Make An Instagram You Own bot in 5 Minutes

Why would you want a bot? Well, To do it all through automation. Many people even pay companies a good deal of money for this. Today you learn how to do the same thing — for free — making your own bot!

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a bot with Python, to automate your Instagram activities so that you gain more followers and likes with minimal manual input. Along the way, you’ll learn about browser automation with Selenium.

Important: Make sure you check Instagram’s Terms of Use before implementing any kind of automation or scraping technique.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

* How Instagram bots work

* How to automate a browser with Selenium

How Instagram Bots Work

How can an automation script gain you more followers and likes? Think about how an actual person gains more followers and likes.

They do by being consistently active on the platform. They post often, follow other people, and like and leave comments on other people’s posts. Bots work exactly the same way: They follow, like, and comment on a consistent basis according to the criteria you set.

1. You serve it your credentials.

2. You set the criteria for who to follow, what comments to leave, and which type of posts to like.

3. Your bot opens a browser, types in https://instagram.com on the address bar, logs in with your credentials, and starts doing the things you instructed it to do.

Next, you’ll build the initial version of your Instagram bot, which will automatically log in to your profile.

How to Automate a Browser

First, install Selenium. During installation, make sure you also install the Firefox WebDriver. This also means that you need the Firefox browser installed on your computer.

Now, create a Python file, and write the following code in it, save it as file.py:

Open Terminal, navigate to your file, and run the code(python whatevername.py) and you’ll see that a Firefox browser opens and directs you to the Instagram login page. Here’s a line-by-line breakdown of the code:

• Lines 1 and 2 import sleep and web driver.
• Line 4 initializes the Firefox driver and sets it to the browser.
• Line 6 types https://www.instagram.com/ on the address bar and hits Enter.
• Line 8 waits for five seconds so you can see the result. Otherwise, it would close the browser instantly.
• Line 10 closes the browser.

This is the Selenium version of Hello, World.

Steps To Install The Bot

Open your Terminal and paste the following code one at a time:

Usage

that’s it!!

Now, for more information on how to use it, just read the documentation in the link posted above.

Note:

You can set this bot to work 24/7 by hosting it in a server.