Instagram Bot using Selenium

Question

I am getting error :- 'str' object has no attribute 'click'

for i in range(1,100): username = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("body > div._2dDPU.CkGkG > div.zZYga > div > article > header > div.o-MQd > div.PQo_0 > div.e1e1d > span > a").text username.click()

                if username not in prev_user_list:
                    follow = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[5]/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button").text
                    if follow == "Follow":
                        follow.click()
                        new_followed.append(username)
                        followed += 1

You're getting the text of the button and then trying to do something with the text. You need to get the button, not just the text. — C. Fennell, Nov 23 '20 at 17:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '20 at 16:46

You're saving the TEXT to the variable and then attempting a click. Try just capturing the webElement and then accessing the text such as this:

if username not in prev_user_list:
                follow = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[5]/div[2]/div/article/header/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/button")
                if follow.text == "Follow":
                    follow.click()
                    new_followed.append(username)
                    followed += 1

Instagram Bot using Selenium

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