Here's a way to get the list of people a user is following with just a browser and some copy-paste (A pure javascript solution based on Deep Seeker's answer):
Get the user's id (In a browser, navigate to https://www.instagram.com/user_name/?__a=1 and look for response -> graphql -> user -> id [from Deep Seeker's answer])
Open another browser window
Open the browser console and paste this in it
options = {
userId: your_user_id,
list: 1 //1 for following, 2 for followers
}
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change to your user id and hit enter
paste this in the console and hit enter
`https://www.instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_hash=c76146de99bb02f6415203be841dd25a&variables=` + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({
"id": options.userId,
"include_reel": true,
"fetch_mutual": true,
"first": 50
}))
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Navigate to the outputted link
(This sets up the headers for the http request. If you try to run the script on a page where this isn't open, it won't work.)
let config = {
followers: {
hash: 'c76146de99bb02f6415203be841dd25a',
path: 'edge_followed_by'
},
following: {
hash: 'd04b0a864b4b54837c0d870b0e77e076',
path: 'edge_follow'
}
};
var allUsers = [];
function getUsernames(data) {
var userBatch = data.map(element => element.node.username);
allUsers.push(...userBatch);
}
async function makeNextRequest(nextCurser, listConfig) {
var params = {
"id": options.userId,
"include_reel": true,
"fetch_mutual": true,
"first": 50
};
if (nextCurser) {
params.after = nextCurser;
}
var requestUrl = `https://www.instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_hash=` + listConfig.hash + `&variables=` + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(params));
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onload = function(e) {
var res = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
var userData = res.data.user[listConfig.path].edges;
getUsernames(userData);
var curser = "";
try {
curser = res.data.user[listConfig.path].page_info.end_cursor;
} catch {
}
var users = [];
if (curser) {
makeNextRequest(curser, listConfig);
} else {
var printString =""
allUsers.forEach(item => printString = printString + item + "\n");
console.log(printString);
}
}
xhr.open("GET", requestUrl);
xhr.send();
}
if (options.list === 1) {
console.log('following');
makeNextRequest("", config.following);
} else if (options.list === 2) {
console.log('followers');
makeNextRequest("", config.followers);
}
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After a few seconds it should output the list of users your user is following.