Instapy: Follow_liker Couldn't find liked counter button

[muygd]

I’m having issue with instapy. I’m using follow_likers action. I was using this action without any problem. Yesterday I’ve tried to run the bot with the same settings however I’m receiving “couldn’t get liked counter button. May be a video. Move on” here are the things that I’ve done.

• updated commenters_util.py file with the edited one that @uluQulu shared.
• created a new quickstart.py
• tried different usernames to follow

Here is my code:

imports

from instapy import InstaPy
from instapy import smart_run

login credentials

insta_username = '00000000'
insta_password = '00000000'

get an InstaPy session!

set headless_browser=True to run InstaPy in the background

session = InstaPy(username=insta_username,
password=insta_password,
headless_browser=True,
multi_logs=True)

let's go! :>

with smart_run(session):
# general settings
bypass_suspicious_attempt=False

session.set_action_delays(enabled=True, follow=5.8, randomize=True, random_range=(80, 150), unfollow=5.8)

session.set_skip_users(skip_private=False,
skip_no_profile_pic=False,
no_profile_pic_percentage=100,
skip_business=False,
skip_non_business=False,
business_percentage=100,
skip_business_categories=[],
dont_skip_business_categories=[])

session.follow_likers(['modestudio_sa'], photos_grab_amount = 1, follow_likers_per_photo = 100, randomize=False,
sleep_delay=450, interact=False)
session.unfollow_users(amount=800, allFollowing=True, style="FIFO", unfollow_after=16060, sleep_delay=450)

Joining Engagement Pods

session.join_pods()

[uluQulu]

Salam @muygd

1. Which modification have you used I shared earlier?
   >updated commenters_util.py file with the edited one that @uluQulu shared.

It can be deprecated, or even merged to master already. It is best to understand it well before using my old codes shared throughout GitHub 😑

1. I tried on the same user you have given in example;
   

It worked normally - Grabbed 39 users from 52 existing out of 100 desired amount and then followed pretty good.

1. Give me the exact username on which that issue happens. And in particular, the post on which that occur;
   

Also, tell a bit about how frequently it happens.

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A bit technical,
Your code crashes at,

That is the 3rd conditional statement to look for inside likers_from_photo() function which is the state of unexpected result having non of the 2 pre-stored XPath elements found in the page that triggers the likers dialog box in order to grab likers requested by the feature you have used- follow_likers()...

It can be due to several reasons- affected by a beta update in your side or code is not up to the job.

I remember, lots of situations were handled for that likers button but currently, for that job, only two states is being expected. Well, your answer will determine the issue. Let's see.

Cheers 😁

[uluQulu]

@muygd
Also, I assume you are using the latest release of the instapy library from PyPI or you have pulled the current state of the master from git or _GitHub Desktop_.

If you are not using instapy lib installed by pip and also not using git or _GitHub Desktop_ to update _InstaPy_. Then just download the current repo as a zip and replace its files with the existing ones you have in your computer (just backup your useful data before replacing).

Good luck ☕

[muygd]

Thank you soooo much 😁😁 The problem is gone and now I’ve started the automation and it follows without any error 👍 I appreciate your support