[BUG] Location info and media, Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public request

[aldensiol]

When trying to obtain location pks via the lat and lng, I am encountering a Status 201 JSONDecodeError. It seems like the Location object is being processed incorrectly somewhere. Running the code in the documentation here leads to the same errors: https://subzeroid.github.io/instagrapi/usage-guide/location.html.

My instagrapi version I am using is the latest afaik.

To Reproduce

# working
location = cl.location_search(59.96, 30.29)[0] 

# erroneous code(s)
location = cl.location_complete(location)
location = cl.location_info(107617247320879)
medias = cl.location_medias_top(107617247320879, amount=2)

Traceback
Error message:

Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/107617247320879/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>> 
Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/107617247320879/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>> 
Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/107617247320879/?__a=1&__d=dis) >>>

Desktop

• OS: [e.g. Ubuntu 21.04]
• Python version [e.g. 3.11.5]
• instagrapi==2.1.3

[paboum]

Same here for user_id_from_username:

Status 201: JSONDecodeError in public_request (url=https://www.instagram.com/zuck/?__a=1&__d=dis)

[pidgeon777]

What could be the reason for that? Any fix? @subzeroid

[paboum]

I noticed similar issue with user_info which simply retried 3 times and then switched to user_info_v1 which uses private API. The fix was to use user_info_v1 in the first place.
In case of user_id_from_username I don't see the _v1 version.