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Instagram-Discord Bot

An Instagram-Discord bot that provides notifications to Discord channels when a specified Instagram fan page makes a new post. The bot automatically checks for new posts at set intervals and when a new post is found, it will post to Discord the details & hyperlink to the Instagram page.

Final Product

Example of Discord Bot Post "Discord Bot Post

Getting Started

  1. Ensure Python 3.7 and pipenv are installed
  2. Activate the virtual environment with pipenv shell inside the folder directory
  3. Install the dependencies with pipenv install
  4. Create the .env by using .env.example as a reference via cp .env.example .env
  5. Update the .env with the following information:
  • DISCORD_TOKEN: secret token of your Discord bot
  • CHANNEL_NAME: name of the channel where the bot resides and where you want it to post updates
  • INSTAGRAM_PAGE_URL: url address of the instagram account
  1. Run the bot with python app.py

Dependencies

  • python 3.7
  • pipenv
  • beautifulsoup4
  • requests
  • discord-py
  • asyncio
  • python-dotenv