match-maker

#! /usr/bin/env python3
import requests, json, re, time
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from random import randint

# create parser for x-auth argument
parser = ArgumentParser(
        prog = 'Match Maker',
        description = 'Matches you with all the people that liked you on Tinder by liking them back.',
        epilog = 'If you liked this script and got money to spare, consider donating to charity :).')
parser.add_argument('--chatty', action='store_true')
parser.add_argument('x_auth_token', type=str, metavar='x-auth-token', help='You can learn how to find your x-auth-token here: [insert link].' +
                '\n\n IMPORTANT: NEVER share your token, it can compromise your account!\nNEVER execute random scripts or programs blindly.' +
                'Read through the source code or ask a friend who understands source code to veriy this script is not malicous!')
args = parser.parse_args()

# define URLs and create session
TINDER_TEASER_URL = "https://api.gotinder.com/v2/fast-match/teaser?locale=en"
TINDER_LIKE_URL = "https://api.gotinder.com/like/USER_ID?locale=en"
PARAM_RECENTLY_ACTIVE = "&type=recently-active"

session = requests.Session()

# probably don't need all that... but whatever
headers = {
    "X-Auth-Token": args.x_auth_token,
    "platform": "android",
    "Accept": "application/json",
        "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
        "Accept-Language": "en,en-US",
        "app-session-time-elapsed": "354605",
        "app-version": "1035502",
        "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
        "Connection": "keep-alive",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Host": "api.gotinder.com",
        "Origin": "https://tinder.com",
        "Pragma": "no-cache",
        "Referer": "https://tinder.com/",
        "Sec-Fetch-Dest": "empty",
        "Sec-Fetch-Mode": "no-cors",
        "Sec-Fetch-Site": "cross-site",
        "TE": "trailers",
        "tinder-version": "3.55.2",
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:93.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/101.0",
        "user-session-time-elapsed": "35353",
        "x-supported-image-formats": "webp,jpeg"
}


# retrieve user id of most teaser image
def get_teaser_id(recent=False):
    re_extract = "https://images-ssl.gotinder.com/(.*)/\d{2}x\d{2}"
    key, url = "", ""
    try:
        if recent:
            content = json.loads(requests.get(TINDER_TEASER_URL+PARAM_RECENTLY_ACTIVE, headers=headers).content)
            url =  content["data"]["recently_active"]["image_url"]
        else:
            content = json.loads(requests.get(TINDER_TEASER_URL, headers=headers).content)
            url = content["data"]["teaser_url"]
        if args.chatty:
            if "X-Padding" in content: content["X-Padding"] = "redacted"
            print(f"get_teaser_id(): url={url}")
        return re.findall(re_extract, url)[0]
    except Exception as e:
        print("Couldn't access your likes. This probably means your x-auth-token is incorrect or outdated.", e)
        return None


# send like to given user_id
def send_like(user_id):
    response = json.loads(requests.post(TINDER_LIKE_URL.replace("USER_ID", user_id), headers=headers).content)
    if args.chatty:
        if "X-Padding" in response: response["X-Padding"] = "redacted"
        print(f"send_like({user_id}): {response}")
    try:
        return response["status"] == 200 and response["match"] != False
    except Exception as e:
        print("Couldn't send a 'like' to Tinder. This probably means your x-auth-token is incorrect or outdated.", e)
        return False


# generate body for post request containing a random "s_number"
def generate_body():
    s = ''
    for i in range(16):
        s = s + str(randint(0,9))
    return {"s_number": int(s)}


# go as long as there are likes or the script fails otherwise
adored = True
match_count = 0
print("Welcome to Match Maker.\nIf you need help, type python ./match-maker.py --help\nor visit the corresponding subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/zm373p/bypassing_tinders_paywall_like_people_back_that/")
print(f"\rMatches so far: {match_count}", end="")
while adored:
    # make sure retrieving user id and sending like were successful
    success = send_like(get_teaser_id())
    if not success:
        success = send_like(get_teaser_id(recent=True))
    if success:
        # increase number of matches, print status, wait a bit (just to be safe)
        match_count += 1
        print(f"\rMatches so far: {match_count}", end="")
        time.sleep(1)
    else:
        # end the loop
        adored = False
print("\nIf you liked this script and got money to spare, consider donating to charity :)")