# 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.

Latest version **1.1.0** (published 2020-04-21) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install ig-genie
pnpm add ig-genie
yarn add ig-genie
bun add ig-genie
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Published | 2020-04-21 |
| First published | 2019-12-23 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Unpacked size | 8.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+25 in 1 direct dependencies) |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | Will Rackley |
| Maintainers | willrackley |
| Keywords | instagram, cli, simple, scraping, scrape, search, ig, instagram profile, influencer |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ig-genie
- Repository: https://github.com/willrackley/IG-Genie
- Homepage: https://github.com/willrackley/IG-Genie#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/willrackley/IG-Genie/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/ig-genie

## Dependencies (2)

- [axios](https://npm.io/package/axios.md) ^0.19.0
- [user-timezone](https://npm.io/package/user-timezone.md) ^1.0.3

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## Recent versions

- 1.1.0 (latest) — 2020-04-21
- 1.0.9 — 2020-04-21
- 1.0.8 — 2020-01-09
- 1.0.7 — 2020-01-08
- 1.0.6 — 2020-01-08
- 1.0.5 — 2020-01-07
- 1.0.4 — 2020-01-07
- 1.0.3 — 2020-01-07
- 1.0.2 — 2020-01-07
- 1.0.1 — 2019-12-23
- 1.0.0 — 2019-12-23

## README

# 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.

```javascript
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 |

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