Unauthenticated Client: 'Unable to get csrf from init request.'

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Instagram responds with 'Unable to get csrf from init request.'

I saw there was another issue created here about it but couldn't find a solution. Doing a simple task for a client of mine, monitoring a single Instagram page for new posts. I'm new to Instagram scraping and this library in general so please let me know if there's something I'm missing. If needed, I can make an account and authenticate through it, but it increases the complexity when I would rather try to avoid it.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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import '_io' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'marshal' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'nt' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'winreg' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import '_frozen_importlib_external' # <class '_frozen_importlib.FrozenImporter'>
# installing zipimport hook
import 'time' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'zipimport' # <class '_frozen_importlib.FrozenImporter'>
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# C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-310.pyc matches C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\__init__.py
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# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\__pycache__\\codecs.cpython-310.pyc'
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# C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\__pycache__\aliases.cpython-310.pyc matches C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\aliases.py
# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\encodings\\__pycache__\\aliases.cpython-310.pyc'
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# C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\__pycache__\cp1252.cpython-310.pyc matches C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\encodings\cp1252.py
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# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\__pycache__\\io.cpython-310.pyc'
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# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\__pycache__\\abc.cpython-310.pyc'
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# C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\__pycache__\site.cpython-310.pyc matches C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\site.py
# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\__pycache__\\site.cpython-310.pyc'
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# code object from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python310\\lib\\__pycache__\\os.cpython-310.pyc'
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# C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\__pycache__\_collections_abc.cpython-310.pyc matches C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\_collections_abc.py
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>>>

Code:

from instagram_web_api import Client, ClientCompatPatch, ClientError, ClientLoginError

user_id = '10353929987'

# Without any authentication
web_api = Client(auto_patch=False, drop_incompat_keys=False)
user_feed_info = web_api.user_feed(user_id, count=10)
for post in user_feed_info:
    print('%s from %s' % (post['link'], post['user']['username']))

Error/Debug Log:

    web_api = Client(auto_patch=False, drop_incompat_keys=False)
  File "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\instagram_web_api\client.py", line 137, in __init__
    self.init()
  File "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\instagram_web_api\client.py", line 370, in init
    raise ClientError('Unable to get csrf from init request.')
instagram_web_api.errors.ClientError: Unable to get csrf from init request.
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