fbposter.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from time import sleep
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

def main():

	# Your Facebook account user and password
	usr = ""
	pwd = ""
	message = "Checkout an amazing selenium script for posting in Facebook Groups!\nhttps://github.com/lalongooo/selenium-fb-group-poster"
	attach_image = True
	image_path = "/path/to/the/photo/you/want/to/upload"
	group_links = [
		# Your Facebook Groups links.
		# IMPORTANT: You must be a member of the group, being ADMIN nor required.
		"https://www.facebook.com/groups/ayearofrunning/", # A group of Mark Zuckerberg
	]

	chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
	chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
	chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
	chrome_options.add_experimental_option("prefs", { \
		"profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications": 2 # 1:allow, 2:block 
	})

	driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
	driver.implicitly_wait(15) # seconds

	# Go to facebook.com
	driver.get("http://www.facebook.com")
	
	# Enter user email
	elem = driver.find_element_by_id("email")
	elem.send_keys(usr)
	# Enter user password
	elem = driver.find_element_by_id("pass")
	elem.send_keys(pwd)
	# Login
	elem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

	for group in group_links:

		# Go to the Facebook Group
		driver.get(group)

		# Click the post box
		post_box=driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@name='xhpc_message_text']")

		# Enter the text we want to post to Facebook
		post_box.send_keys(message)

		if attach_image:
			# Click on the add media button
			addMediaButton = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Add Photo/Video')]")[0]
			addMediaButton.click()
			sleep(5)

			# Click the 'Upload Photo/Video' button
			uploadPhotoButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@data-testid='media-attachment-add-photo']")
			uploadPhotoButton.send_keys(image_path)
			
			# Wait for the image to upload
			sleep(5)

			# Provide picture file path
			# driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[text()='Add Photo/Video']/following-sibling::div/input").send_keys(image_path)

		post_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@data-testid='react-composer-post-button']")
		clickable = False
		while not clickable:
			cursor = post_button.find_element_by_tag_name('span').value_of_css_property("cursor")
			if cursor == "pointer":
				clickable = True
				break
		post_button.click()
		sleep(5)

	# driver.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()