from src.utils import Utils
cache = Utils.cache('VisitLancashire_scraped')
print(cache)
if cache == '1':
print('Cache exists')
else:
print('Cache not exists')
def run(self):
followedCount = 0
for accountName in self.template['screen_names']:
#Check if followers have been cached
followersCache = Utils.cache(accountName + '_scraped')
if (followersCache != '1'):
#Retrieve followers
followers = {}
self.browser.get('https://twitter.com/' + accountName +
'/followers')
#Grab all followers
while True:
#Wait for page load and get links
WebDriverWait(self.browser, 5).until(
EC.presence_of_element_located((
By.XPATH,
"/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/section/div[1]/div[1]"
)))
followerLinks = self.browser.find_elements_by_xpath(
'/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/section/div[1]/div[1]/div'
)
for followerLink in followerLinks:
try:
#Init db connection
DB.execute(
'''INSERT OR IGNORE INTO
followers(user_name, user_link, followed, followed_at, parent_account) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?);''',
(
followerLink.find_element_by_css_selector(
'a').get_attribute('href').replace(
'https://twitter.com/', ''),
followerLink.find_element_by_css_selector(
'a').get_attribute('href'),
True if ('Following' in followerLink.text
or 'Pending' in followerLink.text)
else False,
'',
accountName,
))
except:
print('Ignoring...') #Some load without data
#Handle infinite scroll (https://dev.to/mr_h/python-selenium-infinite-scrolling-3o12)
last_height = self.browser.execute_script(
"return document.body.scrollHeight"
) # Get scroll height
self.browser.execute_script(
"window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);"
) #Scroll to bottom
time.sleep(5) # Wait to load page
# Calculate new scroll height and compare with last scroll height
new_height = self.browser.execute_script(
"return document.body.scrollHeight")
if new_height == last_height:
# If heights are the same it will exit the function
break
last_height = new_height
Utils.cache(accountName + '_scraped', 1, 43200)
#Get updated list from db
followers = DB.selectAll(
"SELECT * FROM followers WHERE parent_account = ? and followed = 0 limit ?;",
(accountName, self.template['amount']))
#Loop through followers and follow
for follower in followers:
#Load user page
print("Following " + follower['user_name'])
self.browser.get(follower['user_link'])
WebDriverWait(self.browser, 10).until(
EC.element_to_be_clickable(
(By.XPATH,
'//span[text()="@' + follower['user_name'] + '"]')))
#Follow user
try:
followBtn = self.browser.find_element_by_xpath(
'//span[text()="Follow"]')
followBtn.click()
except:
print('User already followed')
#Update user as followed
DB.execute(
'''UPDATE followers SET
followed = ?,
followed_at = ?
WHERE id = ?;''', (1, str(datetime.now()), follower['id']))
followedCount += 1
print("Taking a short rest...")
time.sleep(
randrange(self.template['sleep_delay'] * 0.6,
self.template['sleep_delay']))
#Final output
print("Followed " + str(followedCount) + " people")
