UserProcessor.FollowUserAsync returns Bad Request

[fededim]

Hi,

I am testing your api, the login and user query works fine, yet when I try to follow another any user (for example this one https://www.instagram.com/yourdistractionrose) I receive 400 Bad Request, here it follows the payload, it reports an error feedback_required about a policy FollowUnfollowHandcraftedMLIPolicy....just to understand is it just my issue or is the api broken ?

11/02/2025 18:22:05: signed_body=xxxx.{"_uuid":"yyyyy,"_uid":"72216528519","user_id":"52435190972","radio_type":"wifi-none"}
11/02/2025 18:22:08: Response: POST https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/friendships/create/52435190972/ [BadRequest]
11/02/2025 18:22:08: Content:
11/02/2025 18:22:08: {"message":"feedback_required","spam":true,"feedback_title":"Try Again Later","feedback_message":"We restrict certain activity to protect our community. Let us know if you think we made a mistake.","feedback_url":"repute/report_problem/instagram_follow_users/?violation_type=1\u0026responsible_policy=FollowUnfollowHandcraftedMLIPolicy","feedback_appeal_label":"Let us know","feedback_ignore_label":"OK","feedback_action":"report_problem","feedback_required":true,"category":"instagram_follow_users","sentry_block_restriction_dialogue_unification_enabled":false,"status":"fail"}

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[fededim]

Just an update while trying to following manually on the app another user I received also this popup error, so probably the api is fine and I have some constraints on my (new) profile. I'll give you an update as soon as I have one.

[fededim]

I do not know why but even after waiting 1 week and setting a delay like this SetRequestDelay(RequestDelay.FromSeconds(2,15)) I managed to follow just two profiles after which I was banned again from Instagram 😲

Just to understand does this happen also to anyone using this package or has Meta a particular keen interest on my person ?

I paste also my code below, maybe you can give me some advice.

  public class Program
   {
       public async static Task Main(string[] args)
       {
           var api = InstaApiBuilder.CreateBuilder()
               .UseLogger(new DebugLogger(LogLevel.Info))
               .SetUser(new UserSessionData { UserName = "fededim_76", Password = "password" })
               .SetRequestDelay(RequestDelay.FromSeconds(2,15))
               .Build();

           try
           {
               var result = await api.LoginAsync();

               var currentUser = await api.GetCurrentUserAsync();

               var oldFollowers = File.ReadAllText("C:\\Users\\PO\\Downloads\\instagram-fededim.76-2024-09-18-4Ehs1iBc\\connections\\followers_and_following\\following.html");

               var extractFollowingRegex = new Regex("https://www.instagram.com/([^\"]+)");

               var currentFollowing = await api.UserProcessor.GetUserFollowingAsync(currentUser.Value?.UserName, InstagramApiSharp.PaginationParameters.MaxPagesToLoad(8));

               foreach (Match match in extractFollowingRegex.Matches(oldFollowers))
               {
                   var userResponse = await api.UserProcessor.GetUserAsync(match.Groups[1].Value);
                   var user = userResponse?.Value;

                   if (user != null && !currentFollowing.Value.Any(u => u.Pk == user.Pk))
                   {
                       var followResult = await api.UserProcessor.FollowUserAsync(user.Pk);

                       if (followResult.Succeeded)
                           Console.WriteLine($"Following user {user.FullName} Id {user.Pk}");
                       else
                           Console.WriteLine($"Error while following user {user.FullName} Id {user.Pk}: {followResult.Info.Message}");
                   }
               }
           }
           finally
           {
               await api.LogoutAsync();
           }
       }