How can I open a website in my web browser using Python 3?

Question

I want to enter a login, username and then click the button login in Instagram. Here is my code (Problem is below):

from selenium import webdriver
from time import sleep
from secrets import pw

class InstaBot():
    def __init__(self, username, password):
        self.driver = webdriver.Safari()
        self.driver.get("https://instagram.com")
        sleep(2)

        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/article/div[2]/div[1]/div/form/div[2]/div/label/input')\
            .send_keys(username)
        sleep(3)
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name=\'password\']")\
            .send_keys(password)
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@type=\'submit\']")\
            .click()
        sleep(4)

InstaBot('myusername', 'mypassword')

However, every time I run it, this happens:

I have no idea why, but it writes my username, goes to the password, enters a couple of digits of the password, and then returns to the username and places the rest of the password there. I am clueless on as of why this is happening.

@formicaman if he just wants to open a website, then there's no point on using Selenium, which ends up being overkill. webbrowser.open should work if he haves a default browser. Otherwise, he could use webbrowser.get first to get a controller for a specific browser — yyyyyyyan
– yyyyyyyan, Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 19:38
I now have another problem... I'm trying to input a username and password using selenium, can you guys help me? I can update the question — Nicolas F
– Nicolas F, Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 19:55

Wadim · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-04 21:07:15Z

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def __init__(self, username, password):
    self.driver = webdriver.Safari()
    self.driver.get("https://instagram.com")
    sleep(2)

    self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="react-root"]/section/main/article/div[2]/div[1]/div/form/div[2]/div/label/input')\
        .send_keys(username)
    sleep(3)
    self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name=\'password\']")\
        .send_keys(password)
    self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@type=\'submit\']")\
        .click()
    sleep(5)
    self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@class='sqdOP yWX7d    y3zKF     ']").click()
    sleep(4)

edited Jul 4, 2020 at 21:07

answered Jul 4, 2020 at 20:26

Wadim

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7 Comments

Nicolas F Over a year ago

Hey! Can you please give me a simple explanation of what I did wrong?

Wadim Over a year ago

Can you add this line: self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@class='sqdOP yWX7d y3zKF ']").click()

Wadim Over a year ago

Can you probably use Firefox?

Nicolas F Over a year ago

Hey! It didn't work... But I created a loop to go over each character. but now I have another issue. It doesn't click the final log in button

Wadim Over a year ago

Can you use another browser?

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