Function watch_story

instapy/story_util.py:189–230

Load Stories, and watch it until there is no more stores to watch for the related element

(browser, elem, logger, action_type, simulate=False)

def watch_story(browser, elem, logger, action_type, simulate=False):
    """
    Load Stories, and watch it until there is no more stores
    to watch for the related element
    """

    # make sure we work with a lower case elem
    elem = elem.lower()

    if action_type == "tag":
        story_link = "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/{}".format(elem)

    else:
        story_link = "https://www.instagram.com/{}".format(elem)

    web_address_navigator(browser, story_link)
    # wait for the page to load
    time.sleep(randint(2, 6))
    # order is important here otherwise we are not on the page of the story we want to watch
    story_data = get_story_data(browser, elem, action_type, logger, simulate)

    if story_data["status"] == "not ok":
        raise NoSuchElementException

    if story_data["reels_cnt"] == 0:
        # nothing to watch, there is no stories
        logger.info(
            "No stories to watch (either there is none) or we have already watched everything"
        )
        return 0

    logger.info(
        "Watched {} reels from {}: {}".format(
            story_data["reels_cnt"], action_type, elem.encode("utf-8")
        )
    )

    # get the post-story delay time to sleep
    naply = get_action_delay("story")
    time.sleep(naply)

    return story_data["reels_cnt"]