instagram_private_api: WebAPI: Unable to get rhx_gis from init request

for some reasons @pourya2374 's code gives me an error. So I edited it slightly to fix this error:

import hashlib
import string
import random

from instagram_web_api import Client

class MyClient(Client):
    @staticmethod
    def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
        options = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
        text = ''.join([random.choice(options) for _ in range(8)])
        return hashlib.md5(text.encode()).hexdigest()

Here is the working solution as of 1 July, use MyClient instead of using the libraries class directly.

import hashlib
import string
import random
from instagram_web_api import Client, ClientCompatPatch, ClientError, ClientLoginError
import datetime

class MyClient(Client):

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
        options = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
        text = ''.join([random.choice(options) for _ in range(8)])
        return hashlib.md5(text.encode()).hexdigest()

    def login(self):
        """Login to the web site."""
        if not self.username or not self.password:
            raise ClientError('username/password is blank')

        time = str(int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()))
        enc_password = f"#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:0:{time}:{self.password}"

        params = {'username': self.username, 'enc_password': enc_password, 'queryParams': '{}', 'optIntoOneTap': False}
        self._init_rollout_hash()
        login_res = self._make_request('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/', params=params)
        if not login_res.get('status', '') == 'ok' or not login_res.get ('authenticated'):
            raise ClientLoginError('Unable to login')

        if self.on_login:
            on_login_callback = self.on_login
            on_login_callback(self)
        return login_res

I’m getting the same issue. Using version 1.6.0, with instagram_web_api. When I call: Client(auto_patch=True, drop_incompat_keys=False) I get ClientError: Unable to get rhx_gis from init request.

This issue is still present, why isn’t there any fix on the master branch yet?

I’ve fixed this issue with creating new class and overwrite it’s static method.

import hashlib
import string
import random

from instagram_web_api import Client

class MyClient(Client):
    @staticmethod
    def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
        options = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
        text = ''.join([random.choice(options) for _ in range(8)])
        return hashlib.md5(text.encode())

Based on two upper commenters:

line 317 in client.py

def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
    tmp_str = ':{"id":"'+f'{random.randint(10000000,99999999)}'+'"}'
    return hashlib.md5(b'tmp_str')

Will solve the problem

Had to make some changes to the code above to make it work:

def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
    tmp_str = ':{"id":"'+f'{random.randint(10000000,99999999)}'+'"}'
    return hashlib.md5(tmp_str.encode()).hexdigest()

b’tmp_str’ is just the string ‘tmp_str’, which negates the point of generating one

Based on two upper commenters:

line 317 in client.py

def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
    tmp_str = ':{"id":"'+f'{random.randint(10000000,99999999)}'+'"}'
    return hashlib.md5(b'tmp_str')

Will solve the problem

This works for Python 3 Here is a solution which works on 2.7 for me

def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
        tmp_str = ':{"id":{"'+ "{}" +'"}}'.format(random.randint(10000000,99999999))
        return hashlib.md5(b'tmp_str')

@eracle I tried your fix, but as others described, now I’m getting:

instagram_web_api.errors.ClientBadRequestError: HTTPError "Bad Request" while opening https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/

Not sure how to fix per the enc_password parameter, as @fenchelfen pointed out.

@pyinto @reformedot Instagram does not allow sending a plain text password at accounts/login/ajax/ anymore, it requires enc_password parameter instead. Refer to this dilame/instagram-private-api#1010

Based on two upper commenters:

line 317 in client.py

def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
    tmp_str = ':{"id":"'+f'{random.randint(10000000,99999999)}'+'"}'
    return hashlib.md5(b'tmp_str')

Will solve the problem

I do not work with this library, but I also encountered this problem. With the help of js reverse, I seem to have found a solution.

In sharedData data is output on the page. See field config->viewerId. It is now transmitted instead of rhx_gis. The string to form md5 looks like: :{"id":"11612471724"}, where the numbers are viewerId

in this way, rhx_gis = md5(':{"id":"viewerId"}')

sharedData fragment:

{ "config": { "csrf_token": "xoKnKvuk9HXYAyO7nwNP9BQVxfxvlEvw", "viewerId": "11612471724" }, ...

You can actually put any string there and it will work, you don’t have to extract anything. I’ve tried that myself though.

python 2.7 script version of @HashamGhuffary

import hashlib
import string
import random
from instagram_web_api import Client, ClientCompatPatch, ClientError, ClientLoginError
import  time

class MyClient(Client):

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_rhx_gis(html):
        options = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
        text = ''.join([random.choice(options) for _ in range(8)])
        return hashlib.md5(text.encode()).hexdigest()

    def login(self):
        self.username = ''
        self.password = ''
        """Login to the web site."""
        if not self.username or not self.password:
            raise ClientError('username/password is blank')

        #time = str(int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()))
        #enc_password = f"#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:0:{time}:{self.password}"
        enc_password = ("#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:0:{}:{}".format(int(time.time()), self.password)) #python2.7

        params = {'username': self.username, 'enc_password': enc_password, 'queryParams': '{}', 'optIntoOneTap': False}
        self._init_rollout_hash()
        login_res = self._make_request('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/', params=params)
        if not login_res.get('status', '') == 'ok' or not login_res.get ('authenticated'):
            raise ClientLoginError('Unable to login')

        if self.on_login:
            on_login_callback = self.on_login
            on_login_callback(self)
        return login_res

Hey guys, this is web enc_password api:

https://leesoar.com/api-v1/ig?pub_key=20ed90203c457a2f9efc20820c2452403bff6424de39ff9cc928a751e07f6915&pub_id=229&pwd=xxx&t=1596703337&secret_key=a9ad0489a73146c68ec514ffce5cbaba

the secret_key have 200 times.

• “t” is timestamp
• “pwd” is password
• “version” is pub_version, and default is 10
• “action” default is “enc_password”

It returns: { "code": 1, "message": "ok", "enc_password": "#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:10:1596703337:AQpQAH4W1vHVVa7730diM49fhY5Cn0CsgfGsZ5zA613WkRJDn3ujkqqwEdtnV7BrjgJsW3zinQ1OrSnTdgU2We72gWztHxM7OW2NSfvVR/4AGuCZGbR8mpk30wEzP4Z9tPLfxmr/o3Nmk6v7", "pub_key": "20ed90203c457a2f9efc20820c2452403bff6424de39ff9cc928a751e07f6915", "pub_id": "229", "pwd": "xxx", "version": 10, "t": "1596703337" }

No solutions ? i still have the same error as @agucova

@javad94 it worked for me a few weeks but suddenly I’m getting the same error:

instagram_web_api.errors.ClientBadRequestError: HTTPError "Bad Request" while opening https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/ 77db6e1c30c697195362aa4ed593

This is still an issue 😃

I do not work with this library, but I also encountered this problem. With the help of js reverse, I seem to have found a solution.

In sharedData data is output on the page. See field config->viewerId. It is now transmitted instead of rhx_gis. The string to form md5 looks like: :{"id":"11612471724"}, where the numbers are viewerId

in this way, rhx_gis = md5(':{"id":"viewerId"}')

sharedData fragment:

{ "config": { "csrf_token": "xoKnKvuk9HXYAyO7nwNP9BQVxfxvlEvw", "viewerId": "11612471724" }, ...

I have the same issue. In on web mode and when I tried with Client() return rhx_gis error.

Any solution? Thanks!!

Getting same error as @pyinto instagram_web_api.errors.ClientBadRequestError: HTTPError "Bad Request" while opening https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax