instagram-follower-scraper

Disclaimer

⚠️	Use at your own risk, the author of this project is not liable for your actions :exclamation:
⚠️	This project was made for research and educational purposes ONLY❗
⚠️	This project violates Instagrams's User Agreement, and because of this, Instagram may (and will) temporarily or permanently ban your account. We are not responsible for your account being banned:exclamation:

Description

This script scrapes the follower list of ANY Instagram profile and saves the scraped data into an excel file.

This project was build for research and educational purposes ONLY. Use with caution and on your own risk:exclamation:

Prerequisites

Please keep in mind that this only functions when certain conditions are met:

• stable internet connection

• valid IG account

• download suitable Chromedriver

Configuration

• Python Version used: Python 3.8.5

• Chromedriver Version used: ChromeDriver 107.0.5304.62

• PyCharm IDE Version used: PyCharm Community Edition 2020.1.4

• Make sure to install following packages after cloning this project

  • pip install selenium

  • pip install pandas

  • pip install XlsxWriter

• In case of PyCharm IDE

  • Before running the script make changes to the run configurations of PyCharm:

    a. Navigate to the right top corner, open the dropdown and click on "Edit Configuration"

    b. Under Execution select the "Emulate terminal in output console" option

    c. Apply all changes with "apply"

    d. Finish Configuration with "OK"

    
    

Common Issues

If issues occur it can be due to the fast changing source code of IG the code needs to be maintained, if this is the case open an issue and ill get to is asap

Possible Solutions:

• Try to rerun, it is possible that there was disturbance

• Try to re-specify the HTML elements in particular the pop-up message handler using the xPath or full xPath selector

• Make sure that the Chromedriver suits your google Chrome version

→ If there are other issues don't hesitate to open a new issue.

Legal ⚠️

This script is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Developed for research and educational purposes ONLY - Use at your own risk.

This project violates Instagram's Terms of Service (TOS), and because of this, Instagram may (and will) temporarily or permanently ban your account. I'm not responsible for your account being banned or any actions you perform.

Contact

If you have any questions, face any problems or have any improvement suggestions do not hesitate to contact me or open a new issue.

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