Max Besties Exceeded Error While Adding Followers to Close Friends List

[hamza08003]

Max besties exceeded Error While Adding Followers to Close Friends List

Description

While adding followers to the close friends list, I encountered a 400 Bad Request error with the message "max besties exceeded" after adding 9,999 followers. There were no issues during the process of adding followers in batches up to this point, but once the close friends list reached 9,999 users, the error consistently appeared. The error occurred after attempting to add more followers using the setBesties endpoint.

The error encountered:

Retry failed: IgResponseError: POST /api/v1/friendships/set_besties/ - 400 Bad Request; max besties exceeded
    at Request.handleResponseError (C:\Users\hamza\Desktop\instagram-close-friends-automation-ts\node_modules\instagram-private-api\src\core\request.ts:172:12)
    at Request.send (C:\Users\hamza\Desktop\instagram-close-friends-automation-ts\node_modules\instagram-private-api\src\core\request.ts:83:24)
    at async FriendshipRepository.setBesties (C:\Users\hamza\Desktop\instagram-close-friends-automation-ts\node_modules\instagram-private-api\src\repositories\friendship.repository.ts:76:22)

Relevant code section:

await ig.friendship.setBesties({ add: batch, remove: [] });

// Function to add followers to the close friends list
async function addToCloseFriends(ig: IgApiClient, followerIds: string[], batchSize: number, requestDelay: number, batchDelay: number) {
    let totalAdded = 0;
    console.log(`Adding ${followerIds.length} followers to close friends list...`);
    for (let i = 0; i < followerIds.length; i += batchSize) {
        const batch = followerIds.slice(i, i + batchSize);
        try {
            await ig.friendship.setBesties({ add: batch, remove: [] });
            totalAdded += batch.length;
            console.log(`Added batch ${Math.floor(i / batchSize) + 1} to close friends. Total added: ${totalAdded}`);
            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, requestDelay))
        } catch (error) {
            if (error instanceof IgNotFoundError) {
                console.error('An API endpoint was not found:', error.message);
            } else {
                console.error('An error occurred while adding to close friends:', error);
            }
            break;
        }

        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, batchDelay));
    }
    console.log('All followers have been added to the close friends list.');

Key Details

• No issues occurred while adding followers up to 9,999.
• The error consistently appears when attempting to exceed the 9,999 follower limit.

[keroo43o423]

any updates on this? im also limited

[hamza08003]

any updates on this? im also limited

Unfortunately, I haven't found a workaround yet, but I'm still looking into possible solutions. If you come across any idea or updates on this, the do share!

[keroo43o423]

i think we should sniff traffic on mobile app (when in close friends section) to learn the new endpoint and request.

[keroo43o423]

i know there are people who can add more than 1m followers to close friends. you can't add more than 10k close friends when mimicking a desktop device using this endpoint: https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/friendships/set_besties/

[keroo43o423]

you're getting this error: max besties exceeded , right

[hamza08003]

i think we should sniff traffic on mobile app (when in close friends section) to learn the new endpoint and request.

Yes I'm getting the problem Ater 9999 followers, I also know people who added around 50k+ followers to the close friends list.

And I saw on one forum, someone was saying that on desktop, the close friends list starts glitching after 9999 followers so you can't add more.

So Sniffing traffic on the mobile app sounds like a good idea to explore any different endpoints or requests.

[sunmasters]

I am able to do without problems. You are using old API, that has limit.

[hamza08003]

I am able to do without problems. You are using old API, that has limit.

Could you share how you managed to do it without any issues? Which API did you use ?

[sunmasters]

It is hidden API. Can't share jumpshare. com/s/Ltn8lXtMoIX0daNrmVAC