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See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.\n\n\n\n### Prerequisites\n\nYou will need the following for running this script-\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e1)Python3 installed in your system\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e2)Firefox web browser with Firefox webdriver\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e3)pip3\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e4)selenium\u003cbr/\u003e\n\n\n\n### Installation Instructions\n\n#### 1) Installing Python3\n\u003eVisit the following url for details on how to install Python 3 for various Operating systems https://realpython.com/installing-python/#step-1-download-the-python-3-installer\n\n\n#### 2) Installing Firefox\n```elm\ncd\nsudo apt-get -y install firefox\ncd\nwget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.26.0/geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64.tar.gz\ntar xzf geckodriver-v0.25.0-linux64.tar.gz\nsudo mv geckodriver /usr/bin/geckodriver\n```\n\n\n#### 3) Installing pip3\n```elm\ncd\napt install python3-pip\n```\n\n\n#### 4) Installing Selenium\n```elm\ncd\npip3 install selenium\n```\n\n\n\n### Break down into end to end tests\n\nThis project is not any kind of extention of any other project\n\n\n\n## Deployment\n\n\u003e1. Clone the project\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e2. Follow the installation instructions\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e3. Open InstaSpy.py file in any text editor\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e4. Now, in line 121 replace the following with your credentials and target's username\u003c/br\u003e\n```elm\n('\u003cUsername\u003e', '\u003cPassword\u003e', '\u003ctarget_username\u003e')\n```\n\u003e7. Open terminal and run the following command\u003cbr/\u003e\n```elm\ncd Downloads/InstaSpy-master\npython3 InstaSpy-script.py\n```\n\u003e8. Wait for around 5 minutes and let the script run\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003e9. 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It's the end user's responsibility to obey all applicable local, state and federal laws. Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by this program. Only use for educational purposes.**\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fholps-7%2Finstaspy","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fholps-7%2Finstaspy","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fholps-7%2Finstaspy/lists"}