Ruby instagram bot and scrapper

Instagram is already onto the script, and remote login via. Tor. Out of the box, the randomization of TOR + user will get you pretty quickly flagged, because the static information security that Instagram sets up has an authentication ring and if you aren't on it, it won't log you in. Namely -> comparing the IP of your normal activity with the random activity (geographic check via. your Tor browser to normal login). Now, if you are an established user you can have the Instagram window open and if you are logged in during the 1-2 login attempts .. you can refresh and confirm your TOR browser is you. But that defeats the purpose of TOR. Secondly, the need to refresh during Ruby script to TOR login has to be pretty quick .. like 1-2 seconds of refresh in your browser .. so that your script validates. I would suggest a pause switch or a setting saying if login fails / pause it so you can authentication with the counter confirm from Instagram in your browser.

It's pretty skeevy - this bot is. But ya, it will get your shit nuked really fast, based on terms and how often Instagram roving security hounds can be.

Anyway .. might want to make it a lot less "automatic" and make it a useful tool for your contacts only vs. tag based. Maybe received a little bit more .. warmly, let's say.

This tool is a violation of Instagram's Terms of Service [0], appears to take a plaintext password (over oAuth2, in 2018?)

and seems to do just about everything the official API does - but runs you the risk of getting banned.

[0] https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511, General Conditions, item 10

Nice scrapper. Good luck escapping the FB cease and desist! It will be printed on some heavy legal papper, maybe even stappled together with a stappler.

This library is an enabbler!

Awesome