Instagrambot: When trying to like instagram photo, class is not found

Question

I started to develop an API for instagram. Everything is working normally, however the line code that like the publication is not finding the class.

The class:

Code to enjoy:

        def curtir_fotos(self, hashtag):
        driver = self.driver
        self.hashtag = hashtag
        driver.get('https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/' +hashtag+ '/')
        time.sleep(5)
        for i in range(1, 3):
            driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")
            time.sleep(3)
        hrefs = driver.find_elements_by_tag_name('a')
        pic_hrefs = [elen.get_attribute('href') for elen in hrefs]
        [href for href in pic_hrefs if hashtag in href]
        print(hashtag + ' fotos: ' +str(len(pic_hrefs)))

        for pic_hrefs in pic_hrefs:
            driver.get(pic_hrefs)
            driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")
            try:
                driver.find_element_by_class_name('//button[@class="_8-yf5 "]').click()
                time.sleep(10)
            except Exception:
                time.sleep(5)

He always falls in the except and I don’t know why. So how do I solve??

Answer 1

Hello, try to change: driver.find_element_by_class_name('//button[@class="_8-yf5 "]').click()

for: driver.find_element_by_class_name('_8-yf5').click()

For I believe this method you are using '//button[@class="_8-yf5"]' is only for xpath

And if you’re going to try with xpath, try something like '//svg[@aria-label="Curtir"]'

Answer 2

Hello, could you try with the driver.find_element_by_css_selector

Would look like this: driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#react-root > section > main > div > div.ltEKP > article > div.eo2As > section.ltpMr.Slqrh > span.fr66n > button > div > span > svg").click()

I tested and it worked.

To capture the css Right-click the element there in Chrome then Inspect Usa Ctrl+Shirt+C and selects the element then right-click on the code that was marked next to the next step element Copy and finally Copy Selector, now and just play there in the code.