automate-instapy.md

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Automate InstaPy

Windows Task Scheduler

You can use Window's built in Task Scheduler to automate InstaPy, using a variety of trigger types: time, login, computer idles, etc. To schedule a simple daily run of an Instapy script follow the below directions

1. Open Windows Task Scheduler
2. Select "Create Basic Task"
3. Fill out "Name" and "Description" as desired, click "Next"
4. On "Trigger" screen select how frequently to run, click "Next" (Frequency can be modified later)
5. On "Daily" screen, hit "Next"
6. "Action Screen" select "Start a program" and then click "Next"
7. "Program/script" enter the path, or browse to select the path to python. (How to find python path on Windows)
8. "Add arguments" input the InstaPy script path you wish to run. (Example: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\GitHub\InstaPy\craigquick.py)
9. "Start in" input Instapy install location (Example: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\GitHub\InstaPy). Click "Next"
10. To finish the process, hit "Finish"

cron

You can add InstaPy to your crontab, so that the script will be executed regularly. This is especially useful for servers, but be sure not to break Instagrams follow and like limits.

# Edit or create a crontab
crontab -e
# Add information to execute your InstaPy regularly.
# With cd you navigate to your InstaPy folder, with the part after &&
# you execute your quickstart.py with python. Make sure that those paths match
# your environment.
45 */4 * * * cd /home/user/InstaPy && /usr/bin/python ./quickstart.py

Schedule

Schedule is an in-process scheduler for periodic jobs that uses the builder pattern for configuration. Schedule lets you run Python functions periodically at pre-determined intervals using a simple, human-friendly syntax.

pip install schedule

from instapy import InstaPy
from instapy import smart_run
from instapy import set_workspace
import schedule
import time

#your login credentials
insta_username=''
insta_password=''

#path to your workspace
set_workspace(path=None)

def job():
  session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)
  with smart_run(session):
    session.set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=20)
    session.set_comments(['Well done!'])
    session.set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=5, times=2)
    session.like_by_tags(['love'], amount=100, media='Photo')


schedule.every().day.at("6:35").do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("16:22").do(job)

while True:
  schedule.run_pending()
  time.sleep(10)

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