Migration to JS and chrome extension - #97
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- Project was migrated to a Chrome extension (MV3) so logic runs in the Instagram tab with sessionStorage and injected page_runner.js. Thus, we avoid handling credentials.
- Unfollow behavior was simplified (e.g. no separate “verified-only” path); whitelist and progress/logging were integrated into the popup, with polling so reopening the popup still reflects tab state.
- Friendship loading was made more resilient (shorter / simpler retry strategy vs long fixed backoffs).
- Rate limiting & pacing were tuned several times: random delays between profile fetch and unfollow, pagination gaps, a global requests-per-minute cap, and a long pause every 15 successful unfollows (eventually 10 minutes).
- Instagram returning HTML (HTTP 200) instead of JSON on unfollow is detected; the run stops with a clear outcome instead of blindly retrying.
- Session user detection was adjusted to rely more on Instagram’s web form data when needed, instead of the previous current_user-centric path.
- Ignoring more things, including .env file. - Added claude rules - Removed dockerfile support, too small a project to really need it. - Refactor of main .py file to follow OOP, clean code, and other stuff... see CLAUDE rules. - Migrated from pip to UV. - Removed all github files, not needed.
…trying on getting "html" error. We know that happens when ig gets angry at us :)
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@tuxity thanks for the original code :) Heads up: it takes around 90 minutes to unfollow 100 users due to waiting 😖 |
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