Direct Message (dm)

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from instagrapi import Client

--- Initialize Instagrapi client
client = Client()

--- Login to your Instagram account
username =
password =
client.login(username, password)

thread = client.direct_threads(2)[0]

--- Target user's username
target_username =

--- Get the user ID of the target user
user_info_dict = client.user_info_by_username_v1(username).dict()
target_user_id = user_info_dict['pk']

--- Your message
message = "Hello"

--- Send a direct message
try:
client.direct_send(message, target_user_id)
print("Direct message sent successfully!")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error sending direct message: {e}")

Returns

Error sending direct message: {"action":"item_ack","status_code":"403","message":"We're sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again.","payload":{"client_context":"6800090932895711343","message":"We're sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again."},"status":"fail"}

Please assist

[thegreatref]

Alternative DM with Instagrapi

from instagrapi import Client
from myInfo import my_password, my_username, receiver_username, message, time

log in to your Instagram account

api = Client()
api.login(my_username, my_password) # if this line throws an error, then either your login info is wrong, OR instagram policies were triggered because you logged in too many times. If so, you need to manually login to your account and verify the account to proceed
print('Logged in successfully!')

search for the receiver's user by username

user = api.search_users(receiver_username)

from datetime import datetime
from time import sleep
def send_message(message, user_id):
while True:
now = datetime.now()
if [now.hour, now.minute] == time:
api.direct_send(message, [user_id])
print('Message sent successfully!')
sleep(60) # check the time every minute

if user: # if receiver's user is found
send_message(message, user[0].pk) # user[0].pk = user_id
else:
print(f"No search results found for username '{receiver_username}'")

log out of your Instagram account

api.logout()