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🚀 Day 13: Handling Instagram’s Anti-Bot Measures

✅ 1. Using Proxies to Rotate IPs

A proxy server hides your IP address by acting as an intermediary between your bot and Instagram. This helps in avoiding detection, especially when you're making repeated requests.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

# Proxy setup
PROXY = "123.45.67.89:8080"  # Replace with a working proxy

# Chrome options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument(f'--proxy-server={PROXY}')

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

# Open Instagram
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/")

✅ 2. Randomizing Delays and Actions

Instagram can detect bots by analyzing the speed and pattern of interactions. To mimic human behavior:

Use random delays between actions.
Randomize the order of actions.
Avoid repetitive tasks in quick succession.

import time
import random

# Function to add random delays
def random_delay():
    delay = random.uniform(2, 5)  # Random delay between 2 to 5 seconds
    time.sleep(delay)

# Example usage
username.send_keys("your_username")
random_delay()
password.send_keys("your_password")
random_delay()
login_button.click()

✅ 3. Mimicking Human Behavior

To make your bot more human-like:

Scroll the page gradually using execute_script().
Hover over elements before clicking them.
Interact with different sections of the page randomly.

# Scroll to the bottom of the page slowly
for i in range(10):
    driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 500);")
    random_delay()

✅ 4. Complete Example Code

import time
import random
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

# Proxy setup
PROXY = "123.45.67.89:8080"

# Chrome options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
chrome_options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
chrome_options.add_argument(f'--proxy-server={PROXY}')

# 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)

# Function to add random delays
def random_delay():
    delay = random.uniform(2, 5)
    time.sleep(delay)

# Locate and interact with login fields
username = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "username")
password = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "password")
login_button = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[@type='submit']")

# Enter credentials with random delays
username.send_keys("your_username")
random_delay()
password.send_keys("your_password")
random_delay()
login_button.click()

# Mimic human scrolling behavior
for i in range(10):
    driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 500);")
    random_delay()

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

🎯 Day 13 Practical Task

✅ Set up proxy support in your bot.
✅ Add random delays to your actions.
✅ Implement scrolling behavior that mimics human activity.