Login A/B test detected! Trying another string...

[imager777]

I'm new to using InstaPy, but I gathered that this issue comes from login_util.py and it not being able to locate the Log In element. I attached a screenshot of how my login window appears.

Any insight on a way to get around this would be awesome!

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InstaPy Version: 0.6.16
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INFO [2022-11-01 20:34:40] [username] Session started!
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INFO [2022-11-01 20:34:45] [username] - Cookie file not found, creating cookie...
WARNING [2022-11-01 20:34:56] [username] Login A/B test detected! Trying another string...
WARNING [2022-11-01 20:35:01] [username] Could not pass the login A/B test. Trying last string...
ERROR [2022-11-01 20:35:06] [username] Login A/B test failed!
b"Message: Unable to locate element: //div[text()='Log In']\nStacktrace:\nRemoteError@chrome://remote/content/shared/RemoteError.jsm:12:1\nWebDriverError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:192:5\nNoSuchElementError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:404:5\nelement.find/</<@chrome://remote/content/marionette/element.js:291:16\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\instapy\login_util.py", line 337, in login_user
login_elem = browser.find_element(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 856, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 429, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 243, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: //button[text()='Log In']
Stacktrace:
RemoteError@chrome://remote/content/shared/RemoteError.jsm:12:1
WebDriverError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:192:5
NoSuchElementError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:404:5
element.find/</<@chrome://remote/content/marionette/element.js:291:16

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\instapy\login_util.py", line 343, in login_user
login_elem = browser.find_element(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 856, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 429, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 243, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: //a[text()='Log in']
Stacktrace:
RemoteError@chrome://remote/content/shared/RemoteError.jsm:12:1
WebDriverError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:192:5
NoSuchElementError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:404:5
element.find/</<@chrome://remote/content/marionette/element.js:291:16

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\instapy\login_util.py", line 350, in login_user
login_elem = browser.find_element(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 856, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 429, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\vboxuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 243, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: //div[text()='Log In']
Stacktrace:
RemoteError@chrome://remote/content/shared/RemoteError.jsm:12:1
WebDriverError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:192:5
NoSuchElementError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.jsm:404:5
element.find/</<@chrome://remote/content/marionette/element.js:291:16

[zRelux]

Same

[ecoyork-mlane]

Does this mean this project is dead? Any alternative anyone has come across for instagram?

[taimoorkhokhar]

inside the instapy source code theres a file which has all the associated xpaths for elements, I have manually inspected the login element Text its now "Log in" instead of "Log In".

Fix:
open instapy/xpath_compile.py

Change:
"login_elem": "//button[text()='Log In']",

to

"login_elem": "//button[text()='Log in']",

[billpsomas]

Thank you! That worked for me!

[Robertefendi02]

inside the instapy source code theres a file which has all the associated xpaths for elements, I have manually inspected the login element Text its now "Log in" instead of "Log In".

Fix: open instapy/xpath_compile.py

Change: "login_elem": "//button[text()='Log In']",

to

"login_elem": "//button[text()='Log in']",

Thanks a lot. It worked for me too!

[tommaso-gallo]

inside the instapy source code theres a file which has all the associated xpaths for elements, I have manually inspected the login element Text its now "Log in" instead of "Log In".

Fix: open instapy/xpath_compile.py

Change: "login_elem": "//button[text()='Log In']",

to

"login_elem": "//button[text()='Log in']",

I solved it in a similar way. On the same file, two lines after this there is the line:

"login_elem_no_such_exception_2": "//div[text()='Log In']",

make the same change (Log In --> Log in).

I am not sure why for me is different but I just solved it by inspecting the button on the instagram page and noticing it was not defined as a button but as a div

[defconV]

That one did not work for me. I created some new lines of code, which helped me to fix the issue. This is it: ( it has to be copied into login_util.py.

# Check if the first div is 'Create an Account' or 'Log In'
try:
    login_elem = browser.find_element(
        By.XPATH, read_xpath(login_user.__name__, "login_elem")
    )
except NoSuchElementException:
    logger.warning("Login A/B test detected! Trying another string...")
    try:
        login_elem = browser.find_element(
            By.XPATH,
            read_xpath(login_user.__name__, "login_elem_no_such_exception"),
        )
    except NoSuchElementException:
        logger.warning("Could not pass the login A/B test. Trying last string...")
        try:
            login_elem = browser.find_element(
                By.XPATH,
                read_xpath(login_user.__name__, "login_elem_no_such_exception_2"),
            )

        except NoSuchElementException:
            logger.warning("DevconV method initialized")
            try:
                login_elem = browser.find_element(
                    By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Log in']")

            except NoSuchElementException:
                logger.warning("DevconV is trying again")
                try:
                    login_elem = browser.find_element(
                        By.XPATH, "//div[@class='_aacl _aaco _aacw _aad0 _aad6' and text()='Log in']")

                except NoSuchElementException as e:
                    # NF: start
                    logger.exception(
                        "Login A/B test failed!\n\t{}".format(str(e).encode("utf-8"))
                    )
                    return False
                    # NF: end