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Instagram auto-liker in the browser using Chrome Dev Tools
/**
* @desc Injects jQuery into Instagram feed page and likes X posts at a time
*
* Usage: Open https://www.instagram.com/ in Chrome and login to view your feed;
* run this script in the JS console to like posts in your feed in batches.
*
* @param {number} start - starting post index (should be 0 unless manually continuing a prev. exec.)
* @param {number} count - number of posts to like per batch (like X posts, wait a little, repeat)
* @param {number} interval - number of milliseconds to wait between batches, +/- some randomness
*/
(function(start, count, interval) {
// @todo find like button without using hard-coded class selector.
// note: "._tk4ba" was the button class in my feed when I tried this out.
const selector = '._tk4ba'
const _body = () => document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]
const _getButtons = () => $('._tk4ba').toArray()
const _plusOrMinus = () => Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1
const _randomTimeout = () => (_plusOrMinus() * Math.floor((Math.random() * 500))) + 1500
const _scrollToBottom = () => _body().scrollTop = _body().scrollHeight
function _inject(doc, cb) {
return (opts => {
return Array.isArray(opts)
? Promise.all(opts.map(item => this.loadScript(item, opts)))
: new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let r = false
const t = doc.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]
const s = doc.createElement('script')
if (typeof opts === 'object' && typeof opts.src !== 'undefined') {
for (key in opts) s[key] = opts[key]
} else if (typeof opts === 'string') {
s.src = opts
} else {
throw new Error('Script src undefined')
}
s.onerror = s.onabort = reject
s.onload = s.onreadystatechange = () => {
if (!r && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == 'complete')) {
r = true
resolve(s.src)
}
}
t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t)
})
})({
async: true,
src: 'https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js',
type: 'text/javascript'
})
.then(src => {
console.log('Injected', src)
_body.scrollTop = 0;
})
}
function _like(els) {
if (!els || typeof els === 'undefined' || els.length < 1) {
console.debug('Ran out of posts. Scrolling to bottom...')
_scrollToBottom()
setTimeout(() => {}, 750)
}
return Promise.all(els.map(el => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
if (el.firstChild.textContent === 'Like') {
setTimeout(() => {
el.click()
console.debug(`CLICKED -> ${el}`)
return resolve(el)
}, _randomTimeout())
} else {
console.debug(`Skipped -> ${el}`)
return resolve(el)
}
})))
.then(res => console.debug(`Resolved ${res}`))
.catch(err => console.error(err))
}
_inject(document)
.then(() => {
if (typeof interval === 'number') {
let idx = start
const getInterval = () => interval + _randomTimeout()
const setNewTimeout = () => setTimeout(() => {
console.debug(`Starting over at ${idx}!`)
const elsArr = $(selector).toArray()
_like(elsArr.slice(idx, idx+count))
idx += count
setNewTimeout()
}, getInterval())
setNewTimeout()
} else {
_like($(selector).toArray().slice(start, count))
}
})
/// sample usage with ~4 second delay between batches of 3 posts
})(0, 3, 4000)
/**
* @desc Injects jQuery into Instagram hashtags page and likes 1 post at a time
*
* Usage: Open https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/javascript/ in Chrome;
* run this script in the JS console to like top posts one-at-a-time.
* @param {number} start - starting post index (should be 0 unless manually continuing a prev. exec.)
* @param {number} interval - number of milliseconds to wait between batches, +/- some randomness
*/
(function(start, interval) {
const count = 1 // override count, we can only view 1 post at a time for tags.
const selector = 'a' // this works since we know the structure of the page.
const _body = () => document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]
const _getButtons = () => $(selector).toArray()
const _plusOrMinus = () => Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1
const _randomTimeout = () => (_plusOrMinus() * Math.floor((Math.random() * 500))) + 1500
const _randomTimeoutShort = () => (_plusOrMinus() * Math.floor((Math.random() * 200))) + 1000
const _scrollToBottom = () => _body().scrollTop = _body().scrollHeight
function _inject(doc, cb) {
return (opts => {
return Array.isArray(opts)
? Promise.all(opts.map(item => this.loadScript(item, opts)))
: new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let r = false
const t = doc.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]
const s = doc.createElement('script')
if (typeof opts === 'object' && typeof opts.src !== 'undefined') {
for (key in opts) s[key] = opts[key]
} else if (typeof opts === 'string') {
s.src = opts
} else {
throw new Error('Script src undefined')
}
s.onerror = s.onabort = reject
s.onload = s.onreadystatechange = () => {
if (!r && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == 'complete')) {
r = true
resolve(s.src)
}
}
t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t)
})
})({
async: true,
src: 'https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js',
type: 'text/javascript'
})
.then(src => {
console.log('Injected', src)
_body.scrollTop = 0;
})
}
function _like(els) {
var commonClass
if (!els || typeof els === 'undefined' || els.length < 1) {
console.log('Ran out of posts...')
// @todo click the "Load more posts" button
return
}
return Promise.all(els.map(el => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
el.click()
setTimeout(() => {
var e = $('article')[1]
var btn = e.children[2].firstChild.firstChild.firstChild
if (btn.classList.contains('coreSpriteLikeHeartOpen')) {
setTimeout(() => {
btn.click()
console.log('CLICKED ->', btn)
}, _randomTimeout())
} else {
console.log('Skipped ->', btn)
}
setTimeout(() => {
$('button').last()[0].click()
return resolve(e)
}, _randomTimeoutShort())
}, _randomTimeout())
})))
.then(res => console.log(`Resolved ${res}`))
.catch(err => console.error(err))
}
function _doLike() {
_inject(document)
.then(() => {
if (typeof interval === 'number') {
let idx = start
const getInterval = () => interval + _randomTimeout()
const setNewTimeout = () => setTimeout(() => {
console.log(`Starting over at ${idx}!`)
const elsArr = $(selector).toArray()
commonClass = $(selector)[0].classList[0]
_like(elsArr.slice(idx, idx+count))
idx += count
setNewTimeout()
}, getInterval())
setNewTimeout()
} else {
_like($(selector).toArray().slice(start, count))
}
})
}
_doLike()
/// sample usage with ~4 second delay between batches of 3 posts
})(0, 3000)
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sbolel commented Jun 28, 2023

@DaycareJr yeah, it looks like they fixed the issue that made this hack possible using Content Security Policy. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src. I wrote this 6 years ago when they hadn't included CSP directives in their html yet. There's no way to make this script work now that it's in place.

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