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FreekBes / insta_reddit_bot

[UNMAINTAINED] A bot which pulls images from Reddit and uploads them to Instagram. Former source code of @me_irl_bot
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After running the bot for a while, it cannot post the credits. #16

Closed 1Legend11 closed 3 years ago

1Legend11 commented 3 years ago

Could not comment credits! IgActionSpamError: POST /api/v1/media/2616282449558430455_48796745130/comment/ - 400 Bad Request; feedback_required at Request.handleResponseError (/home/legend/Desktop/bot1/node_modules/instagram-private-api/dist/core/request.js:99:20) at Request.send (/home/legend/Desktop/bot1/node_modules/instagram-private-api/dist/core/request.js:53:28)

It works at first on a new account, then after a while I get that error.

FreekBes commented 3 years ago

I am currently getting the same error. Normally, with a feedback_required error, you have to open Instagram on the web or the app to confirm something. However, in this case nothing pops up. I have no solution thus far, and will let you know if I find anything.

If anyone else reading this is experiencing the same problem and has something helpful to share, please do leave a comment.

1Legend11 commented 3 years ago

Yes anyone please help!

williamzerner commented 3 years ago

Open the Instagram account on phone/pc. One of the posts might have violated the guidelines like spam. Just accept that "this post has been removed for " so and so reason. This has to be done manually. After you have accepted the warning just exit and restart the bot. I have got it so many times. In case you don't get the warning, when you log in to the app you will get an error like unable to refresh the feed. This is normal you just need to refresh your Instagram page and you will get the warning.

williamzerner commented 3 years ago

I also figured out that sometimes the bot posts twice(two different posts) in the same minute, which is specified in settings.json which should not be possible.

FreekBes commented 3 years ago

There is no mention of a removed post in the app or the website in this case. Normally, posting would not be possible with a feedback_required error, but in this case it's only commenting which doesn't work (a caption is basically a comment).

Also, @williamzerner, for the double post issue, check if the bot is only running in a single instance. If not, please open a new issue for it.

FreekBes commented 3 years ago

A solution has been found! Do the following:

Stop the bot by pressing Ctrl+C. Run the following command: rm handlers/cookies.json (which deletes the bot's cookies).

Then modify settings.json's seed value under instagram (line 5) to a different string (do keep the quotation marks). Restart the bot with the node bot.js command and it should work again!

If the credits_in_caption value was previously set to false, change it to true. This might help in the future in terms of bot detection. By default, the value is true.