Instapy: Question regarding like_by_feed()

[HermanoCrespo]

Hi

I've checked the help file and am a bit confused by the behaviour of

session.like_by_feed(amount=like_count_feed, randomize=True, interact=True)

In the help it says:
# This is used to perform likes on your own feeds

and I always assumed that the function would interact with my community of people that I am previously following.

However, the log file tells a different story.

INFO [2018-05-14 18:21:54] [user] New link found...
INFO [2018-05-14 18:21:54] [user] [1 posts liked /3 amount]
INFO [2018-05-14 18:21:54] [user] https://www.instagram.com/p/LINK/
INFO [2018-05-14 18:21:58] [user] Image from: b'user2'
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:05] [user] User: user2 >> followers: 871 | following: 3312 | relationship ratio: 3.80
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:05] [user] Link: b'https://www.instagram.com/p/LINK/'
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:05] [user] Description: "REMOVED"
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:08] [user] --> Image Liked!
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:10] [user] --> User followed: ['user2']
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:10] [user] Username [1/1]
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:10] [user] --> b'user2'
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:10] [user] Getting user2 image list...
INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:41] [user] Interaction begin...

It looks to me as if it interacts with a user that I was not following before, hence the line

INFO [2018-05-14 18:22:10] [user] --> User followed: ['user2']

So, question:
What feed is it using if not my followings?
Is there a way to interact only with people that I am following already?

[uluQulu]

Well @HermanoCrespo,
Actually like_by_feed feature really is getting links from your FeedPage but there is an interesting thing. In your feed page, IG shows up feed also from new people to you whom you are not following but might interest you.
That's why it does do follow those new people sometimes (_but well, you can disable following, with set_do_follow setting before running that feature_).
Also, if you really want to interact with the people you are following, then run interact_user_following with your own username xD

But you can actually customize like_by_feed to interact only with the people you are following, but it will not be efficient approach.

[HermanoCrespo]

Thanks uluQulu, I understand a bit better now and will implement your suggestions.

Just to make sure:
session.interact_user_following() is an action and can be run with other actions without affecting the settings, right?

[uluQulu]

Not at all, @HermanoCrespo,
Right. Actions cannot modify settings, they just use settings.

[HermanoCrespo]

That's quite smart by the way to use this function for my own feed with my username. Hats off :)

[HermanoCrespo]

Following up, there are
session.interact_user_following(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)
session.interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=10, randomize=True)

The help says the same thing for both functions
# Interact with the people that a given user is following

If I want to interact with the followers of natgeo, I use interact_user_followers
if I want to interact with whoever natgeo is following I use interact_user_following

Is my understanding correct?
Thanks

[uluQulu]

That's right @HermanoCrespo,
The mechanism works correctly as you have expected but in documentation it is written wrong and it is what causes confusion.

### Interact with someone else's followers
```python
# Interact with the people that a given user is following

must be

### Interact with someone else's followers
```python
# Interact with the followers of a given user

Can you PR the correct form of README?

[HermanoCrespo]

Thank you, that's what I thought.

Can you PR the correct form of README?

Are you asking me? I guess not. But if you are, I do not understand the question and think 'no' is the answer.

Cheers

[uluQulu]

It is your catch, @HermanoCrespo, so I thought you could pull a request containing that change and really, it is very easy to pull a request!
I am sure you like to contribute, helping out people, don't you? 😁

[HermanoCrespo]

Done.

[uluQulu]

Great @HermanoCrespo
I think you should first merge it into your fork and then pull a request in main repo with your fork.
_so that it could be merged into main repo_

[spikeyhair]

I am expecting this feature is to like the posts on my feed only but I notice it also comment posts (even with the interact option set to false). Is it supposed to work this way or this is a logical bug in the script?

session.like_by_feed(amount=4, randomize=True, unfollow=False, interact=False)

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