Tkinter app using selenium not responding after clicking run - python-3.x

Question

I created an instagram bot that uses the selenium webdriver along with a tkinter interface. However when the browser is running, the app does not respond not allowing to close it midway or anything else. The tkinter app runs in a seperate class to the actual code
import tkinter as tk
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time
import threading
import random
import sys
import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import errorcode
from datetime import datetime
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.ttk import *
from time import strftime
from tkinter import messagebox
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
# THIS VERSION IS V 1.1.0
# THIS UPDATE INCLUDES THE NEW LAYOUT FOR THE GUI USING TTKINTER
# NEW MENUS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE
# ADDED NUMBER OF PICTURES TO LIKE OPTION
# NEW FORMAT
# FIXED BUGS EXCLUDING RANDOM REDIRECTION ISSUE
# Note: This works with Chromedriver V77 and Chrome V77
class StartPage(tk.Tk):
# Load application
def __init__(self, root):
root.title("Instagram Bot - Created By HudZah")
# Creating menubar
menubar = Menu(root)
print("Application loading, please wait")
print("When you install this application, you agree to the abide by the Terms And Conditions stated in the installtion folder. This software is not intended to be used for the exploitation of Instagram, rather as a means of promoting your product. Any detention or suspension that is resulted due to excessive use of this Bot is in no means the fault of the publisher, but the consequences faced by the user. It should be clear that this Bot should not be misused or overused, this might result in unknown penalties to be faced by the user." + "\n Created by HudZah")
Border = 3
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, height=600, width=700)
canvas.pack()
MainFrame = tk.Frame(root, bg="white")
MainFrame.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
# Adding file menu and commands
file = Menu(menubar, tearoff = 0)
menubar.add_cascade(label = "File", menu = file)
file.add_command(label ='New File', command = None)
file.add_command(label ='Run', command = lambda:GetUserInfo(Username.get(), Password.get(), List.get()))
file.add_command(label ='Save', command = None)
file.add_separator()
file.add_command(label ='Exit', command = root.destroy)
# Adding Edit Menu and commands
edit = Menu(menubar, tearoff = 0)
menubar.add_cascade(label ='Edit', menu = edit)
edit.add_command(label ='Cut', command = None)
edit.add_command(label ='Copy', command = None)
edit.add_command(label ='Paste', command = None)
edit.add_command(label ='Select All', command = None)
edit.add_separator()
edit.add_command(label ='Find...', command = None)
edit.add_command(label ='Find again', command = None)
# Adding Help Menu
help_ = Menu(menubar, tearoff = 0)
menubar.add_cascade(label ='Help', menu = help_)
help_.add_command(label ='Help', command = None)
help_.add_command(label ='Tutorials', command = None)
help_.add_separator()
help_.add_command(label ='About BOTIG', command = None)
UsernameFrame = tk.Frame(root, bg="lightgrey", bd=Border)
help_.add_command(label ='Information', command = None)
# Relative width to the canvas
UsernameFrame.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.135, relwidth=0.60,
relheight=0.1, anchor="n")
Username = tk.Entry(UsernameFrame, font=40)
Username.insert(0, "Username")
Username.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
Username.focus()
PasswordFrame = tk.Frame(root, bg="lightgrey", bd=Border)
PasswordFrame.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.26, relwidth=0.60,
relheight=0.1, anchor="n")
Password = tk.Entry(PasswordFrame, show="*", font=40)
Password.insert(0, "Password")
Password.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
ListFrame = tk.Frame(root, bg="lightgrey", bd=Border)
ListFrame.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.385, relwidth=0.60,
relheight=0.1, anchor="n")
List = tk.Entry(ListFrame, font=40)
List.insert(0, "Explore Hashtags, eg: food, nyc")
List.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
# Minutes
PicsInput = Spinbox(root, from_= 1, to = 2000, font = 13)
PicsInput.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.61, relwidth=0.14,
relheight=0.055, anchor = "n")
button = tk.Button(MainFrame, text="Run",
command=lambda:GetUserInfo(Username.get(), Password.get(), List.get(), PicsInput.get()))
button.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.71, relwidth=0.25,
relheight=0.085, anchor="n")
button = tk.Button(MainFrame, text="Quit",
command= root.destroy)
button.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.81, relwidth=0.25,
relheight=0.085, anchor="n")
label = tk.Label(root, text = "Created by HudZah © 2019", font = 13, bg = "white", fg = "black")
label.place(relx = 0.5, rely = 0.93, anchor = "n")
PicsInputLabel = tk.Label(root, text = "Pictures Per Hashtag", font = 7, bg = "white", fg = "black")
PicsInputLabel.place(relx = 0.5, rely = 0.55, relwidth = 0.3, anchor = "n")
