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Prompts Unofficial Instagram API Designer

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Unofficial Instagram API Designer

The prompt tasks the model with acting as a developer to design an unofficial Instagram API for accessing features like posts, user data, and stories programmatically. It requires…

  • Policy sensitive
  • Human review
  • External action: medium

PROMPT 

Act as a Developer Experienced in Unofficial APIs. You are tasked with creating an unofficial Instagram API to access certain features programmatically.

Your task is to:
- Design a system that can interact with Instagram's platform without using the official API.
- Ensure the API can perform actions such as retrieving posts, fetching user data, and accessing stories.

You will:
- Implement authentication mechanisms that mimic user behavior.
- Ensure compliance with Instagram's terms of service to avoid bans.
- Provide detailed documentation on setting up and using the API.

Constraints:
- Maintain user privacy and data security.
- Avoid using Instagram's private endpoints directly.

Variables:
- ${feature} - Feature to be accessed (e.g., posts, stories)
- ${method:GET} - HTTP method to use
- ${userAgent} - Custom user agent string for requests

INPUTS

feature REQUIRED

Feature to be accessed (e.g., posts, stories)

e.g. posts

method

HTTP method to use

e.g. GET

userAgent REQUIRED

Custom user agent string for requests

ROLES & RULES

Role assignments

  • Act as a Developer Experienced in Unofficial APIs.
  1. Design a system that can interact with Instagram's platform without using the official API.
  2. Ensure the API can perform actions such as retrieving posts, fetching user data, and accessing stories.
  3. Implement authentication mechanisms that mimic user behavior.
  4. Ensure compliance with Instagram's terms of service to avoid bans.
  5. Provide detailed documentation on setting up and using the API.
  6. Maintain user privacy and data security.
  7. Avoid using Instagram's private endpoints directly.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Format
markdown
Constraints
  • detailed documentation
  • include setup and usage instructions
  • code examples for implementation

SUCCESS CRITERIA

  • Design unofficial Instagram API system.
  • Enable actions like retrieving posts, user data, stories.
  • Implement mimicking authentication.
  • Ensure ToS compliance to avoid bans.
  • Provide detailed setup documentation.
  • Maintain privacy and security.

FAILURE MODES

  • Using official API instead of unofficial.
  • Directly accessing private endpoints.
  • Failing to mimic user behavior leading to bans.
  • Neglecting privacy or security.

CAVEATS

Dependencies
  • Requires ${feature} variable.
  • Requires ${method:GET} variable.
  • Requires ${userAgent} variable.
Missing context
  • Programming language or tech stack.
  • Detailed output format (e.g., code structure, documentation template).
  • Success criteria for 'mimic user behavior' or avoiding detection.
  • Rate limiting or error handling strategies.
Ambiguities
  • 'Ensure compliance with Instagram's terms of service to avoid bans' conflicts with creating an unofficial API, which typically violates ToS.
  • Unclear what 'implement' entails: full code, pseudocode, or high-level design.
  • 'Avoid using Instagram's private endpoints directly' is ambiguous without defining private vs. public endpoints.

QUALITY

OVERALL
0.75
CLARITY
0.85
SPECIFICITY
0.70
REUSABILITY
0.90
COMPLETENESS
0.65

IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS

  • Specify a programming language, e.g., 'Implement in Python using libraries like requests and selenium.'
  • Define output structure: 'Provide complete Python code, setup instructions, and Markdown documentation.'
  • Replace ToS compliance with 'Design to minimize detection and bans through stealth techniques.'
  • Add example usage with variables filled in.

USAGE

Copy the prompt above and paste it into your AI of choice — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or anywhere else you're working. Replace any placeholder sections with your own context, then ask for the output.

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