IG Cookie Validator

Paste any cookie blob — JSON, cookies.txt, raw header — and instantly see if it's IAM-ready or which fields are missing/expired. Re-export to the format IAM imports.

Runs entirely in your browser. We never see the cookies.

Free · 1 validator· Sign in → 1 validator · Buy course → 1 validator

Cookie input (any format)

Auto-detected: JSON array · JSON object · Netscape cookies.txt · raw `k=v; k=v` header

What each cookie does

sessionidYour authenticated session token. Without this, IAM cannot restore the login at all.
ds_user_idNumeric IG user-id. IG cross-checks this against sessionid; mismatch = forced re-login.
csrftokenCSRF token sent on every write (DM, follow, like). IAM auto-attaches it.
midMachine-id. IG fingerprints the install with this; missing it triggers UFAC selfie-video much faster.
ig_didDevice-id. Optional but adds trust — keep if your scraper exported it.
rur / shbid / shbtsRegion routing hints. IAM uses them to send you to the right shard.