This is a small proof of concept of using Puppeteer to automate tasks on Instagram. The Instagram API has been increasingly limited over the last few years to the point where it's not possible to do anything data related via the API.
Clone the code
git clone https://github.com/Setfive/instagram-rpa.git
Create an .env file
cp .env.dist .env
You'll need to populate this file with your Instagram username and password:
INSTAGRAM_USERNAME=
INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD=
Run it!
npm start
The code instruments Puppeteer to do the following:
- Logs you into Instagram
- Declines the offer to save your login info
- Declines notifications
- Visits #bostonfoodies
- Visits the first 25 photos, saves data about each photo, and writes out a CSV to photo_data.csv
- Visits Ashish's profile and sends him a message
To make this "useful", you could extend it to do things like:
- Automatically Like or Comment on photos from specific accounts or tagged with specific hashtags
- Use OpenAI/LLM to automatically message users personalized messages about photos they posted
- Monitor accounts and send alerts when they post
