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IG-Genie

ig-genie allows you to search for a public instagram user and see their public information and their latest 12 posts all on the command line.

Installation

$ npm install ig-genie

Usage

Create a javascript file and simply require the ig-genie package.

const igGenie = require("ig-genie");

Once you have required the ig-genie package in your newly created js file. open the terminal and CD into the folder you are using ig-genie in.

$ cd testIgGenie

Once you are in the desired folder, type "node" followed by the name of the js file that you used to require "ig-genie" and then type the name of a Instagram user that has a public profile.

$ node test.js jenniferaniston

Retrieved Data

User Information

Object Property	Defined	Type
username	username of the searched user	string
bio	user's bio (if displayed)	string
linkInBio	the user's specified link from their bio (if displayed)	string
followers	number of followers user has	int
following	number of people user follows	int
isVerified	if user is a verified user or not	boolean
isBusinessAccount	if user's account is a business account or not	boolean
BusinessCategoryName	if the account is a business account, it will show a category	string
linkToProfile	link to user's profile	string
fullName	full name of user if it is provided	string

User Post Information

Object Property	Defined	Type
isVideo	true if post is a video	boolean
id	unique id of post	string
amountOfVisibleComments	number of comments prior to dynamic load	int
caption	caption of post	string
linkToPost	link to the post	string
commentsDisabled	true if comments have been disabled	boolean
timePosted	date when the post was posted	string
likes	amount of likes the post has	int
location	location of post (if displayed)	string
dimensions	size of the post in pixels	object
videoViews	if post is a video then this shows how many views it has	integer