f4f-checker's Introduction

Follow for Follow (F4F) Instagram Checker

Alternative titles:

Instagram Mutual Follow Checker
Petty Program

The main use case is checking if average people you followed through a "follow for follow" agreement are following you back.

In other words, this shows you people you're following that aren't following you back. For most people this might mean seeing a lot of verified or influencer-like accounts. For profiles that are a lot more private and personal and only follow people that they know, this might mean seeing very useful information about who in their life has unfollowed them.

Use Details

Turn off VPN
This currently does not work with 2FA. Therefore, it must be turned off in the Privacy and Security section of Instagram settings before using, which can be found here.
Install Google Chrome if it is not already installed
View Google Chrome version for ChromeDriver by selecting "Chrome" in the menu bar. Then select "About Google Chrome"
Download the ChromeDriver version corresponding to the version of Chrome and OS here
Unzip the downloaded zip file
Download the repository
Move the chromedriver file to the downloaded repository
Put Instagram credentials into environment variables in the command line like the following:
```
export INSTAGRAM_USERNAME="xxx"
export INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD="xxx"
```
Run with a virtual environment
- Create the virtual environment
  - python3 -m venv f4f_venv
- Activate virtual environment
  - source f4f_venv/bin/activate
- Install packages from the requirements.txt file in the local environment
  - python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Run with python3 checker.py
Deactivate the virtual environment when done using the program
- deactivate

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