HELP!! IM NEW Kali/Coding/Bots/Automation

Im not sure if this is the right place for this but yolo



So I just started coding on my own recently because I sick and tired of playing with snap blocks and Java 1 basics in class. I’ve been working on small projects and stuff in kali Linux, and I even finished making my own program a few days ago, using selenium and ChromeWebDriver to automate instagrams appeal forms. But now I have a couple questions because I wanna explore, learn, and do more with what I’ve already done!



Well first off, as I’ve said I created a program to automate instagrams appeal forms. However, I now want this program to run 24/7 at exactly the end of every 24hrs. So is there anyway I could do that, or is it even possible? I was doing some research and I might have to use a web server. I haven’t really grabbed the concept and it seems really complex. And if that isn’t possible is there anyway I could at least run this program on replit so I could still access it remotely somehow?



Secondly I was wondering if there was a way to make my proxy chains my default ip immediately after I startup kali Linux instead of it only running when I start it manually and stopping when I close my browser. And, is there a way I could integrate proxy chains into my Python program somehow. I’m aware that ig blocks IP address, I can’t even make accounts anymore. I don’t want to the the same thing with the appeal forms and ruin any chance of me getting my accs back. Now that I’m automating stuff, I don’t wanna get my ip permanently blocked by ig or Google for something dumb and harmless. So when I run these programs is it possible to integrate my proxychain configs from kali into my code, or at least run my programs using one?



You might be wondering why the first program I’ve ever written was an “appeal bot” of all things lmaoo. It was because I thought it was the right step in learning how to renable my own account. I’ve heard that there’s ways you could renable them yourself and wanted to learn so I could get mine back, but after multiple searches, I haven’t found anything. That s why I’d come to this website so often, “blackhatworld.” I thought there would be something concerning the topic lol. But the only code/bots I found were for automating social medias and nothing else. That’s all I’ve seen and read about here, so now I’m kinda interested; which now leads me to my last and final questions about social media automation.



So with selenium I could automate websites and I wanted to do the same with ig or Twitter to gain followers. After all it should be the same concept right? But after coming to this website multiple times I’ve learned that: 1. Instagram is totally out of the picture for automation, they even ban their own accounts that are just normal so Twitter might just be my best bet 2. Even though selenium can automate websites It might not be the best thing to use. “InstagramAPI/TwitterAPI” and “Jarvee” is all I see and hear when it comes to automating these sites. And 3. I think i might need a keystring or something like that to access the full api because they’re locked or something?



So finally….



Is automation a waste of time and money? It seems fun but I don’t wanna start learning something that’s going to be useless when I finally grasp its concept. And even though Twitter isn’t as tight ass ig with bots is there still a chance I could get banned and how easily?



What is some tips or starters if I were to actually start? For example how would I protect my main ip from getting blocked? Could I write my own programs and still be successful or should I use something like Jarvee? Could I actually make money from growing large accounts like this? And just to be sure, I most definitely shouldn’t even consider automating instagram.



Sorry if this was longer than it needed to be and and LARGE thanks in advanced to those who stayed and answered my questions. I wrote one program and now I feel like I own the world, we’ve all experienced it once igs. So yeah please drop any pointers if you can, many of y’all have been doing this for a while so it be nice to get some advice from the pros!



Thanks!

1. On Linux you have cron jobs. You can schedule anything to run at any particular date time, each 24h for example or at 0 hour.
2. You can run a cron job with reboot.
3. You need to see how their mobile app works and how it makes requests.

4. Automation is a gold mine, if you do it for yourself for example or manage to build a SaaS.
5. Before you automate any process, you should manually test things, if they work, then automate them.

TomTheCat said:

1. On Linux you have cron jobs. You can schedule anything to run at any particular date time, each 24h for example or at 0 hour.
2. You can run a cron job with reboot.
3. You need to see how their mobile app works and how it makes requests.

