kfur / goinsta

Unofficial Instagram API written in Golang

Go + Instgaram API

Unofficial Instagram API for Golang

Features

• HTTP2 by default. Goinsta uses HTTP2 client enhancing performance.
• Object independency. Can handle multiple instagram accounts.
• Like Instagram mobile application. Goinsta is very similar to Instagram official application.
• Simple. Goinsta is made by lazy programmers!
• Backup methods. You can use Export and Import functions.
• Security. Your password is only required to login. After login your password is deleted.
• No External Dependencies. GoInsta will not use any Go packages outside of the standard library.

Package installation

go get -u -v gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2

CLI installation

go get -u -v gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2
go install gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2/goinsta

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2"
)

func main() {
  //insta, err := goinsta.Import("~/.goinsta")
  insta := goinsta.New("USERNAME", "PASSWORD")

  // also you can use New function from gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2/utils

  // insta.SetProxy("http://localhost:8080", true) // true for insecure connections
  if err := insta.Login(); err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  // export your configuration
  // after exporting you can use Import function instead of New function.
  insta.Export("~/.goinsta")

  ...
}

• More Examples

Projects using goinsta

• instagraph
• icrawler
• go-instabot
• ermes
• nick_bot
• goinstadownload
• instafeed
• keepig
• ...

Legal

This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial API. Use at your own risk.

Versioning

Goinsta used gopkg.in as versioning control. Stable new API is the version v2.0. You can get it using:

go get -u -v gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v2

New version !

We are working on a new object-oriented API. Try it and tell us your suggestions. See https://github.com/ahmdrz/goinsta/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

If you want to use the old version you can found it in v1 branch or using gopkg.in/ahmdrz/goinsta.v1/

Sorry for breaking dependences :(. You can use this command in your project folder to update old master branch to v1.

for i in `grep -r ahmdrz ./ | awk '{split($0, a, ":"); print a[1]}'`; do sed -i 's/github\.com\/ahmdrz\/goinsta/gopkg\.in\/ahmdrz\/goinsta\.v1/g' $i; done

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