[instagram] Instagram API - How can I retrieve the list of people a user is following on Instagram

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):

  1. 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])

  2. Open another browser window

  3. Open the browser console and paste this in it

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    options = {
        userId: your_user_id,
        list: 1 //1 for following, 2 for followers
    }
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  4. change to your user id and hit enter

  5. paste this in the console and hit enter

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    `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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  6. 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.)

  1. In the console for the page you just opened, paste this and hit enter
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    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.