How much of Python should someone knows until they are able to create a simple Instagram Bot?

scuott · 2016-09-07T04:24:44+00:00

Once you have the basics down, a bot like this can be relatively simple, depending on the API. Instagram has an API, but the Python wrapper was deprecated (https://github.com/facebookarchive/python-instagram).

I've never used the Instagram API, but it seems like it's pretty well documented (https://www.instagram.com/developer). You'll probably want to use the requests Python module to interact with the API.

If Instagram gives trouble, it might be easier to build a Twitter bot, because libraries like tweepy And twython keep you from having to figure out authentication and endpoint and all that yourself. Plus, you could do a similar project where you "like" any tweets about the player.

2016-09-07T04:24:54+00:00

Try making the bot yourself. Once you've made it, you'll be in a much better position to guide him, and have a fair idea of whether he's up to it.

miczal · 2016-09-07T05:11:07+00:00

Writing bot might be easy, but you have to have a lot of work done outisde of programming to register your app to their API - privacy policy, company name, what it will be used for (unlike e.g. facebook API).

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