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@misiektoja misiektoja released this 21 May 21:27
· 327 commits to main since this release
v1.6
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Features and Improvements:

  • NEW: The tool can now be installed via pip: pip install instagram_monitor
  • NEW: Added support for external config files, environment-based secrets and dotenv integration with auto-discovery
  • NEW: Added full support for Instagram reels (not just video posts) and optimized post/reel fetching to reduce API calls
  • NEW: Added --import-firefox-session to load session from Firefox cookies with detection of all profiles (replaces old script)
  • IMPROVE: Improved detail extraction for posts and reels (via mobile API)
  • NEW: Added notification for follow-request acceptance and for removed posts/reels
  • NEW: Display access scope and session user info, including reels count
  • IMPROVE: Enhanced session-login logic to auto‐load or create Instaloader sessions
  • IMPROVE: Display whether the user can access all content of the monitored account
  • IMPROVE: Enhanced startup summary to show loaded config, dotenv and empty profile pic template file paths
  • IMPROVE: Auto detect and display availability of imgcat binary for profile picture preview
  • IMPROVE: Simplified and renamed command-line arguments for improved usability
  • NEW: Implemented SIGHUP handler for dynamic reload of secrets from dotenv files
  • NEW: Added configuration option to control clearing the terminal screen at startup
  • IMPROVE: Changed connectivity check to use Instagram API endpoint for better reliability
  • IMPROVE: Added check for missing pip dependencies with install guidance
  • IMPROVE: Allow disabling liveness check by setting interval to 0 (default changed to 12h)
  • IMPROVE: Improved handling of log file creation
  • IMPROVE: Refactored CSV file initialization and processing
  • NEW: Added support for ~ path expansion across all file paths
  • IMPROVE: Added validation for configured time zones
  • IMPROVE: Refactored code structure to support packaging for PyPI
  • IMPROVE: Enforced configuration option precedence: code defaults < config file < env vars < CLI flags
  • IMPROVE: Made empty profile picture template path configurable
  • IMPROVE: Only show profile picture template status if the file exists
  • IMPROVE: Renamed Caption to Description in logs and email bodies
  • IMPROVE: Email notifications now auto-disable if SMTP config is invalid
  • IMPROVE: Minimum required Python version increased to 3.9
  • IMPROVE: Removed short option for --send-test-email to avoid ambiguity

Bug fixes:

  • BUGFIX: Fixed data key error, however due to Instagram changes, post/reel details can no longer be fetched in mode 1 (no session), though count differences are still reported
  • BUGFIX: Fixed post location fetching after Instagram broke legacy endpoints
  • BUGFIX: Corrected public vs. private story checks and iteration (#9)
  • BUGFIX: Fixed rare issue with reporting changed profile pic even though timestamp is the same
  • BUGFIX: Fixed issue where manually defined LOCAL_TIMEZONE wasn't applied correctly
  • BUGFIX: Fixed imgcat command under Windows (use echo. & instead of echo ;)
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