Error parsing error response: expected value: line 1 column 1 (char 0). <username> does not exist please enter a valid username

[Tinytonymo]

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[Tinytonymo]

Hey guys first time using Osintgram and got it set up finally after reading bunch of articles helping, but I am not getting this error message that username isn’t valid. I’ve tried everything and bunch of different usernames all give me same error. Anyone know how to fix it?

[Hardikk69]

I know how to solve this error this occurs due to credential.ini file to fix this your credential file should look like this when you run cat credential.ini

[Credential]
username = "Your username"
password = "your password"

make sure you have space between your variables and have on first line it will resolve the issue

if you still didnt fix it tell me i will help

[slr101]

Attempt to login...
Error parsing error response: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kalima/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/instagram_private_api/client.py", line 523, in _call_api
response = self.opener.open(req, timeout=self.timeout)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
response = meth(req, response)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 634, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 563, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kalima/Osintgram/main.py", line 121, in
api = Osintgram(args.id, args.file, args.json, args.command, args.output, args.cookies)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/kalima/Osintgram/src/Osintgram.py", line 47, in init
self.setTarget(target)
File "/home/kalima/Osintgram/src/Osintgram.py", line 60, in setTarget
self.following = self.check_following()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/kalima/Osintgram/src/Osintgram.py", line 1160, in check_following
return self.api._call_api(endpoint)['user_detail']['user']['friendship_status']['following']
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/kalima/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/instagram_private_api/client.py", line 527, in _call_api
ErrorHandler.process(e, error_response)
File "/home/kalima/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/instagram_private_api/errors.py", line 135, in process
raise ClientError(error_msg, http_error.code, error_response)
instagram_private_api.errors.ClientError: Not Found

bro im getting this problem
how to solve it?