A "for" loop for do a task

JavaScript
1

Hello,
I want to write a JS code in web console of the browser for click on a button. I did:

myclick = document.querySelector('button.sqdOP.L3NKy.y3zKF');
for (var input = 1; input <= 10; input++) {
 myclick.click();
}

But it just click on the button once. Which part of code is wrong?

Thank you.

2

Nothing seems wrong with the code.

Perhaps if you let us know the site and the button, we can help diagnose things further for you.

3

The “Follow” button of Instagram website.

4

No matter how many times you click that button, they know it’s coming from the same location so they record only one follow. It doesn’t matter how many times it’s clicked.

5

Thank you.
Any solution? Instagram.com just allow a limited follow per minute.

6

Nope. The rules are there for good reason. Don’t break the rules.

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9

Granted, of course, that the button doesnt change any of its classes at any point (like say, when someone clicks the button), as a means of… i don’t know… specifically avoiding this sort of coding…

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10

If they do, then maybe you can write an interval to run the click action every 60 seconds.

11

I found below code:

var xpath = "//button[contains(text(),'Follow')]";
var listOfButtons = $x(xpath);

for(var i=0; i<listOfButtons.length; i++) {
  (function (i) {
    setTimeout(function () {
      listOfButtons[i].click() }, 1000*i);
  })(i);
};

But it show me an error:

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Why?

15

As it’s unethical to spread code with the purpose to enable abuse of what the platform tries to block, this thread has been closed.

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