Need Help converting Media_id into user_id for follow?

mcarlock12 commented 4 years ago

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bot.get_media_id_from_link('https://www.instagram.com/p/B9g5S9BANGL/')
bot.follow("jackhortonpt")

Describe your Question/Issue:

I'm having a hard time trying to convert media_id into user_id so I can follow the user who made the post? there are no directions and I tried every combination of populating the media ID by link.

Paste the output of python -V here:

Code you are using:

bot.get_media_id_from_link('https://www.instagram.com/p/B9g5S9BANGL/')
bot.follow("jackhortonpt")

Error/Debug Log:

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mcarlock12 commented 4 years ago

none of those above links worked

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