2019-03-12

Fixed

• Removed retry decorator

[0.3.0] - 2019-03-11

Added

• Allowing follow_by_tags to interact with the user
• Context manager to interaction calls in like_by_tags and follow_likers
• Engagement pods feature 🙌
• Smart Hashtags based on locations set_smart_location_hashtags
• Verify action for unfollow and follow actions
• Browser abstraction and Decorator that handles Selenium Browser exceptions by reloading
• Add delay unfollow of follow backers

Changed

• Expose threaded_session of Instapy.end()

Fixed

• follow_likers always fetches zero likers
• Prevent division by zero in validate_username

[0.2.3] - 2019-03-01

Changed

• Made Log in text checking more resilient

[0.2.2] - 2019-02-21

Fixed

• Chromedriver requirement now >= 2.44 instead of == 2.44

[0.2.1] - 2019-02-21

Fixed

• xPath for Log In button

[0.2.0] - 2019-02-18

Added

• Accept pending follow requests for private account
• Feature to follow_by_locations
• Proxy Authentication support for Firefox

Fixed

• Only import instapy-chromedriver package when needed
• Avoid user errors providing user names with caps
• Fix get_active_users wrong behavior on videos
• Bug in CLI argparsing - proxy_port & page_delay are integers and not strings.
• Selectors for finding comments and liking comments on posts
• Temporarily turn off follow for like_by_tags interaction

Changed

• Enable users interact by the comments of their own profiles.
• Moved elements from docs folder to instapy-docs and instapy-research repositories

[0.1.3] - 2019-02-05

Fixed

• Fix "Failed to load desired amount of users!" issue.

Added

• Add Progress Tracker to get_users_through_dialog() function.
• Add Proxy Authentication for Firefox

[0.1.2] - 2019-02-04

Fixed

• Fix for scrollIntoView error.

[0.1.1] - 2019-02-04

Added

• Workspace folders; Now user's data files will be stored at the workspace folder.
• InstaPy has been published to PyPI; Now, can install/manage it by pip as instapy package.
• Github releases has been initiated; Will be released in-parallel with PyPI deployments.
• Add Universal Testing Framework- tox with pytest & flake8.
• Upgrade Travis CI usage (tox as build script).
• Send messages to Discord #status channel about jobs' build states from Travis CI.
• Add instapy-chromedriver package if no chromedriver is in path.
• Add argparsing feature. Users are now able to provide credentials (and more) through CLI args.
• Turn off verification based on relationship bounds by default, completely (see #757815f commit).
• Simplify the default quickstart script much more.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-27

Changed

• Add track post/profile
• Avoid prints for only one user

Fixed

• No posts exception when scraping likes

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-22

Added

• Now set_dont_unfollow_active_users() feature also has a Progress Tracker support.

Fixed

• Fix set_dont_unfollow_active_users() feature completely.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-17

Changed

• Optimizing Dockerfile for smaller docker image.

Fixed

• Fix "Unable to locate element: ...xpath","selector":"//div[text()='Likes'..." error.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-16

Fixed

• Fix "Failed to load desired amount of users!" issue.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-15

Fixed

• Handle A/B-Test for comments (graphql edge).

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-13

Fixed

• Adjust docker-compose.yml according to new Dockerfile.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-11

Fixed

• Correctly mount Docker volume, make it work properly with chromedriver installed in assets folder.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-10

Added

• Feature to remove outgoing unapproved follow requests from private accounts.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-05

Changed

• Resolve security warning with new pyyaml version, updated pyyaml to version 4.2b1.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-04

Fixed

• Fix for non-authenticated proxies in chrome headless browser.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-02

Fixed

• User without timestamp will use the timestamp of previous user.

[Unreleased] - 2019-01-01

Changed

• PEP8 layout changes.

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-17

Added

• A new setting - set_do_reply_to_comments() to control replying to comments.
• A new feature - run_time() to get information of how many seconds the session is running; Added to "Sessional Live Report" and can also be manually requested like session.run_time() from quickstart scripts, any time.

Changed

• A few visual changes to source code for PEP8 compliance.
• Rename set_reply_comments() to set_comment_replies() out of revised design.

Fixed

• Fix bug off #3318 which hit python 2 saying, "TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'" (raised & solved at #3451).
• Fix error occured while liking a comment (raised at #3594).
• Fix Follow-Likers feature which couldn't fetch likers properly (raised at #3573).

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-16

Added

• Save account progress information into database adding the possibility for external tools to collect and organize the account progress.

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-10

Fixed

• Fix person_id missing in post_unfollow_cleanup() [line 1152].

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-08

Fixed

• Remove https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/users/{}/info/ as it not working and killing the unfollow with error.
• Fix logging uncertain having no userid nor time log, will be important for sync feature.
• Fix get active users when Video have no likes button / no posts in page.

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-08

Added

• Full docker-compose and complex template + documentation.

Fixed

• Fixes likers_from_photo when liked counter is "liked by X and N others".

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-06

Fixed

• Fix for python 2.7 users, ceil returns a float in python 2.

[Unreleased] - 2018-12-05

Added

• Added mandatory_language (updated check_link definition in like_util).

Fixed

• Add self.aborts for the follow followers and follow following because otherwise InstaPy won't exit properly on them.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-28

Added

• A new feature - Interact By Comments to auto-like comments, auto-reply to them, etc. (see README).
• New text analytics - MeaningCloud Sentiment Analysis API & Yandex Translate API (Language Detection & Translation) integrated into InstaPy for doing sophisticated text analysis (see README).

Changed

• Speed up logging in at least 25 (default page_delay) seconds (see #ee6acba commit).
• Upgrades to live_report() feature ("Sessional Live Report" uses it..). Now it is more smarter.
• Lots of visual changes to source code for PEP8 compliance.
• Modify check_authorization() to dismiss redundant navigations to profile pages. The gain is a few seconds (~2-3) saved which is so good.

Fixed

• Fix a little misbehaviour in set_relationship_bounds() with min_posts & max_posts. Now enabled parameter controls the whole setting.
• Update grpcio package's version in requirements.txt to 1.16.1. Its 1.16.0 had a bug duplicating logger messages.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-26

Changed

• Switch mandatory_words from ALL to ANY.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-22

Fixed

• Added location to image_text in the check_link() method of like_util.py, so the script also searches for the mandatory words in location information.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-17

Fixed

• "Cookie file not found, creating cookie..." bug fixed.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-07

Changed

• Maintain names: 'person' for target user and 'username' for our running user.
• Verify private users in get_links_for_username.
• Changed behaviour of validate_username to check if a user is included in the blacklist. If yes will skip it and log why.

[Unreleased] - 2018-11-01

Added

• Interact with tagged images of users, and validation of a user to be optional.
• Use Clarifai to check video content. By default deactivated and should only be used if necessary.

[Unreleased] - 2018-10-29

Added

• This CHANGELOG file to hopefully serve as a useful resource for InstaPy fellas to stay up-to-date with the changes happened so far.
• Custom action delays capability (see README).
• Now follow engine has the same compact action verification procedure used in the unfollow engine.
• Lots of stability in action verification steps which are held at newly added verify_action function.
• New quickstart templates from 11 different people shared at #3033.

Changed

• Now "already followed" state is being tracked by the following status result rather than catching a NoSuchElementException.

Fixed

• Stale element reference error raised at #3173 (occured after #3159).
• Invalid like element issue (occured after IG introduced comment liking to its web interface).

[0.1.0] - 2016-10-12

Added

• Working version with basic features.
• Use Clarifai to check the images for inappropriate content.

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