Cookie login doesn't works

[BilalTaner]

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Even though I log in with a cookies, my login function works every time I use any command. That's why I'm constantly blocked by Instagram. What should I do?

const sessionPath = "session.json";
// Save the session data to a JSON file
function saveSession(sessionData) {
    fs.writeFileSync(sessionPath, JSON.stringify(sessionData));
    console.log('Session saved successfully! ');
}

// Log in and save session
async function loginInstagram() {
    try {
        ig.state.generateDevice(IG_USERNAME);
        ig.state.language = "tr_TR"
        ig.request.end$.subscribe(async () => {
            const serialized = await ig.state.serialize();
            delete serialized.constants;
            saveSession(serialized);
        });

        if (fs.existsSync(sessionPath)) {
            const sessionData = fs.readFileSync(sessionPath, 'utf8');
            await ig.state.deserialize(JSON.parse(sessionData)).then(() => console.log('Session loaded successfully!'));
        } else {
            await ig.account.login(IG_USERNAME, IG_PASSWORD).then(() => console.log('Logged in successfully!'));
        }

        return ig;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Failed to log in:', error);
        return null;
    }
};

(async () => {
    await loginInstagram();
})().then(() => console.log("Sucesss."))

IgCheckpointError: GET /api/v1/users/search/?timezone_offset=10800&q=xxx&count=30 - 400 Bad Request; challenge_required,
IgResponseError: GET /api/v1/friendships/1904779401/followers/?max_id=125&order=default&query=&enable_groups=true - 401 Unauthorized;

ERROR-1
(I made a counter for find requests.)

[g5fighter]

Any solution? I'm having the same error

[sercanersoy]

This works for me:

const ig = new IgApiClient();

const statePath = 'state';
let userId: string;

if (fs.existsSync(statePath)) {
  const state = fs.readFileSync(statePath).toString();
  ig.state.deserialize(state);
  userId = ig.state.extractUserId();
} else {
  ig.state.generateDevice(process.env.IG_USERNAME);

  const loggedInUser = await ig.account.login(
    process.env.IG_USERNAME,
    process.env.IG_PASSWORD,
  );
  userId = loggedInUser.pk.toString();

  const state = await ig.state.serialize();
  fs.writeFileSync(statePath, JSON.stringify(state));
}

const userInfo = await ig.user.info(userId);
const follower_count = userInfo.follower_count;

console.log(`User id: ${userId}`);
console.log(`Follower count: ${follower_count}`);

[bhr]

@sercanersoy Thank you!

We used to have ig.state.generateDevice before deserializing the cookie. After upgrading the library, this results in the login not working anymore if the session cookie cannot be deserialized.

The solution is to move ig.state.generateDevice(…) just before the login and not call it when deserializing from cookie

[sabbaticaldev]

This works for me:

const ig = new IgApiClient();

const statePath = 'state';
let userId: string;

if (fs.existsSync(statePath)) {
  const state = fs.readFileSync(statePath).toString();
  ig.state.deserialize(state);
  userId = ig.state.extractUserId();
} else {
  ig.state.generateDevice(process.env.IG_USERNAME);

  const loggedInUser = await ig.account.login(
    process.env.IG_USERNAME,
    process.env.IG_PASSWORD,
  );
  userId = loggedInUser.pk.toString();

  const state = await ig.state.serialize();
  fs.writeFileSync(statePath, JSON.stringify(state));
}

const userInfo = await ig.user.info(userId);
const follower_count = userInfo.follower_count;

console.log(`User id: ${userId}`);
console.log(`Follower count: ${follower_count}`);

To use this solution I needed to add a "await" before ig.state.deserialize(state)