Added step to patch pixelfed files

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Mirroring Instagram accounts **will copy (clone) the images and videos from Inst
 Always make sure you mirror accounts whos **content is not strictly copyrighted (or branded) and keep the tagging system of the source code** that marks accounts on Pixelfed as Mirrors.
 
  
-**Users** of your Pixelfed instance have to know **this accounts are not real accounts** as someone on Instagram could create a real Pixelfed account.
+**Users** of your Pixelfed instance have to know **this accounts are not real accounts** as someone on Instagram could create a real Pixelfed account in the future.
 
  
 ## Pre-requisites
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Always make sure you mirror accounts whos **content is not strictly copyrighted
 - You **need an Instagram account** to make this bot work.
 - **A Pixelfed instance** you own. It must be hosted or managed by you (you need shell access for **php artisan commands**)
 - **Python 3+ installed** on the same machine as the Pixelfed instance (this is easy, mostly all standard Debian based Linux systems have python3)
-- A bit **more disk space** than before. (It depends on how many accounts you mirror and how often that accounts post on IG)
+- A bit **more disk space** for Pixelfed media storage. (It depends on how many accounts you mirror and how often that accounts post on IG)
 - **Patch 1 file** on Pixelfed deployed code (being on docker or not)
 
  
@@ -33,3 +33,39 @@ Always make sure you mirror accounts whos **content is not strictly copyrighted
 - **Stories**. (will support that soon)
 
 
+ 
+# Installation
+
+As i said on the Pre-requisites, you will need to **patch the following files on Pixelfed** running code:
+
+ 
+This patch is **needed to disable Pixelfed API rate limiting completely** as it might pop-up when using your mirror bot.
+We asume your Pixelfed installation is at `/var/www` (if it isn't, just **change the steps to match your installation**)
+
+`/var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/ThrottleRequests.php`
+
+Add `return 99999999;` after the line where it checks if the user is authenticated.
+
+```php
+    /**
+     * Resolve the number of attempts if the user is authenticated or not.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @param  int|string  $maxAttempts
+     * @return int
+     */
+    protected function resolveMaxAttempts($request, $maxAttempts)
+    {
+        if (Str::contains($maxAttempts, '|')) {
+            $maxAttempts = explode('|', $maxAttempts, 2)[$request->user() ? 1 : 0];
+        }
+
+        if (! is_numeric($maxAttempts) && $request->user()) {
+            return 99999999;
+            $maxAttempts = $request->user()->{$maxAttempts};
+        }
+
+        return (int) $maxAttempts;
+    }
+```
+