I'm building a bot that fetches images from the Unsplash API, and then reposts them on Instagram. Each image comes with a caption that is generated using the function getQuote(). The issue I am facing is that the captions do not get uploaded. I have tried isolating the problem by putting simple string instead of getting the data from a function, but to no avail, as Instabot does not post the caption on Instagram.
Below is the upload function:
def upload(path):
bot.upload_photo(path, caption="Follow for more!")
toast.show_toast("Notification",str(num)+" images are uploaded",duration=300,threaded=True)
print(str(num)+" images are uploaded")
print("----------------------------------")
try:
os.remove(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path+""))
except:
os.remove(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path+".REMOVE_ME"))
The last 4 lines delete the already uploaded images.
In an ideal scenario the bot.upload would have a caption=getQuote()
Yesterday, while testing how fast the bot can upload(the captions worked back then), Instagram cut my access, but today I can still upload images, but without captions. Going on Instagram and manually changing captions is possible, so I doubt some server-side ban. If I just create a print statement calling the function getQuote - I get an adequate response, which means that the quotes are successfully loaded from the quotes.json file.
Below is my entire code:
from instabot import Bot
from skimage.io import imread_collection
from glob import glob
from win10toast import ToastNotifier
import random
import json
import os
import urllib.request
import time
import requests
import smtplib
import smtplib
from tkinter import *
from fake_useragent import UserAgent
ua = UserAgent()
num=0
window = Tk()
window.title("Photos Uploaded")
window.iconbitmap("Instagram/Instagram.ico")
lbl = Label(window, text=num, font=("Arial Bold", 100))
lbl.grid(column=0, row=0)
window.update()
#This functions checks if the site is up
def url_ok(url):
r = requests.head(url)
return r.status_code == 200
#Below functions sends emails
def sendMessage(Num):
gmail_user = ''
gmail_password = ''
sent_from = gmail_user
to = ['']
subject = 'Upload Count'
body = "Upload Count"
email_text = Num
try:
server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com', 465)
server.ehlo()
server.login(gmail_user, gmail_password)
server.sendmail(sent_from, to, email_text)
server.close()
except:
print("Could not send a push-notification!")
with open("Instagram/NumberOfImagesUploaded.txt", "r") as f:
num = int(float(f.read()))
#This functions loads the number of already uploaded images from a file
def ChangeNum(n):
num=n
with open("Instagram/NumberOfImagesUploaded.txt", "w") as f:
f.write(str(int(n)))
links=[]
r=''
with open(os.path.abspath("Instagram/Data/links.txt"), 'r') as filehandle:
for line in filehandle:
currentPlace = line[:-1]
links.append(currentPlace)
print("Started at: " +time.ctime()+" with a list of "+str(len(links))+" links.")
#This functions gets images from the API
def GetImage():
r = requests.get('https://source.unsplash.com/featured/3840x2160')
while r.url == "https://images.unsplash.com/source-404?fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=800&q=60&w=1200":
print("API requests are over capita! Waiting one hour. Continuing at "+str(time.ctime(time.time() + 3600)+"..."))
time.sleep(3600)
print("Trying again... "+time.ctime())
r = requests.get('https://source.unsplash.com/featured/3840x2160')
try:
urllib.request.urlretrieve(str(r.url), os.path.abspath("Instagram/media")+"\"+str(random.randrange(1,10000))+".jpg")
except:
print("API requests are over capita! Waiting in 10 hours. Continuing at "+str(time.ctime(time.time() + 36000)+"..."))
time.sleep(36000)
urllib.request.urlretrieve(str(r.url), os.path.abspath("Instagram/media")+"\"+str(random.randrange(1,10000))+".jpg")
while r.url in links:
r = requests.get('https://source.unsplash.com/featured/3840x2160')
links.append(r.url)
with open(os.path.abspath("Instagram/Data/links.txt"), 'w') as filehandle:
for listitem in links:
filehandle.write('%s
' % listitem)
GetImage()
print("Backup image loaded at: " +time.ctime())
toast = ToastNotifier()
col_dir =os.path.abspath("Instagram/media")+"\"+("*.jpg")
col = glob(col_dir)
print(col_dir)
with open(os.path.abspath("Instagram/Data/quotes.json")) as f:
data = json.load(f)
def getQuote():
quote = random.choice(data)
return ('"'+quote['text']+'" - '+quote['author']+"
Follow us for more!
#photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #streetphotography #foodphotography #portraitphotography #photographylovers #landscapephotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography #canonphotography #fashionphotography #mobilephotography #photographyislife #nikonphotography #photographyeveryday #photographylover #photographysouls #architecturephotography #photographyislifee #wildlifephotography #nightphotography #iphonephotography #macrophotography #urbanphotography #bnwphotography #analogphotography #dogphotography #photographylife")
print(getQuote())
bot = Bot()
bot.login(username = "", password = "")
def upload(path):
bot.upload_photo(path, caption="Follow for more!")
toast.show_toast("Notification",str(num)+" images are uploaded",duration=300,threaded=True)
print(str(num)+" images are uploaded")
print("----------------------------------")
try:
os.remove(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path+""))
except:
os.remove(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path+".REMOVE_ME"))
while True:
GetImage()
col = glob(col_dir)
ranTime=random.randrange(1800,3600)
print("Images in stack: "+str(col))
print("Waiting 30 to 60 minutes. Resuming at "+str(time.ctime(time.time() + ranTime)))
#time.sleep(ranTime)
print("Upload sequence has begun...")
lbl.configure(text=num)
window.update()
if num % 50 == 0:
sendMessage(str(num)+" images uploaded.")
for i in col:
num+=1
lbl.configure(text=num)
window.update()
ChangeNum(num)
upload(i)
imageDir = os.listdir(os.getcwd())
for item in imageDir:
if item.endswith(".REMOVE_ME"):
os.remove(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), item))
Here is an image of my file structure
How to make the bot start uploading the images with captions?
question from:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65841917/instabot-posts-images-but-not-captions 
