Due to me not really caring about Instagram or this project any more. I have decided to archive this repo. Take it if you want. It was fun playing with Selenium, but the xpaths and css has probably changed several times since I last ran this.

A simple instagram bot. Initial upload. This bot is provided for educational purposes only. I am not responsible for what you do, or what happens to your accounts when you use this bot.

Prerequisites

You must have Google Chrome installed. https://www.google.com/chrome/

You must have ChromeDriver. I am currently using version 87.0.4280.20, however use the version that works with your version of Chrome. https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads

• Download or clone the repository to your desktop.
• Download the Chromedriver, unzip it and palce it in the Instagram-bot folder.
• Once you have placed Chromedriver in your project folder, change the path on line 192 to your chromedriver file path. For example ('/Users/adam/Desktop/Instagram-bot-master/chromedriver')
• Edit Secret.py and update it with your log-in credentials to instagram.

Using the Instabot

• Load the application by starting a command prompt in the project folder.
• type "Python instabot.py"
• To set your hashtags, edit hashtaglist.txt. Keep the format the same.

I highly reccomend keeping your total likes to under 500 per day to not upset the Instagram gods. You've been warned.

December 4, 2020

• Updated the bot to simplify the setup process. You now only need to edit the chromedriver path.
• The bot will now ask you how many likes and views youd like to do.
• Updated flows to make the bot run smoother.
• Added exception passes to prevent crashes. The bot is now made of thick glass, instead of thin glass.
• Added clicks to get past cookie promt and notification prompt when you load instagram.
• pretty colors
• updated some xpaths to respond to instagram updates.

May 12, 2020

• Updated the hashtag menu.
  • Now supports saving the hashtag list to a .txt file. (Hashtaglist.txt) You may edit the file directly, or use the built in terminal editor. Does not support using the "#" sign.
  • Now using a dictionary for the menu, updated the add and delete functions to work properly.

May 4, 2020

• Added functionality to update hashtag lists from the terminal.
• tweaked the waiting times "sleep()" to avoid crashes with slow loading pages.

Future updates

• Looking to add menu option to edit the amount of stories viewed.
• Looking to add menu option to edit the amount of likes per hashtag.
• Looking to add login feature at the beginning of the sequence so the user doesn't have to update the secret.py file.