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alirezaprogrammermaker/uninsta
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Unofficial Instagram API Client for PHP

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Since Dec 18Pushed 5mo agoCompare

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UnInsta - Unofficial Instagram API Client
=========================================

[](#uninsta---unofficial-instagram-api-client)

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A powerful and easy-to-use PHP library for interacting with Instagram's unofficial API.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- 🔐 **Authentication**: Login with session ID
- 👤 **User Management**: Get user profiles, search users
- 📸 **Posts**: Retrieve user posts with pagination
- 📖 **Stories**: Access user stories
- ⭐ **Highlights**: Get user highlights
- 💬 **Comments & Likes**: Retrieve post comments and likers
- 🗂️ **Session Management**: Persistent session storage
- 🔄 **Clean Architecture**: Well-organized, maintainable code

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require alirezaprogrammermaker/uninsta
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

```
use AlirezaProgrammerMaker\UnInsta\UnInsta;

// Initialize with session ID
$instagram = new UnInsta('your_session_id_here');

// Get current user
$currentUser = $instagram->getCurrentUser();
print_r($currentUser);
```

### Login and Save Session

[](#login-and-save-session)

```
$instagram = new UnInsta();
$user = $instagram->loginWithSessionId('your_session_id');

if ($user) {
    echo "Logged in as: " . $user['username'];
}
```

Usage Examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

### User Operations

[](#user-operations)

```
// Get user by username
$user = $instagram->getUserByUsername('instagram');
echo $user['full_name'];

// Get user by ID
$user = $instagram->getUserById('25025320');

// Search users
$results = $instagram->searchUsers('cristiano');
```

### Posts

[](#posts)

```
// Get user posts (with pagination)
$posts = $instagram->getPosts('instagram', 12);

foreach ($posts['posts'] as $post) {
    echo $post['caption']['text'];
}

// Load more posts
if (isset($posts['max_id'])) {
    $morePosts = $instagram->getPosts('instagram', 12, $posts['max_id']);
}

// Get specific post
$post = $instagram->getPostById('media_id_here');

// Get post comments
$comments = $instagram->getPostComments('media_id_here');

// Get post likers
$likers = $instagram->getPostLikers('media_id_here');
```

### Stories

[](#stories)

```
// Get user stories
$stories = $instagram->getUserStories('user_id_here');

foreach ($stories as $story) {
    echo $story['taken_at'];
}

// Get multiple users' stories
$stories = $instagram->getMultipleStories(['user_id_1', 'user_id_2']);
```

### Highlights

[](#highlights)

```
// Get user highlights
$highlights = $instagram->getUserHighlights('user_id_here');

// Get highlight media
$media = $instagram->getHighlightMedia('highlight_id_here');
```

### Advanced Configuration

[](#advanced-configuration)

```
// With proxy
$instagram = new UnInsta(
    sessionId: 'your_session_id',
    cookies: [],
    proxy: 'http://proxy-server:port'
);

// Custom session storage path
$instagram->setSessionStoragePath('/custom/path/to/sessions');
```

Session Management
------------------

[](#session-management)

Sessions are automatically saved and can be reused:

```
use AlirezaProgrammerMaker\UnInsta\Session\SessionManager;

// Get session by username
$session = SessionManager::getByUsername('username');

// Get session by session ID
$session = SessionManager::getBySessionId('session_id');

// Delete session
SessionManager::delete('username');

// Get all sessions
$allSessions = SessionManager::all();
```

Architecture
------------

[](#architecture)

The package is organized into logical components:

```
src/
├── Client/          # HTTP client implementation
├── Session/         # Session management
├── Api/             # API endpoints (User, Post, Story, Highlight)
├── Support/         # Helper classes (Constants, ResponseHandler)
├── Exceptions/      # Custom exceptions
└── UnInsta.php      # Main facade class

```

Error Handling
--------------

[](#error-handling)

```
use AlirezaProgrammerMaker\UnInsta\Exceptions\ApiException;
use AlirezaProgrammerMaker\UnInsta\Exceptions\AuthenticationException;

try {
    $user = $instagram->getUserByUsername('nonexistent');
} catch (ApiException $e) {
    echo "API Error: " . $e->getMessage();
} catch (AuthenticationException $e) {
    echo "Auth Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.0
- GuzzleHTTP ^7.0

Security Note
-------------

[](#security-note)

This is an **unofficial** Instagram API client. Use it responsibly and be aware of Instagram's terms of service. Session IDs should be kept secure and never shared publicly.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

Disclaimer
----------

[](#disclaimer)

This project is not affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial API client.

Support
-------

[](#support)

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please [open an issue](https://github.com/alirezaprogrammermaker/uninsta/issues) on GitHub.

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity12

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

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