Like instagram pictures using Selenium | Python

In this article, we will learn how can we like all the pictures of a profile on Instagram without scrolling and manually clicking the buttons. We will be using Selenium to do this task. 

Packages/Software needed:

1. Python 3 
2. Chromedriver compatible with the existing chrome version (download chromedriver)
3. Google chrome 
4. Selenium package (pip install selenium), bs4 package(pip install bs4)

Step #1: Importing modules and entering the login information along with the URL of the page. 

Python3

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
import selenium.common.exceptions
from selenium import webdriver
import time
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

print("enter username")
username = input()

print("enter password")
password = input()

print("enter the url")
url = input()

Step #2: Function to enter the path where the chromedriver.exe file exists in your system 

Python3

def path():
    global chrome
    print("enter the driver path")
    exe_path = input()

    # starts a new chrome session
    chrome = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = exe_path)

Step #3: Function to enter the URL of the page 

Python3

def url_name(url):
    # the web page opens up
    chrome.get(url)

    # webdriver will wait for 4 sec before throwing a
    # NoSuchElement exception so that the element
    # is detected and not skipped.
    time.sleep(4)

Step #4: Function to enter your login information 

Python3

def login(username, your_password):

    # finds the login button
    log_but = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("L3NKy")
    time.sleep(2)

    # clicks the login button
    log_but.click()
    time.sleep(4)

    # finds the username box
    usern = chrome.find_element_by_name("username")

    # sends the entered username
    usern.send_keys(username)

    # finds the password box
    passw = chrome.find_element_by_name("password")

    # sends the entered password
    passw.send_keys(your_password)
    passw.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
    time.sleep(6)
    notn = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("yWX7d")# dont save info button
    notn.click()# click don't save button
    time.sleep(3)

Step #5: Function to open the first picture 

Python3

def first_picture():

    # finds the first picture
    pic = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("kIKUG")
    pic.click()   # clicks on the first picture

Step #6: Function to like a picture 

Python3

def like_pic():
    time.sleep(2)
    like = chrome.find_element_by_class_name('fr66n')
    soup = bs(like.get_attribute('innerHTML'),'html.parser')
      if(soup.find('svg')['aria-label'] == 'Like'):
        like.click()
    time.sleep(2)

Step #7: Function to click on the Next button 

Python3

def next_picture():
    time.sleep(2)
    try:
        nex = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("coreSpriteRightPaginationArrow")
        time.sleep(1)
        return nex
    except selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException:
        return 0

Step #8: Function which continues liking pictures till it is not able to find the next button 

Python3

def continue_liking():
    while(True):
        next_el = next_picture()

        # if next button is there then
        if next_el != False:

            # click the next button
            next_el.click()
            time.sleep(2)

            # like the picture
            like_pic()
            time.sleep(2)
        else:
            print("not found")
            break

Step #9: Calling the functions 

Python3

path()
time.sleep(1)

url_name(url)

login(username, password)

first_picture()
like_pic()

continue_liking()
chrome.close()

There you go! The script will automatically like all the posts until the end of the page.