400 Bad Request; challenge_required

[Pleiode]

Hey,

I have a function to post image on instagram with text.

I recently changed my instagram username and I've had ‘400 Bad Request; challenge_required’ ever since.

Yet all my connection info is good, I checked.

I also confirmed that I was the one who logged into Instagram when he asked if it was me, given a new connection.

My code

const IG_USERNAME = "****";
const IG_PASSWORD = "****";

[...]


const postToInsta = async (randomImageDoc, description) => {
    return retry(async () => {
        const ig = new IgApiClient();
        ig.state.generateDevice(IG_USERNAME);

        console.log('Attempting to login to Instagram with username:', IG_USERNAME);
        await ig.account.login(IG_USERNAME, IG_PASSWORD);
        console.log('Logged in to Instagram successfully');

        const { imageUrl, username, objects } = randomImageDoc;

        console.log('Fetching image from URL:', imageUrl);
        const imageBuffer = await axios.get(imageUrl, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' }).then(response => response.data);
        console.log('Image fetched successfully');

        const caption = `${description}\n\nCosmio's Image of the Day: shot by ${username}\n\nExplore space on Cosmio.io\n\n#astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #astro #cosmio #imageoftheday #space #nightsky #telescope #universe #stargaze #nightphotography #cosmos`;
        console.log('Caption:', caption);

        console.log('Attempting to publish photo to Instagram');
        await ig.publish.photo({ file: imageBuffer, caption: caption });

        console.log('Photo published successfully');

        console.log('Marking the image as posted in Firestore');
        await admin.firestore().collection('images').doc(randomImageDoc.id).update({ posted: true });
        console.log('Image marked as posted in Firestore');
    });
};

Error

In my console Firebase Functions

DEFAULT 2024-10-01T12:06:35.264569Z at Request.send (/workspace/node_modules/instagram-private-api/dist/core/request.js:54:28)

DEFAULT 2024-10-01T12:06:35.264564Z at Request.handleResponseError (/workspace/node_modules/instagram-private-api/dist/core/request.js:108:24)

DEFAULT 2024-10-01T12:06:35.264544Z Attempt 2 failed: IgCheckpointError: POST /api/v1/accounts/login/ - 400 Bad Request; challenge_required

[sunmasters]

There are many challenge types

[Linch1]

try by setting the 2fa, using an authenticator app, not sms. and do something similar to this

await this.ig.simulate.preLoginFlow();
        let loggedInUser;
        try {
            loggedInUser = await this.ig.account.login(process.env.IG_USERNAME, process.env.IG_PASSWORD);
        } catch (err) {
            if( err instanceof IgLoginTwoFactorRequiredError ){
                const {username, totp_two_factor_on, two_factor_identifier} = err.response.body.two_factor_info;
                const verificationMethod = totp_two_factor_on ? '0' : '1'; // default to 1 for SMS

                const { code } = await inquirer.prompt([
                    {
                        type: 'input',
                        name: 'code',
                        message: `Enter code received via ${verificationMethod === '1' ? 'SMS' : 'TOTP'}`,
                    },
                ]);
                // Use the code to finish the login process
                loggedInUser = await this.ig.account.twoFactorLogin({
                    username,
                    verificationCode: code,
                    twoFactorIdentifier: two_factor_identifier,
                    verificationMethod, // '1' = SMS (default), '0' = TOTP (google auth for example)
                    trustThisDevice: '1', // Can be omitted as '1' is used by default
                });
            }
        }
        process.nextTick(async () => await this.ig.simulate.postLoginFlow());