052-instagram-followers/docs/wiki/Step-1-Credentials.md

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Step 1 - Credentials

The assignment starts with an account. We use the Share-a-Naan mock instead of the real Instagram, so a changed page or a ban cannot hurt. The profile page of the mock shows the login (the email is the username) and the target accounts to choose SIMILAR_ACCOUNT from.

What we gained

• A safe place to practise: a mock service lets us get the logic right before any real account is at risk.
• Secrets stay out of the code: the password is read from the environment variables INSTA_USERNAME and INSTA_PASSWORD, and .env is in .gitignore.
• Constants live in one file, constants.py: SIMILAR_ACCOUNT, BASE_URL and LOGIN_URL.