Getting list of likers for an instagram post - Python & Selenium

Question

I'm training to web crawling. To do so, I've challenged myself to get the list of all people having liked a post on instagram. My problem is that I'm stuck to the point where I only get the first 11 usernames of likers. I cannot find the right way to automate the scrolling process while getting the likes.

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Here is my process in Jupyter Notebook (it doesn't work as a script yet):

from selenium import webdriver
import pandas as pd

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE82VfHRa6/')

userid_element = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/div/div/article/div[2]/section[2]/div/div/a')[0].click()

elems = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id]/div/a")

users = []

for elem in elems:
    users.append(elem.get_attribute('title'))

print(users)

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Do you guys have any idea?

Many thanks

Answer 1

I tried all the solutions above, but none of them are working. I think they are outdated.

Instead, I wrote my own. It works perfectly in 2020.

This code goes to the "username" address and take the latest post in the profile and get the liked users.

def getPosts():
    hrefs_in_view = driver.find_elements_by_tag_name('a')
    # finding relevant hrefs
    hrefs_in_view = [elem.get_attribute('href') for elem in hrefs_in_view
         if '.com/p/' in elem.get_attribute('href')]
    
    return hrefs_in_view;





def getLikers(username,limit,post=1):
    driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/' + username)
    time.sleep(1)
    users=[]

    #Get Latest Post
    driver.get(getPosts()[post])
    
    time.sleep(2)
    #Open Dialog
    followersLinkX = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//button[@class="sqdOP yWX7d     _8A5w5    "]')
    followersLinkX.click()
    time.sleep(1)
    #Get Dialog
    xxx = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@role="dialog"]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]')
    #Focus on and Scroll
    xxx.click()
    # step 3
    actionChain = webdriver.ActionChains(driver)

  

    count = 0
    
    while(count < limit):
        for i in range(1,1000):
            try:
                users.append("https://www.instagram.com/" + driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@role="dialog"]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div['+ str(i) +']/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]').text) 
                count+=1
            except:
                break
        actionChain.key_down(Keys.SPACE).key_up(Keys.SPACE).perform()
        time.sleep(0.5)  

    return users 

For runing likers = getLikers("deirvlon",100,1)

Answer 2

This worked for me:

driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE82VfHRa6/')

time.sleep(2)

userid_element = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/div/div[1]/article/div[3]/section[2]/div/div[2]/button').click()
time.sleep(2)



elems = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//a[@class='FPmhX notranslate TlrDj']")

users = []


for i in range(10):
    i += 1
    if(i%10) == 9 :
        driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div').click()
        actionChain.key_down(Keys.SPACE).key_up(Keys.SPACE).perform()

    print('/html/body/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div['+str(i)+']/div[2]/div[1]/div/a')
    Title = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div['+str(i)+']/div[2]/div[1]/div/a').get_attribute('title')
    users.append(Title)
    print('Title : ' + Title)

print(users)

Answer 3

I wasn't able to get the code to work as posted in predicty's answer. Therefore I made the adaptation below and it gets me now ~500 likers per post.

def get_post_likers(shortcode):
    chrome = ch.initialize()
    chrome.get('https://www.instagram.com/p/' + shortcode + '/')
    chrome.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, 1080)") 
    url = "/p/" + shortcode + "/liked_by/"
    time.sleep(2)
    like_link = chrome.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@href="'+url+'"]')
    like_link.click()
    time.sleep(2)
    users = []
    pb = chrome.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@role = 'dialog']/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]").value_of_css_property("padding-bottom")
    match = False
    while match==False:
        lastHeight = pb

        # step 1
        elements = chrome.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id]/div/a")
        # step 2
        for element in elements:
            if element.get_attribute('title') not in users:
                users.append(element.get_attribute('title'))
        # step 3
        chrome.execute_script("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", elements[-1])
        time.sleep(1)
        # step 4
        pb = chrome.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@role = 'dialog']/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]").value_of_css_property("padding-bottom")
        if lastHeight==pb or len(users) >= 1500:
            match = True
    return users

Answer 4

I guess instagram site use liked user elements maximum 17.
so, this is one loop

1. get elements list from web
2. save to my list
3. scroll down for get new element
4. check, is this last scroll elements?

driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE82VfHRa6/')

userid_element = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/div/div/article/div[2]/section[2]/div/div/a')[0].click()
time.sleep(2)

# here, you can see user list you want.
# you have to scroll down to download more data from instagram server.
# loop until last element with users table view height value.

users = []

height = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/div").value_of_css_property("padding-top")
match = False
while match==False:
    lastHeight = height

    # step 1
    elements = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id]/div/a")

    # step 2
    for element in elements:
        if element.get_attribute('title') not in users:
            users.append(element.get_attribute('title'))

    # step 3
    driver.execute_script("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", elements[-1])
    time.sleep(1)

    # step 4
    height = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/div").value_of_css_property("padding-top")
    if lastHeight==height:
        match = True

print(users)
print(len(users))
driver.quit()

I test in near 100 liked post, and it worked.

Answer 5

Please try the following code and let me know if this work.

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE82VfHRa6/')

elems = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//a[@class='FPmhX notranslate TlrDj']")

users = []

for elem in elems:
    users.append(elem.get_attribute('title'))
    print('Title : ' +elem.get_attribute('title'))

print(users)

output:-

Title : kyliejenner
Title : saturdayshade28
Title : worldmeetzboy
Title : mrokon
Title : addieisaac
Title : addieisaac
Title : amber_doerksen
Title : amber_doerksen
Title : addieisaac
Title : zayn6117
Title : amber_doerksen
Title : amber_doerksen
Title : worldmeetzboy
Title : worldmeetzboy
Title : razvanpopic1301
Title : johanna.trmn
Title : johanna.trmn
Title : johanna.trmn
Title : americ.av
Title : gabriellcostta1.0
Title : gabriellcostta1.0
Title : gabriellcostta1.0
Title : worldmeetzboy
Title : enactusepi
Title : enactusepi
[u'kyliejenner', u'saturdayshade28', u'worldmeetzboy', u'mrokon', u'addieisaac', u'addieisaac', u'amber_doerksen', u'amber_doerksen', u'addieisaac', u'zayn6117', u'amber_doerksen', u'amber_doerksen', u'worldmeetzboy', u'worldmeetzboy', u'razvanpopic1301', u'johanna.trmn', u'johanna.trmn', u'johanna.trmn', u'americ.av', u'gabriellcostta1.0', u'gabriellcostta1.0', u'gabriellcostta1.0', u'worldmeetzboy', u'enactusepi', u'enactusepi']