Threads Client Ruby

July 12, 2023 ยท View on GitHub

Unofficial, Reverse-Engineered Ruby client for Meta's Threads.

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Getting Started

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'threads_client_ruby'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install threads_client_ruby

Usage

๐ŸŒ€ Config Threads

Using username and password (first time)

credentials = {
  username: "Instagram's username",
  password: "Instagram's password"
}

ThreadsClientRuby.config do |config|
  config.credentials = credentials
end

Using usertoken and userid (get from here)

credentials = {
  usertoken: "token received after login successfull",
  userid: "Instagram's user id"
}

ThreadsClientRuby.config do |config|
  config.credentials = credentials
end

๐Ÿ’ก TIP: Using usertoken and userid to avoid Theard rate limit and decrease response time.

๐Ÿค– Get usertoken and userid

  userinfo = ThreadsClientRuby.get_userinfo
  # {
  #   :usertoken=> "eyJkc191c2VyX2lkIjoiNTgzOTIyMTY....",
  #   :userid=>"583922..."
  # }

๐Ÿ“Œ Features

โœจ Text Threads

ThreadsClientRuby.publish(text: 'Hello World!')
โœจ Threads with Image
# Online image path
ThreadsClientRuby.publish(text: 'Hello World!', image: 'https://fastly.picsum.photos/id/654/536/354.jpg?hmac=Nqd_oi3EIiPJBAVPYhIUjaEvKpRqLjhtTHkxPmjjo7M')

# Or with local image path
ThreadsClientRuby.publish(text: 'Hello World!', image: '/Users/local-path/logo.jpg')
ThreadsClientRuby.publish(url: 'https://github.com/dereknguyen269/threads_client_ruby')
โœจ Get Post Id From URL
post_id = ThreadsClientRuby.get_post_id('https://www.threads.net/t/CugF-EjhQ3r')
# => 3143538795635609067
โœจ Reply to Other Threads
ThreadsClientRuby.publish(reply_id: post_id, text: "Reply to #{post_id}")
โœจ Like/Unlike a Thread
โœจ Follow/Unfollow a User
โœจ Delete a Post

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/threads_client_ruby. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the ThreadsClientRuby project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.