InstaPy / "Too few images, skipping this tag"

Question

I'm basically building an Instagram bot using InstPy module. When I try to make it like posts from a specific tag and follow 50% of the posts' accounts, it checks for posts with the tag, but it says "Too few images, skipping this tag". What should I do?

from instapy import InstaPy

session = InstaPy(username="<username>", password="<password>", headless_browser=True)
session.login()
session.like_by_tags(["modernwarfare", "callofduty"])
session.set_do_follow(True, percentage=50)
session.end()

Shell

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INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:10] [username]  Logged in successfully!
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INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:10] [username]  Saving account progress...
INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:25] [username]  Tag [1/2]
INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:25] [username]  --> b'modernwarfare'
INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:52] [username]  Too few images, skipping this tag
INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:52] [username]  Tag [2/2]
INFO [2020-09-15 21:54:52] [username]  --> b'callofduty'
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Too few images, skipping this tag
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Liked: 0
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Already Liked: 0
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Commented: 0
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Followed: 0
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Inappropriate: 0
INFO [2020-09-15 21:55:20] [username]  Not valid users: 0

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '20 at 04:34

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I think you've been tracked as a bot. Leave it rest for a few hours then change the password of your account and try again.

answered Sep 17 '20 at 04:34

PaRoJa

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But it happened from the first time I run the code. – Stefanos Fardellas Sep 17 '20 at 07:39
Does it if you change the tags? – PaRoJa Sep 17 '20 at 12:22
Yes it happened. But I edited the code and it works fine, excepts that it is very very slow. Could I make it faster? – Stefanos Fardellas Sep 17 '20 at 17:19

Stefanos Fardellas · Answer 2 · 2020-09-17T10:56:05.413

I solved this problem by editing the code a little bit. I added the session.set_quota_supervisor(enabled=True, peak_comments_daily=240, peak_comments_hourly=21) line so Instagram did not identify me as a bot and block me.

from instapy import InstaPy

session = InstaPy(username="username", password="password", headless_browser=True)
session.login()
session.set_quota_supervisor(enabled=True, peak_comments_daily=240, peak_comments_hourly=21)
session.like_by_tags(["modernwarfare", "callofduty"])
session.set_do_follow(True, percentage=50)
session.end()

InstaPy / "Too few images, skipping this tag"

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