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📅 Day 1: Setting up Selenium and WebDriver for Instagram Automation

On Day 1, we will:

✅ Install Selenium
✅ Set up WebDriver (ChromeDriver)
✅ Write your first script to open Instagram in a browser

🛠️ Step 1: Install Selenium

First, install Selenium using pip.

pip install selenium

🛠️ Step 2: Download ChromeDriver

Since Selenium needs a WebDriver to interact with a browser, we need to download ChromeDriver.

➡️ Steps to Download ChromeDriver:

Go to https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads.
Download the version that matches your Google Chrome version.
Place the chromedriver.exe file in a known directory (e.g., C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe).

🛠️ Step 3: Write Your First Selenium Script

We will write a script to:

Open Instagram in the browser.
Maximize the browser window.
Wait for 5 seconds before closing the browser.

📄 Code: Open Instagram using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
import time

# Path to your ChromeDriver
service = Service("C:/WebDrivers/chromedriver.exe")

# Initialize WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)

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

# Maximize the window
driver.maximize_window()

# Wait for 5 seconds
time.sleep(5)

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

✅ Explanation:

webdriver.Chrome(service=service): Initializes the Chrome browser using the ChromeDriver.
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com"): Opens Instagram in the browser.
driver.maximize_window(): Maximizes the browser window.
time.sleep(5): Pauses the script for 5 seconds.
driver.quit(): Closes the browser and ends the session.

🛠️ Step 4: Running the Script

Follow these steps to run your script:

Save the script as instagram_bot.py.
Open your terminal or command prompt.
Run the script:

python instagram_bot.py

📝 Your Task for Today:

Install Selenium and download ChromeDriver.
Write and run the script to open Instagram in your browser.
Ensure the browser opens, maximizes, and closes after 5 seconds.

💬 Let me know if you encounter any issues! Once you're done, I'll guide you through Day 2: Locating Elements on Instagram. 😊

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