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    🔥 Day 12: Commenting on Posts

    ✅ What You’ll Learn Today:

    • Locate the Comment field using XPath or CSS selectors.
    • Post a comment on the first few posts of a profile or hashtag page.
    • Mimic human-like behavior by introducing random delays to avoid detection.

    🧑‍💻 Step 1: Setup & Login to Instagram

    We’ll start by logging in to Instagram using Selenium.

    🖥️ Code:

    
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import time

# Setup Chrome options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
chrome_options.add_argument("--start-maximized")

# Initialize the driver
service = Service("path/to/chromedriver")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=chrome_options)

# Open Instagram
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/")
time.sleep(5)  # Wait for the page to load

# Login
username = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "username")
password = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "password")
username.send_keys("your_username")
password.send_keys("your_password")
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[@type='submit']").click()

time.sleep(5)  # Wait for login to complete

    🧑‍💻 Step 2: Navigate to a Profile or Hashtag Page

    Let’s navigate to a specific hashtag page to interact with posts.

    🖥️ Code:

    
# Navigate to a hashtag page
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nature/")
time.sleep(5)

    🧑‍💻 Step 3: Locate and Open a Post

    Identify the first post on the hashtag page and click on it.

    🖥️ Code:

    
# Click on the first post
first_post = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//article//a")
first_post.click()
time.sleep(3)

    🧑‍💻 Step 4: Post a Comment

    We’ll now locate the Comment field, type a comment, and click Post.

    🖥️ Code:

    
# Find the comment field
comment_box = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//textarea[@aria-label='Add a comment…']")

# Type a comment
comment_box.send_keys("Nice post! 😊")

# Click the Post button
post_button = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Post']")
post_button.click()
time.sleep(2)

    🧑‍💻 Step 5: Automate Commenting on Multiple Posts

    Use a loop to comment on multiple posts.

    🖥️ Code:

    
# Loop through multiple posts
for _ in range(3):  # Adjust the range as needed
    comment_box = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//textarea[@aria-label='Add a comment…']")
    comment_box.send_keys("Amazing content! 🔥")
    
    post_button = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Post']")
    post_button.click()
    time.sleep(2)
    
    # Navigate to the next post
    next_button = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//a[contains(text(), 'Next')]")
    next_button.click()
    time.sleep(3)

    🛠️ Practical Task for Today:

    • Create a bot that comments on the first 3 posts of a hashtag page.
    • Randomize the comments and introduce random delays to mimic human behavior.

    🚀 Bonus Tips:

    Use time.sleep() with random intervals using the random module:

    
import random
time.sleep(random.randint(2, 5))

    Would you like me to provide a full project file with structured code? 😊