Instagram Follower Count

config.py

# This is the list of Instagram accounts you want to get the follower counts of
# An @ is not required at the start of the name, and will be removed if there is one
INSTAGRAM_ACCOUNTS = [
    "nasa"
]

# Telegram bot token acquired from the BotFather
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN = "GET_ONE"

# Telegram "chat ids" where the message will be sent
# see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37396871 for an easy way to get your chat id
TELEGRAM_USERS = [
    
]

run.py

import config
import json
import urllib
import urllib2


class InstagramAccount(object):
    def __init__(self, username):
        self.follower_count = 0
        self.username = username
        self.url = "https://www.instagram.com/%s/?__a=1" % self.username

    def get_follower_count(self):
        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.url)
        data = json.load(response)
        self.follower_count = data["user"]["followed_by"]["count"]
        return self.follower_count


if __name__ == "__main__":
    accounts = []
    message = "Instagram Follower Update:"

    for instagram_account in config.INSTAGRAM_ACCOUNTS:
        # Can't have the @ in front for whatever reason
        if instagram_account.startswith("@"):
            instagram_account = instagram_account[1:]

        account = InstagramAccount(instagram_account)
        account.get_follower_count()
        accounts.append(account)

        message += "\n%s has %s follower(s)" % (account.username, account.follower_count)

    for telegram_account in config.TELEGRAM_USERS:
        result = urllib2.urlopen("https://api.telegram.org/bot%s/sendMessage" % config.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN,
                                 urllib.urlencode({"chat_id": telegram_account, "text": message}))