[grosbisou]

Anyone else think this is bullshit? It's just an outline of what an automated bot would have to do to work with some technical buzzwords mixed in.

Not saying it's not doable, nor that OP didn't actually do it... but I am tired of all these people posting technical fantasies to improve their social presence.

[ascales]

It's doable for sure, but making an auto-posting bot for instagram isn't easy right now. How did he post without access to the business API, and I don't think the "Private API" is the answer, I've gone down that road and had a few accounts banned because of it. This is clearly just an attempt to boost their LinkedIn blogging ambitions.

[taytus]

It is easy. It's super easy.

I developed a full product using private IG's APIs and developed a public API on top of it.

I shut down the project after a C&D from facebook, let just say they weren't too happy about it :P

[manjana]

Do you have any idea what got you banned?

Sudenote: I've heard that as a rule of thumb you shouldn't automate more than a few IG accounts from the same IP addr.

[ascales]

I think the fact I had four accounts, one personal, and three that were posting a lot of content twice a day contributed to one of the accounts getting banned. I think there are a few things that will get you banned, and it's not hard for IG to tell what actions are coming from the app and when they aren't. Uploading via Selenium or another headless browser emulating a mobile device seems to be the best way to do it without emulating an entire phone.

[george_morgan]

Yes, I don't understand why he supposedly kept the account 'secret' (why not run two, one for the demo and one for... whatever else!?).