Github Follow Bot

What Does it Do?

Follows Github users and also their followers from a user provided list of Github handles.

Installation

• Clone the repo.

• Create a Python virtual environment.

• Install the dependencies:

  pip install -r requirements.txt
  

• Download compatible Chrome Driver for your OS.

• Provide your Chrome Driver path, credentials and the target users' Github usernames:

  CHROME_DRIVER_PATH = "./chromedriver_linux64/chromedriver"
  
  # Put your github username and password here
  YOUR_NAME = "yourname"
  YOUR_PASS = "yourpass"
  
  # List of people's github usernames whose followers you want to follow
  # This could be even yourself
  TARGET_NAMES_LIST = ["rednafi", "gvanrossum"]
  

• Run the bot and let it do its work:

  python -m followbot.bot
  

Development & Contribution

• After cloning the repo, activate python environment and run:

  pip install -r requirements-dev.txt && pip install -r requirements.txt
  

• Make your proposed changes

• Before sending a PR, lint the code with:

  make pylinter
  

• To upgrade the dependencies and sync your environment, run:

  make pyupgrade
  

Disclaimer

I created this just to fiddle with some selenium. The code could be polished. Moreover, it's debatable whether you should use a bot to follow people or not. Also, there is a high chance that Github will flag you as a spam user and ban your public profile. Use at your own risk 🤷‍♂️