[BUG] Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/nike/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>>

[tajbowness]

Curious if anyone else is receiving this message when making public requests, as it only begun occurring recently for me.

I've tested to make sure it wasn't an issue with my code by returning to an older version of my code and the issue persisted, so I'd like to know if this has started happening recently to anyone else.

Calling:
result = cl.user_info_by_username("nike").dict()
Returns:

Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/nike/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>>
Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/nike/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>>
Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/nike/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>>

It does return the user info after calling so it really isn't any issue. I'd like to know if anyone could provide any insight? Thanks

[Rus1IT]

I also have this problem

[oword]

Yeah I get this as well.

[andreadibartolo]

Same here. As I understand it something changed in the JSON returned by instagram pages, so the instagrapi function that uses them, has to be changed too. I think (and hope) this will be done shortly with next instagrapi update.

[jfrenl]

That's weird that it doesn't send a 404 message back to the client. Because Instagram has patched this a few weeks ago but somehow this one got reverted but without data. That's interesting.

[tajbowness]

Like to note for anyone with this issue, that as a result of this I swapped to making a private request instead for fetching user info:

user_info_dict = cl.user_info_by_username_v1(username).dict()

[claell]

Problem for me is that with the _v1 method, I get a 429 error every time. Not sure exactly, why (I think, I already tried waiting some time and this happens on the first request, already). But that's what happens for me. So at the moment, this is not usable for me.

[orazdow]

same

[florifull]

same

[SaeidB]

solved , check here #1868

[tajbowness]

Problem for me is that with the _v1 method, I get a 429 error every time. Not sure exactly, why (I think, I already tried waiting some time and this happens on the first request, already). But that's what happens for me. So at the moment, this is not usable for me.

Weird, I haven't gotten that, is that still an issue? Do you think it could be related with login process ( setting headers / session info / etc)? Is that 429 prompted similar to the Status 201: JSONDecodeError just into the console without the instagrapi logger ? I'll try and look into it.

Also, subzeroid gave the same solution for this issue
#1844 (comment)

[claell]

@tajbowness I get the error in the console, not sure, if it's also logged.

This might not be a problem of instagrapi. Not sure. Possibly, it is just that my account on Instagram is blocked, so only public requests work. But not sure, usually, also private requests should work, until it's throttled.