Function verify_username_by_id

instapy/follow_util.py:96–119

Check if the given user has changed username after the time of followed

(browser, username, person, person_id, logger, logfolder)

def verify_username_by_id(browser, username, person, person_id, logger, logfolder):
    """Check if the given user has changed username after the time of
    followed"""

    # try to find the user by ID
    person_id = load_user_id(username, person, logger, logfolder)

    # if person_id is None, inform the InstaPy user that record does not exist
    if person_id not in [None, "unknown", "undefined"]:
        # get the [new] username of the user from the stored user ID
        person_new = get_username_from_id(browser, person_id, logger)

        # if person_new is None, inform the InstaPy user that record does not exist
        if person_new is not None and person_new != person:
            logger.info(
                "User '{}' has changed username and now is called '{}' :S".format(
                    person, person_new
                )
            )
            return person_new

    # check who call this def, since will receive a None value
    logger.info("User '{}' doesn't exist in local records".format(person))
    return None