Adding a link to an Instagram story using instagram-private-api

dingrins commented 10 months ago

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I am trying to post a story with a link attached to it using the instagram-private-api library. I have been able to successfully post a story using the ig.publish.story method, but I am unsure how to attach a link to the story. Is it possible to add a link to a story using this library? If so, could you provide some guidance on how to achieve this?

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const { IgApiClient } = require('instagram-private-api');
const ig = new IgApiClient();

async function login() {
  ig.state.generateDevice(process.env.IG_USERNAME);
  ig.state.proxyUrl = process.env.IG_PROXY;
  await ig.account.login(process.env.IG_USERNAME, process.env.IG_PASSWORD);
}

async function publishStory(imagePath, link) {
  await login();

  const publishedMedia = await ig.publish.story({
    file: fs.readFileSync(imagePath),
    stickerConfig: {
      link,
      linkType: 1,
      linkText: 'See More',
    },
  });

  await ig.media.configureStory({
    upload_id: publishedMedia.upload_id,
  });
}

publishStory('path/to/your/image.jpg', 'https://your-link.com');