Fetching shared profiles dms

[Geraltcoder]

I’m trying to fetch some shared profiles sent to a user in direct messages but I’m unable to find the correct method or the code, I’ve searched the whole direct methods but I can’t wrap my head around it. Can someone help me? I also unable to understand what is a thread?

[adw0rd]

Read this https://adw0rd.github.io/instagrapi/usage-guide/direct.html

and show your code example in which you are unable to get profiles

[Geraltcoder]

I still don’t understand can you point me to the right direction ?

[Geraltcoder]

Hi @adw0rd I have got it working but it returns me none for the profiles shared in the messages as for text messages they are displayed.

[Geraltcoder]

these are three codes which I'm trying to use

1)

from instagrapi import Client
from instagrapi.exceptions import ChallengeRequired
from datetime import datetime

# Initialize the client
client = Client()

# Prompt for login credentials
username = input("Enter Instagram username: ")
password = input("Enter Instagram password: ")
try:
    client.login(username, password)
except ChallengeRequired as e:
    # Handle challenge required
    challenge_url = e.challenge_url
    challenge_code = input(f"Enter the code sent to {challenge_url}: ")
    client.challenge_login(challenge_url, challenge_code)

# Open the direct thread with the specific user
# Get the direct message threads for the current user
threads = client.direct_threads()

# Find the thread with the specific user
for thread in threads:
    # Check if the thread has the specific user as a participant
    if any(participant.id == 'user conversation id' for participant in thread.participants):
        # Get the direct messages in the thread
        messages = client.direct_thread_by_id(thread.id).messages
        
        # Iterate through the messages in the thread
        for message in messages:
            # Check if the message is from or to the specific user
            if (message.sender_id == message send and 'username' in message.text) or \
               (message.sender_id != 'messsage sender id and 'usernmae' not in message.text):
                # Process the message as needed
                print(message.text)

### 2)

# Open the direct thread with the specific user
thread = client.direct_thread_by_participants([user_id])

# Iterate through the messages in the conversation
for message in thread.messages:
    # Check if the message is from or to the specific user
    if ('specific_username' in message.text and message.user_id == client.user_id) or \
       ('specific_username' not in message.text and message.user_id != client.user_id):
        
        # Check if the message is a media share
        if message.media_share:
            # Get the message creation time
            created_time = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(message.created_at)
            
            # Check if the message creation time is within the time range
            if start_date <= created_time <= end_date:
                # Get the shared profile data
                user_id = message.media_share.user.pk
                username = message.media_share.user.username
                
                # Print the shared profile data
                print(f"{username} (ID: {user_id}) shared their profile")

3)

from instagrapi import Client
from datetime import datetime

# Initialize the client
client = Client()

# Prompt for login credentials
username = input("Enter Instagram username: ")
password = input("Enter Instagram password: ")
client.login(username, password)

# Get the direct thread with the specific user
specific_username = input("Enter the username of the specific user: ")
thread = client.direct_thread(specific_username)

# Define the time range for message retrieval
start_date = datetime(year=2023, month=3, day=1)
end_date = datetime(year=2023, month=3, day=24)

# Iterate through the messages in the thread
for message in thread:
    # Check if the message is from or to the specific user
    if (specific_username in message.text and message.user_id == client.user_id) or \
       (specific_username not in message.text and message.user_id != client.user_id):
        
        # Check if the message is a media share
        if message.media_share:
            # Get the message creation time
            created_time = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(message.created_at)
            
            # Check if the message creation time is within the time range
            if start_date <= created_time <= end_date:
                # Get the shared profile data
                user_id = message.media_share.user.pk
                username = message.media_share.user.username
                
                # Print the shared profile data
                print(f"{username} (ID: {user_id}) shared their profile")

[adw0rd]

And not in one of them you use dump/load settings, read the instagrapi documentation first