Method interact_by_comments

instapy/instapy.py:5475–5835

Like comments of people on posts, reply to them and also interact with those commenters

(
        self,
        usernames: list = None,
        posts_amount: int = 10,
        comments_per_post: int = 1,
        reply: bool = False,
        interact: bool = False,
        randomize: bool = False,
        media: str = None,
    )

            Settings.yandex_config.update(enabled=False)

    def interact_by_comments(
        self,
        usernames: list = None,
        posts_amount: int = 10,
        comments_per_post: int = 1,
        reply: bool = False,
        interact: bool = False,
        randomize: bool = False,
        media: str = None,
    ):
        """
         Like comments of people on posts, reply to them
        and also interact with those commenters
        """
        if self.aborting:
            return self
        message = "Starting to interact by comments.."
        highlight_print(self.username, message, "feature", "info", self.logger)

        if not isinstance(usernames, list):
            usernames = [usernames]

        if media not in [MEDIA_PHOTO, MEDIA_VIDEO, None]:
            self.logger.warning(
                "Unknown media type- '{}' set at"
                " Interact-By-Comments!\t~treating as any..".format(media)
            )
            media = None

        # hold the current global values for differentiating at the end
        liked_init = self.liked_img
        already_liked_init = self.already_liked
        liked_comments_init = self.liked_comments
        commented_init = self.commented
        replied_to_comments_init = self.replied_to_comments
        followed_init = self.followed
        already_followed_init = self.already_followed
        inap_img_init = self.inap_img
        not_valid_users_init = self.not_valid_users

        overall_posts_count = 0
        self.quotient_breach = False
        like_failures_tracker = {
            "consequent": {"post_likes": 0, "comment_likes": 0},
            "limit": {"post_likes": 5, "comment_likes": 10},
        }

        leave_msg = "\t~leaving Interact-By-Comments activity\n"

        # start the interaction!
        for s, username in enumerate(usernames):
            if self.quotient_breach:
                break

            message = "User: [{}/{}]".format(s + 1, len(usernames))
            highlight_print(
                self.username, message, "user iteration", "info", self.logger
            )