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Google Chrome script that allows user to mass follow instagram users on another's profile
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| // RUN WITH GOOGLE CHROME | |
| // 1. OPEN INSTAGRAM | |
| // 2. CLICK ON "FOLLOWERS" OR "FOLLOWING" ON A DESIRED USER'S PROFILE | |
| // 3. OPEN DEVELOPER TOOLS BY RIGHT CLICKING ON PAGE AND CLICKING "INSPECT" | |
| // 4. COPY FOLLOWING CODE AND PASTE IN DEVELOPER TOOLS CONSOLE AND RUN | |
| // 5. SCRIPT WILL NOT RUN IF TAB IS NAVIGATED AWAY FROM, MINIMIZED OR UNFOCUSED | |
| // IT IS RECOMMENDED TO OPEN A NEW CHROME WINDOW OR PUSH TAB TO THE SIDE AND LET SCRIPT RUN IN BACKGROUND | |
| // SCRIPT WILL CLICK ON "FOLLOW" BUTTON AND THEN SCROLL THE NEXT "FOLLOW" BUTTON INTO VIEW | |
| const FOLLOW_BUTTON_TEXT = '팔로우' // CHANGE "FOLLOW" TO LOCALIZED LANGUAGE AS DISPLAYED ON INSTAGRAM | |
| const MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_FOLLOW = 3 // MAXIMUM # OF ATTEMPTS | |
| const followSomebody = () => { | |
| const followButton = document | |
| .evaluate(`//button[text()="${FOLLOW_BUTTON_TEXT}"]`, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null) | |
| .singleNodeValue | |
| if (followButton) { | |
| let attempts = 1 | |
| while (attempts < MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_FOLLOW && !followButton) { | |
| console.log(`Attempted to find followButton but could not. Retry #${attempts++}`) | |
| followButton = document.evaluate(`//button[text()="${FOLLOW_BUTTON_TEXT}"]`, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue | |
| } | |
| if (attempts < MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_FOLLOW) { | |
| console.log('Found follow button. Scrolling and clicking ...') | |
| followButton.scrollIntoView(true) | |
| followButton.click() | |
| } else { | |
| console.log(`Retried ${MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_FOLLOW} times and didn't succeed`) | |
| } | |
| return false | |
| } | |
| return true | |
| } | |
| const timeout = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)) | |
| // INCREASE TIMEOUT IF NECESSARY TO AVOID RESTRICTIONS/LIMITS PER DAY | |
| const randomTimeout = () => (Math.floor((Math.random() * 10) + 1) * 1000) + 60000 | |
| const followEveryone = async () => { | |
| let shouldStop = false | |
| while (!shouldStop) { | |
| shouldStop = followSomebody() | |
| const followTimeout = randomTimeout() | |
| console.log(`Waiting ${followTimeout} seconds. Should stop: ${shouldStop}.`) | |
| await timeout(followTimeout) | |
| } | |
| console.log('You cannot follow anymore.') | |
| } | |
| followEveryone() |
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