[help] Stuck in challenge loop

[gold24park]

hi, when i try to create a session then i got "challenge_required" error.

{
  "message": "challenge_required",
  "challenge": {
    "url": "https://i.instagram.com/challenge/296014780/25TGkcz4sn/",
    "api_path": "/challenge/296014780/25TGkcz4sn/",
    "hide_webview_header": true,
    "lock": true,
    "logout": false,
    "native_flow": true
  },
  "status": "fail",
  "error_type": "checkpoint_challenge_required"
}

so i handled this error as described in repo's document.

MyInstagram.login = function (username, password, callback) {
    Client.Session.create(device, storage, username, password)
    .then(function(session) {
        return callback(null, session);
    })
    .catch(Client.Exceptions.CheckpointError, function(err) {
        return callback(err, challengeMe(err, username, password));
    });
}

function challengeMe(error, username, password){
    return Client.Web.Challenge.resolve(error, 'phone', true)
        .then(function(challenge){
            // challenge instanceof Client.Web.Challenge
            console.log(JSON.stringify(challenge));
            // Note: Challenge is global variable
            Challenge = challenge;
            // can be phone or email
            // let's assume we got phone
            if(!challenge.type !== 'phone') return;
            //Let's check if we need to submit/change our phone number
            return challenge.phone('+821075453171')
                .then(function(){return challenge});
        });
}

after receiving verification code, i call this method. It seems code verification works right, but when the code matches and calls login method again, 'Unhandled rejection NoChallengeRequired: No challenge is required to use account!' error occurs.

how can i get out of this loop?

// codeNumber: req.body.code
MyInstagram.code = function (codeNumber, callback) {
    if (Challenge.code(codeNumber)) {
        MyInstagram.login('myusername', 'mypassword', (err, session) => {
            if (err) return callback(err);
            return callback(null, session);
        });
    }
}

Note I changed some code on exceptions.js like this.

function CheckpointError(json, session) {
    this.json = json;
    this.name = "CheckpointError";
    this.message = "Instagram call checkpoint for this action!";
    if(_.isString(json.challenge.url))
        this.url = json.challenge.url;
    if(!this.url && _.isObject(json.challenge) && _.isString(json.challenge.url))
        this.url = json.challenge.url;
    if(!this.url)
        this.url = routes.getWebUrl('challenge')
    this.session = session;
}

[sppmaster]

I suggest you to change IP

[pasevin]

Most likely your IP got blacklisted. You should use good proxies instead. Meanwhile if you still experience issues with challenge loop, after switching the IP address, this might help: https://github.com/huttarichard/instagram-private-api/issues/394#issuecomment-361082147

[ghost]

I tried "Gramista" today and what the hell.. All accounts that I had trouble with at login (regardless of wheter with Python, Java or PHP API), Gramista has no problem to log in. I didnt even received an activation code via Email or a challenge warning.. nothing. How?

[gold24park]

@itemimg same here, maybe our account has been blocked.