Automation using Python: Automated birthday messenger

Name: Automation using Python: Automated birthday messenger
Rating: 4.2 (64 reviews)

Birthday messenger using Instagram

Created byEn Sim

Last updated 10/2021

English

What you'll learn

Making an automated birthday messenger using python

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 40m total length

Planning and structure2:30
Opening chrome using python6:07
Learn to automate birthday messages by launching Chrome with Selenium, configuring the Chrome driver, and using an Excel sheet with name, birth date, and Instagram name.
Opening specific URL using python3:23
Logging in to instagram using python9:29
Leverage selenium to automate logging into Instagram, including navigating incognito, accepting cookies, filling username and password, and submitting the login form with simulated key presses.
Sending a message using instagram5:49
Automate sending a birthday message on Instagram using Python and Selenium by logging in, opening a message, entering the text in the text area, and sending with enter.
Important!0:13
Connecting excel with python12:27
Connect Excel with Python to automate birthday messages by reading a birthday list from Excel, extracting day and month, and sending a personalized message on Instagram.
Automating it0:16

Requirements

Basic python understanding

Description

Tired of forgetting people's birthdays, tired of wishing people? This course teaches you how to create an automatic birthday messenger. It basically wishes your friend on their birthday using Instagram messager.

The structure of this course teaches you how to simulate web clicks using python. First, it teaches you how to open any url using python, then it shows how to simulate a login on Instagram, then sending messages on Instagram, and lastly teaching you how to read an Excel sheet using python. This course acts just as a guide and there are so many more things that you can do. For example, sending pictures/ videos using Instagram. Creating custom birthday messages, feel free to add your own features to this project. And if you like an extra challenge try creating one for other platforms for example Facebook or Linkedin!

Libraries that I would be using in this course are Selenium ( for simulating web clicks), pandas ( to read an Excel sheet that basically acts as a database. You are also welcome to try different ways of storing your data for example using SQL. By the end of this course you would be able to gain a basic understanding of the Selenium library and pursue your own projects that simulate web clicks using Selenium.

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Who this course is for:

Beginner python developers