Kevin Systrom, the creativity researcher Keith Sawyer explains, was a
fan of Kentucky whiskeys. So when he created a location-based iPhone
app—one driven by the success of networking app Foursquare—he named it
after the booze. The app was complicated, but it took Systrom just a
few months to build: Burbn let users check in at particular locations,
make plans for future check-ins, earn points for hanging out with
friends, and post pictures of the meet-ups.
Instagram Was First Called 'Burbn'.
BurbnBot is a bot for automated interaction in a famous social media app using an Android device or an Android Virtual Devices.
- Android 9.0
- Python 3.6+
- Android platform tools.
Instagram release 173.0.0.39.120.
- Download and install Android platform tools.
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/harrypython/BurbnBot.git cd BurbnBot - Install the requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Connect an Android device with a USB cable or run an Android Virtual Device.
- Make sure you enabled adb debugging on your device(s).
- You can test the device with the command:
The output must be something like this
adb devices
List of devices attached AB12C3456789 device emulator-5554 device
- You can copy the example.py or create your script
python example.py -d emulator-5554
from BurbnBot import Burbnbot
bot = Burbnbot()
# get the following list (take a long time)
users_following = bot.get_following_list()
# get the followers list (take a long time)
users_followers = bot.get_followers_list()
for user in [u for u in users_following if u not in users_followers]:
# unfollow who don't follow you back
bot.unfollow(username=user)
# open explorer session, follow 10 new users
# and save the posts in a collection with name
# yyyy-mm-dd. This way you can check the users
# followed by the app
bot.follow_n_save(amount=10)
users_following = bot.get_following_list()
if len(users_following):
for u in users_following:
# Unfollow who hasn't made a new post for the past 90 days
if bot.get_days_lastpost(username=u) > 90:
bot.unfollow(username=u)
# Open hashtag's feed 'creative',
# check if the hashtag is banned
# move to Recent tab and
# click in the first picture
if bot.open_tag(tag="creative", tab="Recent", check_banned=True):
# swipe and like 5 pictures do feed opened before
bot.like_n_swipe(5)
# open the profile "badgalriri"
if bot.open_profile(username="badgalriri", open_post=True):
# swipe and like 3 pictures do feed opened before
bot.like_n_swipe(3)
# open the post https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nrbNPndh0/
if bot.open_media(media_code="B_nrbNPndh0"):
bot.like_n_swipe()
# open home feed and like 15 posts
if bot.open_home_feed():
bot.like_n_swipe(15)
# return the last users who interacted with you
notification_users = bot.get_notification_users()
for u in notification_users:
if bot.open_profile(username=u):
bot.like_n_swipe(1) # like the last post from users who interacted with you
# return the hashtags followed by you
followed_hashtags = bot.get_followed_hashtags()
for hashtag in followed_hashtags:
if bot.open_tag(tag=hashtag, tab="Recent"): # open the hashtag feed in the 'Recent' tab
bot.like_n_swipe(amount=10) # like 10 posts
# like accounts you've interacted with the least in the last 90 days
usernames = bot.get_least_interacted()
for u in usernames:
if bot.open_profile(username=u, open_post=True):
bot.like_n_swipe(3)
- Open home feed
- Login
- Open post
- Open location feed
- Open profile
- Open hashtag feed
- List followings
- List followers
- List followed hashtags
- Like and scroll an opened feed
- Follow user
- Unfollow user
- How long ago the user last posted
- Logout from other devices
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
