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For more information on this check out this [forum](https://programmierfrage.com/items/instagram-public-api-a-1-is-banned-any-alternative).\n- If after a while of use, you start encountering continuous errors, it's probably because you've either been rate-limited or entirely blocked. There are a couple of work-arounds for this issue:\n  - Switch to a different network (You'll have to do this everytime you get blocked).\n  - A more permanent fix would be to alter the code to use proxies.\n- The JSON file is created at the destination where you run instahunter (if you are using pip), or where ***main.py*** or the executable exists.\n\n## Release \u0026 Changelog\n\n### Install with pip\n\nRun the following command to install instahunter with pip:\n\n```bash\n$ pip install instahunter\n```\n\n### v2.0 Executable Download\n\n[Instahunter v2.0](https://github.com/shashwatah/instahunter/releases/download/v2.0/instahunter.exe) (.exe)\n\n### v2.0 Changelog\n\n- **click** has been replaced with **pyinquirer** for a better interface.\n- **rich** has been used for better text formatting.\n- Instagram blocking requests on its web api has been partially fixed with user-agent header.\n- The only output format available now is **json**.\n- Complete code refactor.\n\n## Running from Source\n\n### Prerequisites\n\n- Git is need to clone the repository on your machine.\n- pip is needed to install the packages.\n- Python is needed to run the app.\n\n#### Ubuntu\n\nRun the following commands in a terminal:\n\n```bash\n$ sudo apt-get install git-core\n$ sudo apt install python3.9\n$ sudo apt install python3-pip\n```\n\n#### Windows\n\nUse the official links for downloading on Windows:\n\n- [Git](https://git-scm.com/)\n- [Python](https://www.python.org/)\n\n\u003e pip is installed along with python on windows.\n\nRun the following commands to confirm if the installation was successful:\n\n```bash\n$ git --version\n$ python --version\n$ pip --version \n```\n\n### Installation \u0026 Configuration\n\nClone the repo and cd into the directory: \n\n```bash\n$ git clone https://github.com/shashwatah/instahunter.git\n$ cd instahunter\n```\n\nRun the following command to install the required packages:\n\n```bash\n$ pip install -r requirements.txt\n```\n\nOnce the packages are installed, run the following command to start instahunter:\n\n```bash\n$ python src/main.py\n```\n\n## License\n\n[MIT License](https://github.com/shashwatah/instahunter/blob/master/LICENSE) | Copyright (c) 2024 Kumar Shashwat\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fshashwatah%2Finstahunter","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fshashwatah%2Finstahunter","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fshashwatah%2Finstahunter/lists"}