Function load_user_id

instapy/util.py:1584–1613

Load the user ID at request from local records

(username, person, logger, logfolder)

def load_user_id(username, person, logger, logfolder):
    """Load the user ID at request from local records"""
    pool_name = "{0}{1}_followedPool.csv".format(logfolder, username)
    user_id = "undefined"

    try:
        with open(pool_name, "r+") as followedPoolFile:
            reader = csv.reader(followedPoolFile)

            for row in reader:
                entries = row[0].split(" ~ ")
                if len(entries) < 3:
                    # old entry which does not contain an ID
                    pass

                user_name = entries[1]
                if user_name == person:
                    user_id = entries[2]
                    break

        followedPoolFile.close()

    except BaseException as exc:
        logger.exception(
            "Failed to load the user ID of '{}'!\n\t{}".format(
                person, str(exc).encode("utf-8")
            )
        )

    return user_id


def check_authorization(browser, username, method, logger, notify=True):