Error when following a user

[JonJon565]

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Requirements

• [x] I've searched the Issues
• [ ] I've read the basic concepts
• [x] I'm using the latest version
• [ ] I've debugged my code using the DEBUG variable.

Platform

• [x] I'm using Node.js version v16.16.0
• [ ] I'm using electron - xd

Description

Getting an error when trying to follow a user,

ig.friendship.create doesn't seem to work

Code

//basically doing this would give the error
 ig.friendship.create(58215877889)
//or this

async function followLikers(mediaId) {
  const likersFeed = await ig.media.likers(mediaId);
  for (let i = 0; i < likersFeed.users.length && i < 10000; i++) {
    const liker = likersFeed.users[i];
    try {
      await ig.friendship.create(liker.pk);
      console.log(`Followed user: ${liker.username}`);
    } catch (err) {
      console.error(`Error following user ${liker.username}:`, err);
    }
    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
  }

  console.log('Finished following likers.');
}

Error and Output

Error following user fabo.2029: IgNotFoundError: POST /api/v1/friendships/create/58215877889/ - 404 Not Found; 
    at Request.handleResponseError (c:\Users\e\Documents\NodeJS\Instagram API\node_modules\instagram-private-api\dist\core\request.js:103:20)
    at Request.send (c:\Users\e\Documents\NodeJS\Instagram API\node_modules\instagram-private-api\dist\core\request.js:54:28)
    at async FriendshipRepository.change (c:\Users\e\Documents\NodeJS\Instagram API\node_modules\instagram-private-api\dist\repositories\friendship.repository.js:59:26)
    at async followLikers (c:\Users\e\Documents\NodeJS\Instagram API\index.js:71:7)
    at async C:\Users\e\Documents\NodeJS\Instagram API\index.js:30:3 {stack: 'IgNotFoundError: POST /api/v1/friendships/cre…cuments\\NodeJS\\Instagram API\\index.js:30:3', message: 'POST /api/v1/friendships/create/58215877889/ - 404 Not Found; ', name: 'IgNotFoundError', response: IncomingMessage}

IgNotFoundError: POST /api/v1/friendships/create/58215877889/ - 404 Not Found; 
    at eval (eval-2cf44ba1.repl:1:7)
    at followLikers (C:\\Users\\e\\Documents\\NodeJS\\Instagram API\\index.js:74:7)
    at async C:\\Users\\e\\Documents\\NodeJS\\Instagram API\\index.js:30:3

[mrloldev]

Any updates?

[radityaseptian]

Try this

const userId = await ig.user.getIdByUsername('username')
// const follow = await ig.friendship.create(userId)
const response = await ig.request.send({
  url: `/api/v1/friendships/create/${userId}/`,
  method: 'POST',
  form: ig.request.sign({
    _csrftoken: ig.state.cookieCsrfToken,
    target_user_id: userId,
    radio_type: ig.state.radioType,
    _uid: ig.state.cookieUserId,
    device_id: ig.state.deviceId,
    _uuid: ig.state.uuid,
    media_id_attribution: undefined,
  }),
})
const data = response.body.friendship_status
console.log('Response Data', data)

[izzetxyz]

Try this

const userId = await ig.user.getIdByUsername('username')
// const follow = await ig.friendship.create(userId)
const response = await ig.request.send({
  url: `/api/v1/friendships/create/${userId}/`,
  method: 'POST',
  form: ig.request.sign({
    _csrftoken: ig.state.cookieCsrfToken,
    target_user_id: userId,
    radio_type: ig.state.radioType,
    _uid: ig.state.cookieUserId,
    device_id: ig.state.deviceId,
    _uuid: ig.state.uuid,
    media_id_attribution: undefined,
  }),
})
const data = response.body.friendship_status
console.log('Response Data', data)

its works