Checkpoint required

[ryanbrewster124]

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from instabot import Bot

bot = Bot()
bot.login(username="user", password="pass")
followers = bot.get_user_followers(bot.user_id)

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  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero

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hey guys, i keep getting this at login: ................................................................................................................................... 12.04.2019_22:46 Challenge required at https://instagram.com/challenge/24616059/BGsiu7eQxZ/ 12.04.2019_22:46 Login failed, response:

{"message": "checkpoint_required", "checkpoint_url": "/challenge/24616059/BGsiu7eQxZ/", "lock": false, "status": "fail"} ....................................................................................................................................

Anyone have a fix?

[kubermario]

I am facing the same problem. Has anyone a fix to this or an approach which differs from login and accept the challenge?

Thanks in advance.

[ryanbrewster124]

I just deleted my instabot.py and downloaded the new one and it started working again.

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[alex-grover]

this is a duplicate of #630, see that issue for some more discussion!