+ InstaFollowBot 2020 +

Find & copy to clipboard all Instagram Followers - Following - Non-Followers - Non-Following - New Followers - Unfollowers

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Contents

• Purpose
• Method
• Installation
• Execution
• Licence
• Help
• Contribution

Purpose

• The bot collects the followers & following list from an Instagram profile.
• The collected usernames can be copied to clipboard upon request.
• The bot can also discover the non-followers & non-following by taking the difference between the followers & following lists.
• Finally, it can discover the new followers & unfollowers by taking the difference between the current followers & the followers previously saved in a specified file.

Method

• The bot code implements the MVC design pattern & automated browsing via the Selenium WebDriver that sends & displays actions onto the Chrome web browser with appropriate delays.

Installation

1. Python 3.6 & above

• Download the installer.
• Run & follow the steps of the installer.
• This is the used programming language.

2. Selenium WebDriver for Chrome

• Download the compressed chromedriver installer corresponding to your Chrome version & OS version.
• The used Chrome version is on the 1st output line when requesting chrome://version in Chrome's search bar.
• The filename to download is chromedriver_win32.zip for Windows & chromedriver_mac64.zip for Mac.
• Unzip the compressed installer.
• Run & follow the steps of the installer.
• This is the automatic driver for Chrome.

3. selenium package

• Install with pip install selenium from the terminal.
• These are the Python bindings to the Selenium Webdriver.

4. pyperclip package

• Install with pip install pyperclip from the terminal.
• This is the connection to the clipboard of the OS.

5. Google Chrome

• Download the installer.
• Run & follow the steps of the installer.
• This is the web browser Chrome.

6. InstaFollowBot

• Download the Python source.
• Set the value of self._driver_path on line 82 to the path of the chromedriver executable on your operating system (OS), e.g. self._driver_path = 'D:/utils/net/chromedriver.exe' or self._driver_path = '/users/username/utils/net/chromedriver'.
• This is the source code of the bot.

Execution

• Run InstaFollowBotw with python InstaFollowBot.py from the terminal.
• Just InstaFollowBot.py or double clicking may also work.

Login To Instagram

• Happens as soon as the program runs.

1. The bot loads Chrome.
2. It asks the user for their Instagram username and password. * The password characters typed remain invisible for a safer entry.
3. It visits the Instagram website.
4. It waits 1 sec for the browser to load.
5. It logins automatically to the profile using the provided details.
6. It waits 3 sec.
7. It opens the profile page.
8. It waits 1 sec.

Menu Options

1. Download Followers From Instagram

• Scrolls over the followers on the logged in Instagram profile.
• Copies the profile names & total number of followers alongside the current time to the program memory.
• To be rerun if fewer followers than displayed are returned due to delay in downloading.
• Process description to collect followers
  1. Visit user profile
  2. Wait 1 sec
  3. Click on followers button
  4. Wait 1 sec
  5. Click on scroll bar repeatedly every 0.5 secs
  6. Collect all followers' usernames.

2. Download Following From Instagram

• Scrolls over the following on the logged in Instagram profile.
• Copies the profile names & total number of following alongside the current time to the program memory.
• To be rerun if fewer following than displayed are returned due to delay in downloading.

3. Copy Followers To Clipboard

• Copies the downloaded profile names & total number of followers from the program memory alongside the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in reverse chronological order of following.
• The data can be easily copied to a file with Ctrl-V on Windows or Cmd-V on Mac.
• Runs 1. if it was not previously done.

4. Copy Following From Instagram To Clipboard

• Copies the downloaded profile names & total number of following from the program memory alongside the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in reverse chronological order of following.
• Runs 2. if it was not previously done.

5. Copy Non-Followers To Clipboard

• Discovers the profile names & total number of non-followers by subtracting the followers from the following.
• Copies the discovered profile names & total number of non-followers alongside the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in alphabetical order.
• Runs 1. & 2. if it was not previously done.

6. Copy Non-Following To Clipboard

• Discovers the profile names & total number of non-following by subtracting the following from the followers.
• Copies the discovered profile names & total number of non-following alongside the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in alphabetical order.
• Runs 1. & 2. if it was not previously done.

7. Copy New Followers To Clipboard

• Discovers the profile names & total number of new followers by subtracting the followers previously saved in a file from the current followers.
• Copies the discovered profile names & total number of new followers alongside the previously saved & the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in alphabetical order.
• Runs 1. if it was not previously done.
• Asks the user for the filename containing previously saved followers if it was not previously done.
• Reads followers from the specified file if it was not previously done.

8. Copy Unfollowers To Clipboard

• Discovers the profile names & total number of unfollowers by subtracting the current followers from the followers previously saved in a file.
• Copies the discovered profile names & total number of unfollowers alongside the previously saved & the current time to the OS clipboard.
• The profile names appear in alphabetical order.
• Runs 1. if it was not previously done.
• Asks the user for the filename containing previously saved followers if it was not previously done.
• Reads followers from the specified file if it was not previously done.

0. Exit

• Exits the program.

Sample Output Copied From Clipboard

Only the 1st 2 Instagram profile names are displayed for brevity.

Menu Option 3.

202 @aoctut Followers 18/05/2020-09:56
stone_sense
gemma_cormack
...

Menu Option 4.

198 @aoctut Following 18/05/2020-09:56
jadahsellner
emilyryanlikes
...

Menu Option 5.

23 @aoctut Non-Followers 18/05/2020-09:57
alexbeadon
azurewill
...

Menu Option 6.

27 @aoctut Non-Following 18/05/2020-09:57
2youngtolose
_mastermarketers_
...

Menu Option 7.

7 @aoctut New Followers 12/05/2020-11:52 - 18/05/2020-09:57
2youngtolose
beautypreneur.ie
...

Menu Option 8.

6 @aoctut Unfollowers 12/05/2020-11:52 - 18/05/2020-09:57
brain_whisperer
drsukhi_mysticface
...

Licence

InstaFollowBot is released with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

Help

To ask for help with running the bot, you can contact us on Instagram.

Contribution

• To offer us suggestions or financial support to improve the bot, you can contact us on Instagram.
• To contribute to this project, you can fork this repository, make improvements, and submit them via a pull request.

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