4. Automation is a gold mine, if you do it for yourself for example or manage to build a SaaS.
5. Before you automate any process, you should manually test things, if they work, then automate them.

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First off thanks for the response it’s well appreciate!

1. I looked at what you said about cron jobs and they still stop when the computer is shut down, so that wouldn’t work for me since I don’t use my own and it’s always being shut off. I did however, read about anacron. Which when the machine is shut down it continues and waits for its next command to execute if it missed it. But again that wouldn’t really work. So theres no other way to run a program 24/7 even when the machine is off? I was doing some more research and I found out you can run vms on an aws cloud server and in that case I could see cron could be useful there if it’s always on in the cloud ya think?

3. How could I test the requests of a website though? Is there a way to do that with selenium and if so how? And if not what software would I use to do that?

4. And I agree, this automation stuff is fun, I did it with a website and enjoyed it even wasn’t much. Like I said tho, my only issue would be my ip, and how often I get banned from the platform I’m automating.

5. Could you explain a little more by what you mean when you say “test things manually“ I’m kinda confused on that part my fault if I’m being a little slow.

1. You will need a cheap VPS that will be online 24/7.
3. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/g...d-apps-a-push-in-the-right-direction.1245658/
4. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12601316/how-to-make-python-requests-work-via-socks-proxy
5. If you have a method, that won't get your accounts banned. Test it manually, to see it works, then you make the code.

3. Wow bro sorry for the long response but I’m flabbergasted lmaooo. I just checked out those links and it’s a lot. I’m amazed, excited, and overly thankful at the same time. I have no idea what I read on the first one but my curiosity is going to drive me in the direction of this kind of stuff until it eventually seems normal. Can’t thank you enough bro, I didnt know that the direction I wanted to go in was this complex but the fact that I’m aware of it before I go to college and get a degree in it makes a huge difference. The info you shared with me might actually change my life for the better, so thanks so much!
5. So your saying just test out the app doing certain things as if I was a bot and then use that experience in my code- got it!

AGAIN thanks so much. You don’t know how eager I am about this kind of stuff these links really helped guide me in the right direction!

hoodextremes said:

Secondly I was wondering if there was a way to make my proxy chains my default ip immediately after I startup kali Linux instead of it only running when I start it manually and stopping when I close my browser. And, is there a way I could integrate proxy chains into my Python program somehow. I’m aware that ig blocks IP address, I can’t even make accounts anymore. I don’t want to the the same thing with the appeal forms and ruin any chance of me getting my accs back. Now that I’m automating stuff, I don’t wanna get my ip permanently blocked by ig or Google for something dumb and harmless. So when I run these programs is it possible to integrate my proxychain configs from kali into my code, or at least run my programs using one?

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You can use systemd to start your proxy after the network start.

write that file to /etc/systemd/system/proxychains.service

bash

That will get it to start on startup. If you have any questions post them I will respond.

SpivBlack said:

You can use systemd to start your proxy after the network start.

Code:

[Unit]
Description=Proxy Chains
Documentation=
After=network.target

[Service]
Restart=5
StartLimitInterval=86400
StartLimitBurst=5
TimeoutStartSec=300s
User=www-data
Group=www-data
Environment=HOME=
WorkingDirectory=
LimitNOFILE=32786
PIDFile=/run/proxychain.pid
;The app you want to run must use full path
ExecStart=/bin/proxychain
;Anything you want to run first
ExecStartPre=/bin/chown www-data:www-data /var/log/caddy -R

;RestartSec=30
PermissionsStartOnly=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

write that file to /etc/systemd/system/proxychains.service

bash

Code:

systemctl enable proxychains.service

That will get it to start on startup. If you have any questions post them I will respond.

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Wait do I put this in the terminal?

hoodextremes said:

Wait do I put this in the terminal?

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use nano to create the file:

/etc/systemd/system/proxychains.service

hoodextremes said:

Wait do I put this in the terminal?

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If you want I will write you a script. Just need to know if proxy chains, the name of the program