Instapy: Few issues with like_by_tags and interact_user_followers

[thomascello]

Hi,

First of all, I would like to deeply thank you for all your work and for running such a cool open-source project!

I am new with InstaPy and I would have few questions:

1. Just to see if comments work with like_by_tags, I run this quickstart.py:

InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)\
  .login()\
  .set_do_comment(True, percentage=100)\
  .set_comments(['Amazing!','Nice!'])\
  .like_by_tags(['natgeo', 'world'], amount=100)\
  .end()

This is the error that I get in my terminal for every image:

...
--> Image Liked!
--> Warning: Comment Action Likely Failed: Comment Element not found
--> Commented: b'Amazing!'
--> Not following
...

Do you know how could I fix this?

1. How to follow accounts with like_by_tags?

2. Is it possible to unfollow an account after a certain amount of time if they don't follow back?

3. Lastly, to see if interact_user_followers works, I run this quickstart.py:

InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)\
  .login()\
  .set_user_interact(amount=5, random=True, percentage=100, media='Photo')\
  .set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_comments(["Cool", "Super!"])\
  .set_do_comment(enabled=False, percentage=100)\
  .interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=10, random=True)\
  .end()

Unfortunately, this is the error that I always get in my terminal:

following_link error 
 list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "quickstart.py", line 23, in <module>
    .interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=10, random=True)\
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 855, in interact_user_followers
    userToInteract += get_given_user_followers(self.browser, user, amount, self.dont_include, self.username, self.follow_restrict, random)
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/unfollow_util.py", line 286, in get_given_user_followers
    dialog = browser.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[4]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 293, in find_element_by_xpath
    return self.find_element(by=By.XPATH, value=xpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 752, in find_element
    'value': value})['value']
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 236, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 192, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div[4]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]"}
  (Session info: chrome=60.0.3112.90)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux 4.12.4-1-ARCH x86_64)
Exception ignored in: <bound method Service.__del__ of <selenium.webdriver.chrome.service.Service object at 0x7fcb2ef7de10>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 163, in __del__
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 139, in stop
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 110, in send_remote_shutdown_command
ImportError: sys.meta_path is None, Python is likely shutting down

Do you know how could I fix this?

I am very sorry for this very long message.
Thank you so much in advance,
Best,
Tom

[thomascello]

I am very sorry for this very long message. Maybe it is too long with too many questions... If it's the case please just consider the parts that you prefer.

Best,
Thomas

[thomascello]

Hi,

I just did a git pull and apparently the latest solved my problems 1 and 4 and I found myself the solution for question 2. My only remaining question is question 3:

-> Is it possible to unfollow an account after a certain amount of time if they don't follow back?

Thanks in advance,
Best,
Thomas

[timgrossmann]

@thomascello sorry unfortunately unfollowing is not that smart yet

[thomascello]

Just on problem actually remains with this quickstart.py:

InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)\
  .login()\
  .set_lower_follower_count(limit = 20)\
  .set_upper_follower_count(limit = 2000)\
  .set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_do_comment(True, percentage=70)\
  .set_comments(['Super!','Nice!','Cool'])\
  .like_by_tags(['followme'], amount=100)\
  .end()

I got this error at some point:

[7/33]
Image from: b'bruhmusicals'
Number of Followers: 399157
Link: b'https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdcFanFczK/?tagged=followme'
Description: b'Comment "prank" letter by letter\xf0\x9f\x98\x82 // Follow @bruhmusicals if you\'re viewing\xf0\x9f\x94\xa5'
--> Image Liked!
--> Commented: b'Super!'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "quickstart.py", line 15, in <module>
    .set_comments(['Super!','Nice!','Cool'])\
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 531, in like_by_tags
    followed += follow_user(self.browser, self.follow_restrict, self.username, user_name)
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/unfollow_util.py", line 134, in follow_user
    follow_button.send_keys("\n")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 350, in send_keys
    'value': keys_to_typing(value)})
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 499, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 297, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: element not visible
  (Session info: chrome=60.0.3112.101)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux 4.12.8-2-ARCH x86_64)

Can you help me on this?

Thanks

[timgrossmann]

@thomascello Did you do a git pull lately?

[thomascello]

I did. Unfortunately this doesn't solve the problem.

Thanks for your help!
Best,
Thomas

[thomascello]

I just found a pattern: when I am running two quickstart files at the same time to have more interactions with followers in a certain amount of time, the error occurs way more often.

quickstart1.py

InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)\
  .login()\
  .set_lower_follower_count(limit=20)\
  .set_user_interact(amount=3, random=True, percentage=100, media='Photo')\
  .set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_comments(["Cool", "Super!","Nice!"])\
  .set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=50)\
  .interact_user_followers(['natgeo'], amount=100, random=True)\
  .end() 

quickstart2.py

InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password)\
  .login()\
  .set_lower_follower_count(limit=20)\
  .set_user_interact(amount=3, random=True, percentage=100, media='Photo')\
  .set_do_follow(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_do_like(enabled=True, percentage=100)\
  .set_comments(["Cool", "Super!","Nice!"])\
  .set_do_comment(enabled=True, percentage=50)\
  .interact_user_followers(['photographicalgoals'], amount=100, random=True)\
  .end() 

Error message

Username [3/37]
--> b'duhitssean19'
Getting  duhitssean19 image list...
Interaction begin...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "User.py", line 15, in <module>
    .interact_user_followers(['photographers_uniteds_'], amount=50, random=True)\
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 864, in interact_user_followers
    self.like_by_users(userToInteract, self.user_interact_amount, self.user_interact_random, self.user_interact_media)
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 583, in like_by_users
    links = get_links_for_username(self.browser, username, amount, random, media)
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/like_util.py", line 304, in get_links_for_username
    links = [link_elem.get_attribute('href') for link_elem in link_elems
  File "/home/tm/Desktop/Projets Info/Instagram/InstaPy/instapy/like_util.py", line 305, in <listcomp>
    if link_elem.text in media]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 74, in text
    return self._execute(Command.GET_ELEMENT_TEXT)['value']
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 499, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 297, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.StaleElementReferenceException: Message: stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document
  (Session info: chrome=60.0.3112.101)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux 4.12.8-2-ARCH x86_64)

Thanks for your help!
Best,
Thomas