Setup files

Author: Silverarmor

check.py

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+from instagrapi import Client
+from instagrapi.exceptions import LoginRequired
+from credentials import *
+
+
+
+def login_user():
+    """
+    Attempts to login to Instagram using either the provided session information
+    or the provided username and password.
+    """
+
+    cl = Client()
+    # cl.handle_exception = handle_exception
+    cl.delay_range = [1, 3]
+
+
+    session = cl.load_settings("session.json")
+
+    login_via_session = False
+    login_via_pw = False
+
+    if session:
+        try:
+            cl.set_settings(session)
+            cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
+
+            # check if session is valid
+            try:
+                cl.get_timeline_feed()
+            except LoginRequired:
+                print("Session is invalid, need to login via username and password")
+
+                old_session = cl.get_settings()
+
+                # use the same device uuids across logins
+                cl.set_settings({})
+                cl.set_uuids(old_session["uuids"])
+
+                cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
+            login_via_session = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Couldn't login user using session information: {e}")
+
+    if not login_via_session:
+        try:
+            if cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD):
+                login_via_pw = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Couldn't login user using username and password: {e}")
+
+    if not login_via_pw and not login_via_session:
+        raise Exception("Couldn't login user with either password or session")
+    
+    return cl
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cl = login_user()

first_time.py

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+from instagrapi import Client
+from credentials import *
+
+
+cl = Client()
+cl.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
+cl.dump_settings("session.json")