python user in instagram api
# importing libraries
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
# instagram URL
URL = "https://www.instagram.com/{}/"
# parse function
def parse_data(s):
# creating a dictionary
data = {}
# splittting the content
# then taking the first part
s = s.split("-")[0]
# again splitting the content
s = s.split(" ")
# assigning the values
data['Followers'] = s[0]
data['Following'] = s[2]
data['Posts'] = s[4]
# returning the dictionary
return data
# scrape function
def scrape_data(username):
# getting the request from url
r = requests.get(URL.format(username))
# converting the text
s = BeautifulSoup(r.text, "html.parser")
# finding meta info
meta = s.find("meta", property ="og:description")
# calling parse method
return parse_data(meta.attrs['content'])
# main function
if __name__=="__main__":
# user name
username = input('Input username: ')
# calling scrape function
data = scrape_data(username)
# printing the info
print(data)