bot.unfollow doesn't work anymore

colellla commented 7 years ago

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# There is no error. It just doesnt make anything but says everything works fine

bot = Bot()
bot.unfollow(bot.user_id)

Error/Debug Log:

There is no error. It just doesnt make anything but says everything works fine

Describe your issue

Hello, I tried the script for a couple of weeks. Everything works fine besides the bot.unfollow() command. I am not sure but I think it worked some weeks ago. Now I recognized that when I typ to unfollow either the user_id oder the username. It does not unfollow. There is no error log. May it be possible that Instagram changed their api?

Thank you.

ohld commented 7 years ago

@sudoguy

colellla commented 7 years ago

@sudoguy do you know why? =) Thank you anyway

simongomez95 commented 7 years ago

Are you trying to unfollow yourself or ???

colellla commented 7 years ago

I tried different things. I wrote a bot that follows people, write them into a text file and than unfollow the same people from the text file. It worked at the beginning. Than I recognized that the unfollow didn't work anymore. Then I tested just the bot.unfollow command without the whole code. With the user-id, the username and nothing happened. I tried different usernames and ids without success. Seems like Instagram may changed something in their api. I don't know. Does the unfollow function work for you? @simongomez95

colellla commented 7 years ago

I found the problem. It was due to the settings at the beginning:

filter_users=True (must be true)

When changed to False it doesn't work. Thank you anyway. =)

simongomez95 commented 7 years ago

Oh sorry, I was confused by your code example.

Glad you could work it out! Have fun with the bot :)

henry-white89 commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the workaround @colellla I managed to get it working from my end.

Unfortunately for the purposes of my script I need filter_users = False so that I can follow private accounts. Is there a solution so that I can either:

Follow private accounts with setting filter_users=True; or
Unfollow users with setting filter_users=False

Any help is much appreciated :+1: @ohld @simongomez95

popadiys commented 7 years ago

for me the unfollow doesn't work either. I've checked the code and I found the reason - there is a check_user() check on unfollow to see if it is inside the whitelist. however check_user() by default returns True. Please remove:

if self.check_user(user_id):
    return True  # whitelisted user

from def unfollow(self, user_id) in bot_unfollow.py

msarami commented 6 years ago

hi i use filter_users = False to follow business accounts and now bot.unfollow_everyone() doesn't work!! how i can cancel private and business filter when filter_users is true?
@ohld @simongomez95

stale[bot] commented 6 years ago

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zayaerme commented 6 years ago

@colellla i need help with unfollowing followed list. Can you help me on that ?

bruvv commented 4 years ago

Closing this since its a very old issue. If this is still an issue please open a new one.

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