I've developed a Python script using Selenium for automating tasks on Twitter, including logging in, posting tweets with images, liking own tweets, retweeting, and logging out. While the script works fine, I've noticed that the processes are relatively slow. I'm looking for ways to optimize these of problem for the script for faster execution.
I've already implemented time.sleep() to introduce delays, but I'm open to better approaches.I'm using Firefox WebDriver with headless mode enabled.The script is being executed on RTX 3050.Any insights or suggestions on how to enhance the overall efficiency of the script would be highly appreciated
Userfrom selenium import webdriverfrom selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Optionsfrom selenium.webdriver.common.by import Byfrom selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWaitfrom selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keysimport timeclass TwitterBot: def __init__(self, username, password): self.username = username self.password = password options = Options() options.add_argument('--disk-cache-dir=/path/to/cache') options.add_argument('--headless') self.bot = webdriver.Firefox(options=options) def login(self): bot = self.bot bot.get('https://twitter.com/login') time.sleep(3) email = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@name='text']") email.send_keys(self.username) email.send_keys(Keys.RETURN) time.sleep(3) password = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@name='password']") password.send_keys(self.password) password.send_keys(Keys.RETURN) time.sleep(4) def post_tweet_with_image(self, tweet_text, image_path): bot = self.bot bot.get('https://twitter.com/compose/tweet') time.sleep(3) tweet_input = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@data-testid='tweetTextarea_0']") tweet_input.send_keys(tweet_text) time.sleep(2) if image_path: image_input = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@data-testid='fileInput']") image_input.send_keys(image_path) time.sleep(2) tweet_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//text()[.='Post']/ancestor::div[1]") tweet_button.click() time.sleep(10) def like_own_tweet(self): bot = self.bot # Go to profile profile_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//span[normalize-space()='Profile']") profile_button.click() time.sleep(3) bot.execute_script('window.scrollTo(0,document.body.scrollHeight)') time.sleep(3) # Locate the latest tweet on your profile tweet = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "/html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]") tweet.click() time.sleep(3) # Like the tweet like_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "/html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[6]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/*[name()='svg'][1]") like_button.click() time.sleep(3) def retweet_from_user(self, user_handle): bot = self.bot search_bar = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@data-testid='SearchBox_Search_Input']") search_bar.clear() search_bar.send_keys(f"from:{user_handle}") search_bar.send_keys(Keys.RETURN) time.sleep(5) bot.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT,"Latest").click() time.sleep(3) # Click on the latest tweet from the user tweet = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "/html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]") tweet.click() time.sleep(3) # Retweet the tweet retweet_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "/html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[6]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/*[name()='svg'][1]") retweet_button.click() repost_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH,"/html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/span[1]") repost_button.click() time.sleep(3) def logout(self): bot = self.bot profile_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@data-testid='SideNav_AccountSwitcher_Button']") profile_button.click() time.sleep(2) logout_button = bot.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@data-testid='AccountSwitcher_Logout_Button']") logout_button.click() time.sleep(2) def close_browser(self): self.bot.quit()if __name__ == "__main__": users = [ "write user names and the password here"] for user_info in users[:15]: username = user_info["username"] password = user_info["password"] # Create an instance of the TwitterBot twitter_bot = TwitterBot(username, password) twitter_bot.login() # Loop to post multiple tweets while True: tweet_text = "anything" image_path = r"C:\Users\hp\Downloads\anything.jpeg" # Post the tweet twitter_bot.post_tweet_with_image(tweet_text, image_path) # Like and retweet functionality break # Close the browser session twitter_bot.close_browser()