Function get_given_user_following

instapy/unfollow_util.py:1028–1170

For the given username, follow who they follows. :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: randoml

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

def get_given_user_following(
    browser,
    login,
    user_name,
    amount,
    dont_include,
    randomize,
    blacklist,
    follow_times,
    simulation,
    jumps,
    logger,
    logfolder,
):
    """
    For the given username, follow who they follows.

    :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 following
    """
    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.
    #  throw RuntimeWarning if we are 0 people following this user
    try:
        # allfollowing = format_number(
        #    browser.find_element(By.XPATH, read_xpath(get_given_user_following.__name__,"all_following")).text)
        allfollowing = format_number(
            browser.find_element(
                By.XPATH, read_xpath(get_given_user_following.__name__, "all_following")
            ).text
        )

    except NoSuchElementException:
        try:
            allfollowing = browser.execute_script(
                "return window.__additionalData[Object.keys(window.__additionalData)[0]].data."
                "graphql.user.edge_follow.count"
            )

        except WebDriverException:
            try:
                browser.execute_script("location.reload()")