How to use

[davidhearnsmith]

Say I want to login to an account, go to a specific profile then follow that account? How do I do that, looked around couldn't work it out. Also i think IG now tracks mouse movements so can differentiate between a user and a bot.

[mlej8]

Hi,

I created quickstart examples in the Scripts/ folder. The search.py in Script/ is exactly what you are looking for. Simply use you're Instagram username and password, and put the profil you'd like to follow at "Specify Instagram Profile Here". Please note that you need to download a ChromeDriver that is compatible with your browser and put it in the Script/ folder.

Thanks,

Michael

[davidhearnsmith]

Got it thanks!

[davidhearnsmith]

Does it support proxies?

[davidhearnsmith]

For example;

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17082425/running-selenium-webdriver-with-a-proxy-in-python

[mlej8]

Will be implemented soon ! I just updated using webdriver_manager so you no longer have to download the executables, simply run the examples scripts.

[davidhearnsmith]

Am also interested in mouse movements, that way it looks to Instagram that there is a real person controlling rather than a bot, they have just implemented a load of follow and unfollow blocks for bots. Jarvee a big bot provider is barely functional anymore.

[mlej8]

Yes, ActionChains can be used instead of WebElement.click() to simulate mouse interactions.

[davidhearnsmith]

Is this something that can be easily implemented?

[mlej8]

Yes, see https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/py/webdriver/selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains.html

However, I found that using WebElement.click() was more consistent and did not gave me StaleElementExceptions as opposed to ActionChains.

[davidhearnsmith]

Can it just move the mouse to the button, that's all it needs to do 👍

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Yes, see https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/py/webdriver/selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains.html

However, I found that using WebElement.click() was more consistent and did not gave me StaleElementExceptions as opposed to using ActionChains.

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[davidhearnsmith]

You can barely follow our unfollow or like with bots anymore as Instagram can detect mouse movements.

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Yes, see https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/py/webdriver/selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains.html

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