I\'m looking for a possibility to get a followers and following list in JSON format via web request (in the same way as on the Instagram web site). For example, I can login via
GraphQL queries with query_hash
= "58712303d941c6855d4e888c5f0cd22f" (followings) and "37479f2b8209594dde7facb0d904896a" (followers) return this information. With being logged in, do a GET query to instagram.com/graphql/query with parameters query_hash
and variables
, where variables
is a JSON-formatted set of variables id
(user id, as in the return dictionary of your get_user_info()
function), first
(a page length, it seems the current maximum is 50) and in subsequent requests after
set to the end_cursor
in the previous response dictionary.
Alternatively, the Instaloader library provides a convenient way to login and then programmatically access a profile's followers and followings list.
import instaloader
# Get instance
L = instaloader.Instaloader()
# Login or load session
L.login(USER, PASSWORD) # (login)
L.interactive_login(USER) # (ask password on terminal)
L.load_session_from_file(USER) # (load session created w/
# `instaloader -l USERNAME`)
# Obtain profile metadata
profile = instaloader.Profile.from_username(L.context, PROFILE)
# Print list of followees
for followee in profile.get_followees():
print(followee.username)
# (likewise with profile.get_followers())
Besides username
, the attributes full_name
, userid
, followed_by_viewer
and many more are defined in the Profile
instance that is returned for each followee.
Easy(just replace _a with __a)
'https://www.instagram.com/'+user_name+'/followers/?_a=1'
'https://www.instagram.com/'+user_name+'/following/?_a=1'