# Create label to show errors to users and Info of bot when closed
root.config(menu = menubar)
#pyinstaller --add-binary="Documents/chromedriver.exe;." InstagramBotV1.1.0.py
class InstagramBot(tk.Tk):
# Run page
def __init__(self, username, password):
self.username = username
self.password = password
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
def login(self):
driver = self.driver
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/")
time.sleep(2)
LoginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath(
"//a[#href='/accounts/login/?source=auth_switcher']")
LoginButton.click()
time.sleep(5)
UsernameElem = driver.find_element_by_xpath(
"//input[#name='username']")
UsernameElem.clear()
UsernameElem.send_keys(self.username)
PasswordElem = driver.find_element_by_xpath(
"//input[#name='password']")
PasswordElem.clear()
PasswordElem.send_keys(self.password)
PasswordElem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
time.sleep(6)
def LikePhoto(self, hashtag, NumOfPics, pages):
driver = self.driver
driver.get("https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/" + hashtag + "/")
time.sleep(3)
# gathering photos
PicLinks = []
print("Check : Number of pages are", pages)
for i in range(0,pages):
try:
driver.execute_script(
"window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")
time.sleep(2)
# get tags
Links = driver.find_elements_by_tag_name('a')
# finding relevant hrefs
Links = [elem.get_attribute('href') for elem in Links
if ".com/p/" in elem.get_attribute("href")]
for i in range (0,len(Links)):
if Links[i] not in PicLinks:
PicLinks.append(Links[i])
print(
"Check: Total N.of pic hrefs stored after array : " + str(len(PicLinks)) + " , in " + hashtag)
# print(Links)
except Exception:
continue
LikedPhotos = 0
for i in range(0, len(PicLinks)):
print("Num" , i , " : " , PicLinks[i])
# Liking photos
UniquePhotos = int(NumOfPics)
#for PicLinks in Links:
for i in range(0,int(NumOfPics)):
driver.get(PicLinks[i])
time.sleep(4)
driver.execute_script(
"window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")
try:
time.sleep(random.randint(5, 9))
#driver.find_element_by_xpath("//class[#glyphsSpriteHeart__outline__24__grey_9 u-__7]").click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[#aria-label="Like"]').click() # Anonymous function
time.sleep(1)
UniquePhotos = UniquePhotos - 1
LikedPhotos = LikedPhotos + 1
print("Picture liked : ",LikedPhotos , " Pictures left : ", UniquePhotos)
except Exception:
time.sleep(2)
def closeBrowser(self):
self.driver.close()
print("Browser quit")
# Pass info to main class
def GetUserInfo(username, password, hashtagReceived, nOfPics):
if password and username and hashtagReceived:
if username != "Username" and password != "Password" and hashtagReceived != "Explore Hashtags, eg: food, nyc":
try:
if int(nOfPics) != 0:
if messagebox.askokcancel('Application','Application is running, press OK to continue') == True:
hashtags = []
username = username
password = password
pages = int(nOfPics)/10
pages = int(pages)
if pages < 1:
pages = 1
else:
pages = pages
#print("username is ", username, "ands password is", password)
# Split hashtags into an array
hashtags = hashtagReceived.split(",")
try:
print(hashtags)
IG = InstagramBot(username, password)
IG.login()
i = 0
except:
messagebox.showerror("Could not execute task. Please try again.")
try:
while i <= len(hashtags):
# Choose a random tag from the list of tags
tag = hashtags[i]
tag = tag.replace(" ", "")
IG.LikePhoto(tag, nOfPics, pages)
i = i + 1
except ValueError:
print("Value could not be converted to an integer.")
except Exception:
if i != len(hashtags):
IG.closeBrowser()
print("Browser crashed")
time.sleep(3)
IG = InstagramBot(username, password)
IG.login()
i = 0
elif i == len(hashtags):
print("Hashtags are out")
finally:
print("Program finished")
IG.closeBrowser()
else:
SystemExit()
else:
messagebox.showwarning("Error", "Please enter a valid number of posts to like")
print("Please enter a valid number of posts to like")
except Exception:
messagebox.showwarning("Error", "Please enter a valid number of posts to like")
print("Please enter a valid number of posts to like")
else:
messagebox.showwarning("Error", "Please enter suitable data")
print("Please enter suitable data")
else:
messagebox.showwarning('Error', 'Please enter a username or password') #shows warning message
print("Please enter a username and password")
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("Run from main")
root = tk.Tk()
Start = StartPage(root)
root.mainloop()
else:
print("Run from import")
The browser runs perfectly fine and the code works. However if you try and click any buttons on the app, it does not respond. It is supposed to run the browser as well as run the app simultaneously

Answer 1

The issue you're facing is because selenium and tkinter are running on the same thread/process, you need either use the threading module or subprocess module to run it, doing this your tkinter application will not be freezing anymore.
Threading documentation can be found here
Subprocess documentation here
You can find some implementations of threading on this link