Send Direct Message On Instagram using Selenium in Python

In this article, we will learn how we can send a direct message to users on Instagram without any manual action. We will be using the selenium module to do this task.

Requirements:

1. Chrome Driver for Chrome Browser (https://chromedriver.chromium.org/) or Gecko Driver for Firefox(https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases)
2. Selenium Package. To install this type the below command in the terminal.

pip install selenium

Note: For more information, refer How to install Selenium in Python

Approach:

Step 1: Importing modules and entering the login information along with the username of the user whom you want to send a message.

Python3

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import selenium.common.exceptions
import time
import random

# Login Credentials
username = input('Enter your Username ')
password = input('Enter your Password ')
url = 'https://instagram.com/' + input('Enter username of user whome you want to send message')

Step 2: Function to initialize Firefox or chrome session. You might need to add the path to the web driver. Chrome function, it depends on your installation.

Python3

def path():
        global chrome

        # starts a new chrome session
        chrome = webdriver.Chrome() # Add path if required

Step 3: Function to enter the URL of the page

Python3

def url_name(url):
  chrome.get(url)

  # adjust sleep if you want
  time.sleep(4)

Step 4: Function to login to Instagram  

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def login(username, your_password):
    log_but = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("L3NKy")
    time.sleep(2)
    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)

    # press enter after sending password
    passw.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
    time.sleep(5.5)

    # Finding Not Now button
    notk = chrome.find_element_by_class_name("yWX7d")
    notk.click()
    time.sleep(3)

Step 5: Find the message Button on the User profile page and then send random messages to the user

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def send_message():

    # Find message button
    message = chrome.find_element_by_class_name('_862NM ')
    message.click()
    time.sleep(2)
    chrome.find_element_by_class_name('HoLwm ').click()
    time.sleep(1)
    l = ['hello', 'Hi', 'How are You', 'Hey', 'Bro whats up']
    for x in range(10):
        mbox = chrome.find_element_by_tag_name('textarea')
        mbox.send_keys(random.choice(l))
        mbox.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
        time.sleep(1.2)

Step 6: Calling Functions

Python3

path()
time.sleep(1)
url_name(url)
login(username, password)
send_message()
chrome.close()

That’s it! This script will automatically send messages to your loved one. You can do a lot by modifying this script like scheduling automatic messages, sending messages to bulk users and many more.

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