[GH-ISSUE #79] Gets stuck when trying to interact with private account #520

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opened 2026-03-13 21:46:48 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-03-13 21:46:48 +03:00

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Originally created by @Lisiadito on GitHub (Aug 6, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/79

I've run python insomniac.py --interact <MYUSERNAME> and it started working fine until it landed on a private account.

[08/06 09:54:38] Back to followers list
[08/06 09:54:41] @SOMEPRIVATEACCOUNT: interact
[08/06 09:54:44] Sleep for 2 seconds
[08/06 09:54:47] Scroll down to see more photos.

The script should be able to detect if a account is private and not followed to not even start to find pictures.

Originally created by @Lisiadito on GitHub (Aug 6, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/79 I've run `python insomniac.py --interact <MYUSERNAME>` and it started working fine until it landed on a private account. ``` [08/06 09:54:38] Back to followers list [08/06 09:54:41] @SOMEPRIVATEACCOUNT: interact [08/06 09:54:44] Sleep for 2 seconds [08/06 09:54:47] Scroll down to see more photos. ``` The script should be able to detect if a account is private and not followed to not even start to find pictures.

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2026-03-13 21:47:04 +03:00

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@alexal1 commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2020):

Well I didn't find another way of how to distinguish private and public accounts. Lack of scrolling possibility is the best indicator :) Does it bring some inconvenience?

@alexal1 commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2020): Well I didn't find another way of how to distinguish private and public accounts. Lack of scrolling possibility is the best indicator :) Does it bring some inconvenience?

kerem commented

2026-03-13 21:47:09 +03:00

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@muzzol commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020):

I noticed too that a lot of accounts are private so no posts are shown and a lot of time is lost.

can't profile be parsed in some way to recognize if it's set to private?

@muzzol commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020): I noticed too that a lot of accounts are private so no posts are shown and a lot of time is lost. can't profile be parsed in some way to recognize if it's set to private?

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2026-03-13 21:47:14 +03:00

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@Fadude commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Done on v3.2.0, when profile recognized as a private-profile, the bot wont even try to swipe down in order to give it likes.

@Fadude commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Done on v3.2.0, when profile recognized as a private-profile, the bot wont even try to swipe down in order to give it likes.