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40 changes: 26 additions & 14 deletions LInBot.py
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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os, random, sys, time, urlparse
import os, random, sys, time, urlparse, csv
from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

Expand All @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def Launch():
if os.path.isfile('config') == False:
print 'Error! No configuration file.'
sys.exit()

# Check if the file 'visitedUsers.txt' exists, otherwise create it
if os.path.isfile('visitedUsers.txt') == False:
visitedUsersFile = open('visitedUsers.txt', 'wb')
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -112,16 +112,17 @@ def LInBot(browser):

# Generate random IDs
while True:

profileID = str(random.randint(10000000, 99999999))
browser.get('https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id='+profileID)

#profileID = str(random.randint(10000000, 99999999))
profileID = (random.choice(firstname)+random.choice(lastname)).lower()
browser.get('https://www.linkedin.com/in/'+profileID)
T += 1

# Add the random ID to the visitedUsersFile
with open('visitedUsers.txt', 'ab') as visitedUsersFile:
visitedUsersFile.write(str(profileID)+'\r\n')
visitedUsersFile.close()

if GetNewProfilesID(BeautifulSoup(browser.page_source), profilesQueued):
break
else:
Expand All @@ -135,10 +136,12 @@ def LInBot(browser):
print browser.title.replace(' | LinkedIn', ''), ' visited. T:', T, '| V:', V, '| Q:', len(profilesQueued)

while profilesQueued:

profileID = profilesQueued.pop()
browser.get('https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id='+profileID)



browser.get('https://www.linkedin.com/in/'+profileID)

# Add the ID to the visitedUsersFile
with open('visitedUsers.txt', 'ab') as visitedUsersFile:
visitedUsersFile.write(str(profileID)+'\r\n')
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ def LInBot(browser):
time.sleep(random.uniform(5, 7)) # Otherwise, sleep to make sure everything loads

print '\nNo more profiles to visit. Everything restarts with a random profile...\n'


def GetNewProfilesID(soup, profilesQueued):
# Open, load and close
Expand All @@ -197,9 +200,18 @@ def GetNewProfilesID(soup, profilesQueued):
profilesID.append(profileID)
except:
pass

return profilesID


if __name__ == '__main__':

if __name__ == '__main__':
firstname = []
lastname = []
with open("./firstname.txt", "r") as f :
for line in f :
firstname.append(line.rstrip())

with open("./lastname.txt", "r") as f :
for line in f :
lastname.append(line.rstrip())
Launch()
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