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:
- Chrome Driver for Chrome Browser (https://chromedriver.chromium.org/) or Gecko Driver for Firefox(https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases)
- 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.
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from selenium import webdriverfrom selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keysimport selenium.common.exceptionsimport timeimport random# Login Credentialsusername = input('Enter your Username ')password = input('Enter your Password ') |
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.
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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
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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
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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.
Output:
