I Don't Get How I Can Scrape Usernames On Gramfeed

[musician87 2]

Hi guys, I'm having a roadblock since I don't really don't get how to do a particular thing.

 

Basically I need to follow users from GramFeed. Each batch should add 20 people (for example).

 

So:

1) Navigate to: http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/tags#rolex

2) Wait for website loading

3) Scrape for usernames and save them on a list

4) Navigate to: http://www.gramfeed.com/#USERNAME

5) If follow button -> click it, then wait, then Navigate to: http://www.gramfeed.com/#USERNAME for the next username.

if Unfollow button -> skip to the next username.

6) When finished wait.

7) Reload the page and keep it looping.

 

This is what I'm looking for...the issue is this: If I scrape for 20 username, but I already followed them, I basically miss a batch...for every batch I need to follow 20 usernames. 

 

So, how I can deal with it? Maybe I should navigate to each url where there is the username and if follow -> click it and increment a list to +1 and if there is the unfollow button, skip and look for another username. Then when #maxusernames (the variable that indicate the number of people I want to follow for batch) is = list then wait for X hour, clean list and refresh?

 

I hope that you get what I'm looking for! Thanks a lot guys!

[Asentrix 17]

If your code isn't too private I suggest posting it here so I can get a better understanding and assist you further

[itexspert 47]

Maybe I should navigate to each url where there is the username and if follow -> click it and increment a list to +1 and if there is the unfollow button, skip and look for another username. Then when #maxusernames (the variable that indicate the number of people I want to follow for batch) is = list then wait for X hour, clean list and refresh?

 

You Answered to your own question my friend!

[itexspert 47]

This is from my Instagram Marketer Pro,its very simple to follow people from a list of usernames really only thing you need to be aware is the timing of all of this!

 

Thought it would be a good share!

 

define Follow Users From List {
    set user agent("Chrome")
    create table from file(#usersfromlist,&test1)
    loop(#listfollowers) {
        if($comparison(#STOP,"=",$true)) {
            then {
                stop script
            }
            else {
            }
        }
        navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com/{$table cell(&test1,#row,0)}","Wait")
        wait(2)
        wait for browser event("DOM Ready","")
        wait for browser event("Everything Loaded","")
        if($exists(<innerhtml="+ follow">)) {
            then {
                click(<innertext="+ follow">,"Left Click","No")
            }
            else {
                click(<innertext="+ Request">,"Left Click","No")
            }
        }
        wait(3.5)
        increment(#row)
    }
    navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com","Wait")
    stop script
}

[Asentrix 17]

Here you are

navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/tags#rolex", "Wait")
clear list(%usernames)
wait for element(<id="main">, 20, "Appear")
change attribute(<id="topbar">, "innertext", "")
change attribute(<id="topAd">, "innertext", "")
change attribute(<id="filter">, "innertext", "")
add list to list(%usernames, $scrape attribute(<title=w"*">, "title"), "Delete", "Global")
set list position(%usernames, 0)
loop($list total(%usernames)) {
    navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com/{$next list item(%usernames)}", "Wait")
}

I couldn't finish it since I don't have instagram , but I can tll you how to finish it.

You need to do the following

If exists > select element > unfollow button
          Then 
           navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com/{$next list item(%usernames)}", "Wait")
 
          Else
           click follow button
           navigate("http://www.gramfeed.com/{$next list item(%usernames)}", "Wait")

Edited May 18, 2015 by Asentrix

[musician87 2]

 

 

 

 

Damn guys thanks a lot! I'll look into it asap! Basically I didn't post my code since I haven't idea how do it, but now I believe that I can do it

 

Thanks a lot!!!

[Asentrix 17]

Not a problem , if you ever need help just shoot me a PM