instabot2.py

hashtag_list = ['travelblog', 'travelblogger', 'traveler']

# prev_user_list = [] - if it's the first time you run it, use this line and comment the two below
prev_user_list = pd.read_csv('20181203-224633_users_followed_list.csv', delimiter=',').iloc[:,1:2] # useful to build a user log
prev_user_list = list(prev_user_list['0'])

new_followed = []
tag = -1
followed = 0
likes = 0
comments = 0

for hashtag in hashtag_list:
    tag += 1
    webdriver.get('https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/'+ hashtag_list[tag] + '/')
    sleep(5)
    first_thumbnail = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/article/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/div')
    
    first_thumbnail.click()
    sleep(randint(1,2))    
    try:        
        for x in range(1,200):
            username = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/h2/a').text
            
            if username not in prev_user_list:
                # If we already follow, do not unfollow
                if webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button').text == 'Follow':
                    
                    webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button').click()
                    
                    new_followed.append(username)
                    followed += 1

                    # Liking the picture
                    button_like = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[1]/span[1]/button/span')
                    
                    button_like.click()
                    likes += 1
                    sleep(randint(18,25))

                    # Comments and tracker
                    comm_prob = randint(1,10)
                    print('{}_{}: {}'.format(hashtag, x,comm_prob))
                    if comm_prob > 7:
                        comments += 1
                        webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[1]/span[2]/button/span').click()
                        comment_box = webdriver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/article/div[2]/section[3]/div/form/textarea')

                        if (comm_prob < 7):
                            comment_box.send_keys('Really cool!')
                            sleep(1)
                        elif (comm_prob > 6) and (comm_prob < 9):
                            comment_box.send_keys('Nice work :)')
                            sleep(1)
                        elif comm_prob == 9:
                            comment_box.send_keys('Nice gallery!!')
                            sleep(1)
                        elif comm_prob == 10:
                            comment_box.send_keys('So cool! :)')
                            sleep(1)
                        # Enter to post comment
                        comment_box.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
                        sleep(randint(22,28))

                # Next picture
                webdriver.find_element_by_link_text('Next').click()
                sleep(randint(25,29))
            else:
                webdriver.find_element_by_link_text('Next').click()
                sleep(randint(20,26))
    # some hashtag stops refreshing photos (it may happen sometimes), it continues to the next
    except:
        continue

for n in range(0,len(new_followed)):
    prev_user_list.append(new_followed[n])
    
updated_user_df = pd.DataFrame(prev_user_list)
updated_user_df.to_csv('{}_users_followed_list.csv'.format(strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")))
print('Liked {} photos.'.format(likes))
print('Commented {} photos.'.format(comments))
print('Followed {} new people.'.format(followed))

Followed your medium post (thanks for that btw!) and made some changes on my own to make it work as of November 22.

Instagram seems to have changed slightly and I feel the csv checking whether the username is followed already is unnecessary now as when we follow the user already the follow button is not present.

Also the next button threw some errors as it kept on switching back and forth between picture 1 and 2 since the next button on the second page is not the same as on the first. Instead the bot just clicks the arrow right key to advance.

The log info while the bot progresses now gives a hint whether it left a comment and the csv saves a new file instead of appending the old to not have such a long document.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from time import sleep, strftime
from random import randint
import pandas as pd
import sys
import glob

browser = webdriver.Firefox()

browser.get('https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?source=auth_switcher')
sleep(5)
insta_cookies = browser.find_element(By.XPATH, '/html/body/div[4]/div/div/button[1]')
insta_cookies.click()
sleep(4)
username = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
'/html/body/div[1]/section/main/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/form/div/div[1]/div/label/input')
username.send_keys('USERNAME')
sleep(0.5)
password = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
'/html/body/div[1]/section/main/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/form/div/div[2]/div/label/input')
password.send_keys('PASSWORD')
sleep(2)
login_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
'/html/body/div[1]/section/main/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/form/div/div[3]/button')
login_button.click()
sleep(8)
info_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
'/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/main/div/div/div/div/button')
info_button.click()
sleep(4)
alert_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
'/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[3]/button[2]')
alert_button.click()

hashtag_list = ['digitalart', 'nftart']

timecode = strftime("%d/%m/%Y_%Hh%Mm%Ss")

path_name = r'C:\Users\USER\PycharmProjects\insta_bot\*.csv'
csv_files = glob.glob(path_name)
last_file = csv_files[-1]
list_count = int(last_file[-6:-4])

user_list = []

new_followed = []
tag = -1
followed = 0
likes = 0
comments = 0

def next_arrow():
    browser.find_element(By.XPATH, '/html').send_keys(Keys.ARROW_RIGHT)

for hashtag in hashtag_list:
    tag += 1
    browser.get('https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/' + hashtag_list[tag] + '/')
    sleep(20)
    first_image = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
    '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/main/article/div/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/div/div[2]')
    first_image.click()
    sleep(randint(2, 4))
    try:
        for a in range(1, 100):
            username = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
            '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/article/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div/span/a').text

            try:
                follow_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
                '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/article/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button')

                follow_button.click()
                new_followed.append(username)
                followed += 1

                like_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
                              '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/article/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/section[1]/span[1]/button')
                like_button.click()
                likes += 1

                sleep(randint(10, 20))

                comm_prob = randint(1, 10)

                if comm_prob >= 5:
                    comment_check = True
                    comment_button = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
                                     '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/article/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/section[1]/span[2]/button')
                    comment_button.click()

                    comment_box = browser.find_element(By.XPATH,
                                  '/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/article/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/section[3]/div/form/textarea')

                    if comm_prob == 5:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Awesome!")
                        sleep(1)
                    if comm_prob == 6:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Nice!")
                        sleep(1)
                    elif comm_prob == 7:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Cool!")
                        sleep(1)
                    elif comm_prob == 8:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Great!")
                        sleep(1)
                    elif comm_prob == 9:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Super!")
                        sleep(1)
                    elif comm_prob == 10:
                        comment_box.send_keys("Fantastic!")
                        sleep(1)

                    comment_box.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
                    comments += 1
                    sleep(randint(5, 10))
                else:
                    comment_check = False

                if comment_check:
                    comment_proof = '| commented'
                else:
                    comment_proof = ''

                print(f'{a} | #{hashtag} | user: {username} | {strftime("%Hh%Mm%Ss")} {comment_proof}')

                next_arrow()
                sleep(randint(5, 15))

            except Exception:
                next_arrow()
                sleep(randint(10, 15))
                continue

    except Exception as e1:
        print(f"""> activated exception 2 in line: {sys.exc_info()[-1].tb_lineno} | {e1}""")
        next_arrow()
        sleep(randint(5, 10))
        continue

user_list.extend(new_followed)
list_count += 1
users_updated = pd.DataFrame(user_list)
users_updated.to_csv(f'users-followed-list_0{list_count}.csv')

print(f"""
Liked {likes} posts.
Commented on {comments} posts.
Followed {followed} new profiles.
""")