selenium_forum_poster.py

#!python3
# selenium_forum_poster.py - Scratch forum bot using Selenium
import time, pickle, random, os.path
from selenium import webdriver

RESPONSES = (
    "Support.",
    "No support.",
    "workaroundable, no support.",
    "100% support!",
    "Eh, could be confusing to new scratchers, no support.",
    "Great idea!",
    "50% support.",
    "[scratchblocks]add [me] to [supporters v][/scratchblocks]",
    "Semi-support",
    )

def get_suggestion_topic_ids(browser, p):
    browser.get("https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/1/?page=%s" % p)
    ids = []
    elems = None
    while not elems:
        elems = browser.find_elements_by_css_selector("td .tclcon")
    for elem in elems:
        topic_elem = elem.find_element_by_tag_name("a")
        ids.append(topic_elem.get_attribute("href")[38:-1])
    return ids[6:]

def login(browser, username, password):
    browser.get("https://scratch.mit.edu/")
    time.sleep(2)
    login_button = browser.find_elements_by_css_selector(
                            "#navigation .inner > ul .right")[1]
    login_button.click()
    username_elem = browser.find_element_by_name("username")
    password_elem = browser.find_element_by_name("password")
    username_elem.send_keys(username)
    time.sleep(1)
    password_elem.send_keys(password)
    time.sleep(3)
    username_elem.submit()

def post(browser, topic_id, message):
    browser.get("https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/%s/" % topic_id)
    time.sleep(5)
    textarea = browser.find_element_by_class_name("markItUpEditor")
    textarea.send_keys(message)
    submit = browser.find_element_by_name("AddPostForm")
    time.sleep(1)
    submit.click()

def create_record():
    f = open("forum_poster_record.pickle", "wb")
    pickle.dump([], f)
    f.close()

def get_record():
    f = open("forum_poster_record.pickle", "rb")
    rec = pickle.load(f)
    f.close()
    return rec

def record_post(topic_id):
    rec = get_record()
    rec.append(topic_id)
    f = open("forum_poster_record.pickle", "wb")
    pickle.dump(rec, f)
    f.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if not os.path.exists("forum_poster_record.pickle"):
        create_record()
    username = input("Username: ")
    password = input("Password: ")
    browser = webdriver.Firefox()
    login(browser, username, password)
    time.sleep(4)
    last_post = None
    p = 1
    for i in range(10):
        print("Post #%s" % i)
        print("Getting topic IDs...")
        topic_ids  = get_suggestion_topic_ids(browser, p)
        time.sleep(1)
        rec = get_record()
        while True:
            topic_id = random.choice(topic_ids)
            if topic_id not in rec:
                break
            topic_ids.remove(topic_id)
            if len(topic_ids) == 0:
                print("Getting new topics...")
                p += 1
                topic_ids  = get_suggestion_topic_ids(browser, p)
        print("Picking message...")
        message = random.choice(RESPONSES)
        while last_post == message:
            message = random.choice(RESPONSES)
        last_post = message
        print("Message: %s" % message)
        print("Topic ID: %s" % topic_id)
        #input("Hit enter to confirm, or control-c to exit")
        try:
            post(browser, topic_id, message)
            print("Success!")
        except Exception as e:
            print("ERROR: %s" % e)
        record_post(topic_id)
        print("Sleeping...\n")
        time.sleep(random.randint(180, 240))
    print("Done!")

Can I edit this to create a similar program for Google+ ? I'd be happy to credit you 👍