Function get_given_user_followers

instapy/unfollow_util.py:936–1025

For the given username, follow their followers. :param browser: webdriver instance :param login: :param user_name: given username of account to follow :param amount: the number of followers to follow :param dont_include: ignore these usernames :param randomize: randomly

(
    browser,
    login,
    user_name,
    amount,
    dont_include,
    randomize,
    blacklist,
    follow_times,
    simulation,
    jumps,
    logger,
    logfolder,
)

def get_given_user_followers(
    browser,
    login,
    user_name,
    amount,
    dont_include,
    randomize,
    blacklist,
    follow_times,
    simulation,
    jumps,
    logger,
    logfolder,
):
    """
    For the given username, follow their followers.

    :param browser: webdriver instance
    :param login:
    :param user_name: given username of account to follow
    :param amount: the number of followers to follow
    :param dont_include: ignore these usernames
    :param randomize: randomly select from users' followers
    :param blacklist:
    :param follow_times:
    :param logger: the logger instance
    :param logfolder: the logger folder
    :return: list of user's followers also followed
    """
    user_name = user_name.strip().lower()

    user_link = "https://www.instagram.com/{}/".format(user_name)
    web_address_navigator(browser, user_link)

    if not is_page_available(browser, logger):
        return [], []

    # check how many people are following this user.
    allfollowers, _ = get_relationship_counts(browser, user_name, logger)

    # skip early for no followers
    if not allfollowers:
        logger.info("'{}' has no followers".format(user_name))
        return [], []

    elif allfollowers < amount:
        logger.warning(
            "'{}' has less followers- {}, than the given amount of {}".format(
                user_name, allfollowers, amount
            )
        )

    # locate element to user's followers
    try:
        followers_link = browser.find_element(
            By.XPATH, read_xpath(get_given_user_followers.__name__, "followers_link")
        )
        click_element(browser, followers_link)