# ping/instagram_private_api

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3,234 stars · 640 forks · Python · mit

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/ping/instagram_private_api
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/ping-instagram-private-api.md

## Topics

`instagram` `instagram-api`

## Description

This Python library is a private API wrapper that provides programmatic access to Instagram features by communicating with internal mobile endpoints. It functions as a social media automation toolkit for managing profiles, publishing media, and interacting with the social graph.

The library uses a reverse-engineered API to mimic the communication patterns and request headers of mobile applications. It incorporates a session manager that persists authentication cookies and client metadata to maintain active logins and reduce the frequency of authentication handshakes.

Its capabilities cover media content publishing for posts and stories, as well as the extraction of social feeds and profile data. The toolset includes utilities for managing social connections, automating likes and comments, and retrieving location-based content. It also provides controls for account management and story privacy settings.

## Tags

### Artificial Intelligence & ML

- [Reverse-Engineered API Clients](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/reverse-engineered-api-clients.md) — Implements a reverse-engineered client to communicate with undocumented internal mobile endpoints.

### Networking & Communication

- [Private API Wrappers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/private-api-wrappers.md) — Acts as a Python wrapper for Instagram's internal mobile API to provide full programmatic access.
- [Social Media Automation Clients](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/messaging-automation-clients/social-media-automation-clients.md) — Ships a unified interface for automating login, session management, media posting, and follower analysis.
- [Session State Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/session-state-management.md) — Maintains an active connection state by tracking client metadata and session cookies across API calls.
- [Social Media Publishers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/social-media-publishers.md) — Offers programmatic capabilities to publish photos and videos to posts and stories via mobile endpoints.
- [User Profile Retrieval](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/contact-management/user-profile-retrieval.md) — Enables retrieving user attributes and profile data from public accounts without authentication. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ping/instagram_private_api@master/README.md))

### Business & Productivity Software

- [Instagram](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/automation-bots/instagram.md) — Provides automated execution of common Instagram actions like following, liking, and commenting.
- [Social Media Content Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/social-media-content-management.md) — Enables programmatic uploading and management of photos, videos, stories, and reels with associated metadata.
- [Social Connection Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/social-connection-management.md) — Provides utilities for managing social relationships, including following, unfollowing, and maintaining block lists. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html))

### Content Management & Publishing

- [Post Interaction Automations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/post-interaction-automations.md) — Programmatically controls likes, follows, and comments to interact with users and posts.
- [Social Engagement Automations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/social-engagement-automations.md) — Provides controls for managing likes, follows, and comments to interact with other users. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ping/instagram_private_api@master/README.md))
- [Comment Management Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/comment-management-tools.md) — Allows retrieving, translating, or deleting individual and bulk comments attached to media. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html))

### Data & Databases

- [Automated Content Publishing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/api-upload-interfaces/content-publishing-apis/automated-content-publishing.md) — Enables uploading photos and videos to create new posts or stories via automated workflows. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ping/instagram_private_api@master/README.md))
- [Media Asset Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/storage-abstraction/local-filesystem-storage/media-asset-managers.md) — Supports creating, deleting, and updating media assets and organizing highlights. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html))

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Mobile API Interaction](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/debugging-profiling-testing/debugging-diagnostics/in-app-debugging-consoles/in-app-interaction-automation/mobile-api-interaction.md) — Enables programmatic communication with mobile interfaces using user credentials. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html))
- [Social Media Content Retrievers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/integration-metadata-retrievers/media-metadata-retrievers/security-protected-media-retrievers/social-media-content-retrievers.md) — Fetches content streams and media metadata based on users, locations, tags, or popularity. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ping/instagram_private_api@master/README.md))

### Mobile Development

- [Internal API Access](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/android-system-api-wrappers/internal-api-access.md) — Provides access to undocumented internal functions and endpoints reserved for mobile applications. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/))

### Security & Cryptography

- [Session-Cookie Persistences](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/session-cookie-handlers/session-cookie-persistences.md) — Caches authentication tokens and session cookies locally to maintain logins and avoid account flagging.
- [Persistent Session Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/user-account-management/persistent-session-managers.md) — Provides a system for persisting authentication tokens and session data to avoid frequent manual logins.

### Web Development

- [Device Signature Emulation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/backend-development/request-response-handling/http-utilities/http-header-manipulators/mobile-header-modifications/device-signature-emulation.md) — Constructs request headers that imitate mobile device signatures to bypass server-side restrictions.
- [Web Interface Interaction](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/custom-api-endpoints/endpoint-specification/service-endpoints/web-interface-interaction.md) — Enables fetching public or private data specifically from the web interface. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html))
- [Social Media Extraction Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/social-media-extraction-tools.md) — Implements scrapers for extracting detailed profile information, social feeds, and location-based content.
- [Web APIs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/web-apis.md) — Provides functionality to fetch data from web endpoints using public and authenticated requests. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/))

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Location-Based Post Queries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/geographic-and-location/location-based-post-queries.md) — Allows fetching media and story feeds based on specific geographic location identifiers. ([source](https://instagram-private-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html))
- [Social Graph API Clients](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/media/social-graph-api-clients.md) — Provides a client for querying the social graph, including follower management and targeted feed retrieval.