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Selenium send keys not working on instagram comments

i'm trying to automate comments under an ig post but it doesn't work. it gives a generic send_keys error. the script crashes after clicking the ig comment box.

class InstagramBot:

def autocomment(self):
    driver = self.driver
    comment_box = driver.find_element_by_class_name("Ypffh")
    comment_box.clear()
    time.sleep(2)
    comment_box.send_keys(self.comment)
    time.sleep(10)

if name == "main":

username = "test"
password = "test"

ig = InstagramBot(username, password)
ig.login()
ig.nav_user()
while True:
    ig.autocomment()

error: File "C:\Users\Utente\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 479, in send_keys 'value': keys_to_typing(value)})

Upvotes: 0

Views: 446

Answers (1)

Ioannis Koutsocheras
Ioannis Koutsocheras

Reputation: 31

Supposing you are already logged in and inside a post the code below should work fine. 

def autocomment(self, profile_name, comment):
    driver = self.driver    
    driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/" + profile_name + "/")
    time.sleep(2)
    comment_box = driver.find_element_by_class_name('Ypffh')
    comment_box.click()
    comment_box = driver.find_element_by_class_name('Ypffh')
    comment_box.send_keys(comment)
    comment_box.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

ig.autocomment("profile_name", "blabla")

As far as your code concerned :

comment_box.send_keys(self.comment)

After commenting you should have had submitted it in some way.

Last but not least I don't think this line below is necessary as every-time the comment box is empty by default. 

comment_box.clear()

For any additional help please tell me as it's my first time answering a question.

Upvotes: 2

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