Method join_pods

instapy/instapy.py:5908–6024

Join pods

(self, topic: str = "general", engagement_mode: str = "normal")

        return self

    def join_pods(self, topic: str = "general", engagement_mode: str = "normal"):
        """Join pods"""
        if topic not in self.allowed_pod_topics:
            self.logger.error(
                "You have entered an invalid topic for pods, allowed topics are : {}. Exiting...".format(
                    self.allowed_pod_topics
                )
            )
            return self

        if engagement_mode not in self.allowed_pod_engagement_modes:
            self.logger.error(
                "You have entered an invalid engagement_mode for pods, allowed engagement_modes are : {}. Exiting...".format(
                    self.allowed_pod_engagement_modes
                )
            )
            return self

        if self.comments is not None and len(self.comments) < 10:
            self.logger.error(
                "You have too few comments, please set at least 10 distinct comments to avoid looking suspicious."
            )
            return self

        user_link = "https://www.instagram.com/{}/".format(self.username)
        web_address_navigator(self.browser, user_link)
        try:
            pod_posts = get_recent_posts_from_pods(topic, self.logger)
            self.logger.info("Downloaded pod_posts : {}".format(pod_posts))

            sleep(2)
            post_link_elems = self.browser.find_elements(
                By.XPATH, "//a[contains(@href, '/p/')]"
            )
            post_links = []
            post_link = None

            for post_link_elem in post_link_elems:
                try:
                    post_link = post_link_elem.get_attribute("href")
                    post_links.append(post_link)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.logger.error(
                        "Can not get href for {} - {}".format(post_link, e)
                    )
                    continue

            post_links = list(set(post_links))
            my_recent_post_ids = []
            for post_link in post_links:
                try:
                    web_address_navigator(self.browser, post_link)
                    sleep(2)
                    time_element = self.browser.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div/a/time")
                    post_datetime_str = time_element.get_attribute("datetime")
                    post_datetime = datetime.strptime(
                        post_datetime_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"
                    )