Build HikerAPI
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Before step 1
you will need
- A throwaway Instagram account you are willing to lose
- A residential or mobile proxy, datacenter IPs get flagged fast
- Python 3.11 and patience for session challenge prompts
- Acceptance that any of this can break without warning
Delivery order
Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands.
done whenThe project starts from a documented command in a clean checkout.
Implement the primary data model and core workflow.
done whenThe main object can be created, read and changed end to end.
Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence.
done whenBad input is refused with a readable message and nothing is left corrupted.
Cover the critical path with automated tests.
done whenThe highest-risk behavior fails the suite when it breaks.
Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step.
done whenA fresh clone reaches the first successful workflow using only the README.
That is the whole plan for HikerAPI. What it deliberately does not cover is below · check the gaps before you call it a replacement.
- An account pool that absorbs bans so yours does not
- Residential proxy rotation and device fingerprint management
- Same-day fixes when the platform changes internal endpoints
- Real throughput: concurrent requests instead of one polite call every few seconds
- Coverage beyond Instagram, including TikTok and other networks
Need the files? The project pack on the verdict page hands your agent the whole brief · more dev tools.