swaaz / instabot

Instagram bot built using Python and Selenium

InstaBot

Bot built for Instagram using Python and Selenium.

This is an Instagram bot that can automate and perform some tasks; makes your task easier. The Bot can show the list of un-followers from you Instagram or it can show your fans and also it can cancel all the pending follow requests which you have already sent before or it can aslo unfollow those who don't follow you back.

Video Demo

Click on the below image to watch video

Clone project

First you need to fork and then copy the url from clone option
Run in gitbash or terminal :

$ git clone [url]

Install Python 3

run in terminal :

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python3.7

Install PIP

For Windows user

• Download the git-pip.py by clicking here
• Run in gitbash or cmd :

$ python get-pip.py

• Verify by running :

$ pip -V

For linux user

• Run in terminal :

$ apt install python3-pip
or
$ python get-pip.py     

Install Selenium

Run in terminal or cmd / gitbash

$ pip install selenium
or
$ pip3 install selenium

Add the Path to the code

The path of the webdriver has to changed according to your environment
Replace 18ₜₕ line of file ./program.py with the code snippet given below

linux user

if you are using firefox

self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path = "./webdrivers/firefox_webdriver/geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64/geckodriver")

if you are using chrome

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = "./webdrivers/chrome_webdriver/chromedriver_linux64/chromedriver")

Windows user

if you are using firefox

self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path = ".\\webdrivers\\firefox_webdriver\\geckodriver-v0.26.0-win32\\geckodriver.exe")

if you are using chrome

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = ".\\webdrivers\\chrome_webdrive\\chromedriver_win32\\geckodriver.exe")

Adding Path to the Environment Variable (only for Windows users)

Read the Instruction carefully

Instructions to add path to your Environment variable

• Copy the path of webdriver which is inside InstaBot folder and add the path to Environment Variable as instructed below

if you are using firefox

Begining of the path will depend on your system and the location you cloned the repo

.....\InstaBot\webdrivers\firefox_webdriver\geckodriver-v0.26.0-win32\

example :

C:\Users\sharan\Downloads\temp\InstaBot\webdrivers\firefox_webdriver\geckodriver-v0.26.0-win32\

if you are using chrome

Begining of the path will depend on your system and the location you cloned the repo

.....\InstaBot\webdrivers\chrome_webdriver\chromedriver_win32\

example :

C:\Users\sharan\Downloads\temp\InstaBot\webdrivers\chrome_webdriver\chromedriver_win32\

• Then go to This PC -> Right-click -> Properties -> Advanced system setting -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> User system -> select path -> Edit -> New -> Paste the copied path -> OK

Above instrution in show below

How to add Firefox webdriver path to environment variable

How to add chrome webdriver path to environment variable

file structure:

.
├── webdriver
│   │
│   ├── chrome_webdriver
│   │   ├── chrome_webdriver_linux64
│   │   │   ├── chromedriver
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── chrome_webdriver_mac64
│   │   │   ├── chromedriver
│   │   │  
│   │   ├── chrome_webdriver_win32
│   │   │   ├── chromedriver.exe
│   │
│   │
│   ├── firefox_webdriver
│   │   ├── geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64
│   │   │   ├── geckodriver
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── geckodriver-v0.26.0-macos
│   │   │   ├── geckodriver
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── geckodriver-v0.26.0-win32
│   │   │   ├── geckodriver.exe
│   │   │
│   │
│   

Install all the packages

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
or
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Add username and password

Edit the ./secrets.py file and add your username and password

usr = "[username]" 
pwd = "[password]"

Run the program

Run in terminal or cmd / gitbash

$ python program.py
or
$ python3 program.py

Helpful links

• Install Python 3
• Installing PIP on Windows
• Installing PIP on Linux
• Download Geckodriver
• Download Chrome Driver
• Setup selenium and webdriver for Linux
• Setup selenium and webdriver for Windows

Watch prototype

instabot's Issues

Is instagram blocking bot ?

Hello , i love your script , it so cool to have make the wait for the elements.

i would like to ask a question. i custom a little bit your bot so i don't have to decide if i want to unfollow someone , it unfollow everyone that don't follow.

but i saw some error in my process .

at one moment i cannot go to the user profile and wait i relaunch the script my follower list is coming back to old one .

Do you think that instagram prevent bot ? (the should)
They can detect if you unfollow to mush people and block it ?

Just wanted to share this : D

ps: we can go directely to the person page with the url, don't need to type in the search bar

TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace)

When I run under Linux or MacOS below is the error I received. Account opened by driver pop-up opened for followers and below is the comment and code stop working. Any response?

Enter the choice : 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "program.py", line 221, in
main()
File "program.py", line 207, in main
bot.get_unfollowers()
File "program.py", line 95, in get_unfollowers
following = self._get_names()
File "program.py", line 133, in _get_names
self._make_driver_wait("/html/body/div[4]/div/div[2]")
File "program.py", line 191, in _make_driver_wait
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, element_to_locate)))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 80, in until
raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

Suggestion for Using Waits and EC instead of sleep

Greetings, I'm a Python and Selenium beginner and I can't let my eye off your code. It's neat and I've learnt plenty. However, I'm curious why did you implement sleep but not waits from Selenium with the help of expected_conditions? I always thought that waits in Selenium may save more time as it checks the DOM or the webpage for the element. Is there any downside of using those? Please correct me if I'm wrong here as I'm still a novice to Selenium and automation. And I'm happy to make a pull request if you like to.

Element <button class="sqdOP L3NKy y3zKF " type="submit"> is not clickable at point (844,379) because another element <div class="piCib"> obscures it

Hey there, I have this strange error. Maybe you can help me?

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\user\Downloads\InstaBot-master\program.py", line 240, in <module> main() File "C:\Users\user\Downloads\InstaBot-master\program.py", line 219, in main bot = Instabot(username,password) File "C:\Users\user\Downloads\InstaBot-master\program.py", line 32, in __init__ self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//button[@type="submit"]').click() File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 80, in click self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT) File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 633, in _execute return self._parent.execute(command, params) File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: Element <button class="sqdOP L3NKy y3zKF " type="submit"> is not clickable at point (844,379) because another element <div class="piCib"> obscures it

Greetings and thanks in advance

After Login Nothing Happens

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "program.py", line 239, in
main()
File "program.py", line 218, in main
bot = Instabot(username,password)
File "program.py", line 35, in init
self._make_driver_wait("//button[contains(text(), 'Not Now')]")
File "program.py", line 209, in _make_driver_wait
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, element_to_locate)))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 86, in until
raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: