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Created December 28, 2018 17:02
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hashtag_list = ['travelblog', 'travelblogger', 'traveler']
# prev_user_list = [] - if it's the first time you run it, use this line and comment the two below
prev_user_list = pd.read_csv('20181203-224633_users_followed_list.csv', delimiter=',').iloc[:,1:2] # useful to build a user log
prev_user_list = list(prev_user_list['0'])
new_followed = []
tag = -1
followed = 0
likes = 0
comments = 0
for hashtag in hashtag_list:
tag += 1
webdriver.get('https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/'+ hashtag_list[tag] + '/')
sleep(5)
first_thumbnail = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/article/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/div')
first_thumbnail.click()
sleep(randint(1,2))
try:
for x in range(1,200):
username = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/h2/a').text
if username not in prev_user_list:
# If we already follow, do not unfollow
if webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button').text == 'Follow':
webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button').click()
new_followed.append(username)
followed += 1
# Liking the picture
button_like = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[1]/span[1]/button/span')
button_like.click()
likes += 1
sleep(randint(18,25))
# Comments and tracker
comm_prob = randint(1,10)
print('{}_{}: {}'.format(hashtag, x,comm_prob))
if comm_prob > 7:
comments += 1
webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[1]/span[2]/button/span').click()
comment_box = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[3]/div/form/textarea')
if (comm_prob < 7):
comment_box.send_keys('Really cool!')
sleep(1)
elif (comm_prob > 6) and (comm_prob < 9):
comment_box.send_keys('Nice work :)')
sleep(1)
elif comm_prob == 9:
comment_box.send_keys('Nice gallery!!')
sleep(1)
elif comm_prob == 10:
comment_box.send_keys('So cool! :)')
sleep(1)
# Enter to post comment
comment_box.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
sleep(randint(22,28))
# Next picture
webdriver.find_element_by_link_text('Next').click()
sleep(randint(25,29))
else:
webdriver.find_element_by_link_text('Next').click()
sleep(randint(20,26))
# some hashtag stops refreshing photos (it may happen sometimes), it continues to the next
except:
continue
for n in range(0,len(new_followed)):
prev_user_list.append(new_followed[n])
updated_user_df = pd.DataFrame(prev_user_list)
updated_user_df.to_csv('{}_users_followed_list.csv'.format(strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")))
print('Liked {} photos.'.format(likes))
print('Commented {} photos.'.format(comments))
print('Followed {} new people.'.format(followed))
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