'429 error: too many requests' when using Instagram API with Python script-CodePudding

I am trying to run a script that logs in to Instagram and uploads 10 images that have random text on them that have been generated. However, here is the output I am getting when I try to run the script:

2023-01-02 21:56:48,608 - INFO - Instabot version: 0.117.0 Started
Which account do you want to use? (Type number)
1: ACCOUNTNAME
0: add another account.
-1: delete all accounts.
1
2023-01-02 21:56:51,371 - INFO - Not yet logged in starting: PRE-LOGIN FLOW!
2023-01-02 21:56:51,573 - ERROR - Request returns 429 error!
2023-01-02 21:56:51,573 - WARNING - That means 'too many requests'. I'll go to sleep for 5
minutes.

How can I fix this issue?

Here is the code I am using:

import random
import requests
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import time
import instabot

# Generate 10 random images
for i in range(10):
  # Create a black image
  image = Image.new('RGB', (500, 500), (0, 0, 0))
  draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)

  # Generate a random string of white text
  text = ''.join([
    random.choice(
      'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()_ -=[]{};:\'",.<>/?')
    for i in range(10)
  ])
  # Use a default font with a larger size
  font = ImageFont.truetype('cour.ttf', 72)

  # Randomly position each letter on the image
  x = 0
  y = 0
  for letter in text:
    draw.text((x, y), letter, (255, 255, 255), font=font)
    x  = random.randint(30, 50)
    y  = random.randint(-10, 10)

  # Save the image and create a corresponding text file
  image.save(f'generated-images/image{i}.jpg')
  with open(f'generated-images/image{i}.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write(text)

try:
  # Create an Instabot instance
  bot = instabot.Bot()

  # Login to Instagram
  bot.login()

  # For each image and corresponding text file
  for i in range(10):
    # Open the text file
    with open(f'generated-images/image{i}.txt', 'r') as f:
      # Use the text from the file as the caption
      caption = f.read()

  # Post the image and use the text from the file as the caption
  bot.upload_photo(f'generated-images/image{i}.jpg', caption=caption)

  # Add a delay between requests
  time.sleep(200)
except:
  print('Error')
finally:
  bot.logout()
  print('logging out')

# Log out of Instagram
bot.logout()

It logged into my account successfully with no errors, but when it tries to post the images it gives the '429 error'...

CodePudding user response：

Fixed by adding a delay then waiting until the next day, because the first time I ran the code apparently I sent way too many requests in a day.