Igbot: Cannot like medias on your own "following" users due to Check_User Filtration

[Eran111]

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# Example code that will produce the error reported
sys.path.append(os.path.join(sys.path[0], '../'))
from instabot import Bot

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=True)
parser.add_argument('-u', type=str, help="username")
parser.add_argument('-p', type=str, help="password")
parser.add_argument('-proxy', type=str, help="proxy")
args = parser.parse_args()
with open('message.txt', encoding="utf-8") as f:
    directMessage = f.read()

bot = Bot()
bot.login(username=args.u, password=args.p,
          proxy=args.proxy)

non_followers = set(bot.following) - set(bot.followers) - bot.friends_file.set
non_followers = list(non_followers)

for non_follower in tqdm(non_followers):
    bot.like_user(non_follower, amount=randint(1, 3), filtration=False)
    sleep(randint(30, 50))
    if (bot.send_message(directMessage, non_follower)):
        bot.sent_message_file.append(non_follower)

print('Sent An Individual Messages To All Users..')
sleep(3)

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Describe your issue

You cannot like your own following users due to Check_User function Filtration.
when you like user (using filtration) - apparently you end up liking his media by "Check_Media" function.
this function includes "check_user", and return false if it fails - means, you cannot filter media without filter also users.

what if you want to like your own followers? youll have to turn off filtration by users. although check_user if effects other scripts running.

by calling this function we may add the attribute filtration=True, unless programmer define something else and all chain calling the function should support this attribute.
thank you!

[Eran111]

here's an solution i made:

bot_filter.py - the main issue:

bot.py edit:

bot_like.py:

let me know what you think :)

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[thedarkknight197]

i will try

[thedarkknight197]

Eran111 i tryed your solution but not work

[thedarkknight197]

I find a new solution: i change filter_users=True, in filter_users=False, and now it like to people that already follow

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[Eran111]

well, @thedarkknight197
your solution does work,
but sometimes you do want the filtration to work in other cases and in this case not.
so either changing it each time i made my own "like users" function
heres whats important for it to work..:
i suggest instabot will do something similar..

afterwards the function continue with like process