[Python] Get Monthly Views of Pinterest accounts using Python script code

I am trying to get the monthly views of some of the pinterest accounts that I track on regular bases using my own code.

Since Pinterest doesn't show the monthly views of business accounts publicly, does anybody here know how should I get the monthly views of business accounts using code (python).

I wonder how do softwares like Pinclicks and Pin Inspector are able to get these monthly views numbers without us providing our Pinterest login details to these softwares.

What I have written so far is selinium code in Python that opens the browser, logs in to a dummy account and gets the monthly views. This is bound to get my dummy account banned for bot behavior so I am looking for some other better method.

import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

# ---------------------- CONFIGURATION ----------------------
DUMMY_EMAIL = ''
DUMMY_PASSWORD = ''
CHROMEDRIVER_PATH = 'chromedriver.exe' # Adjust path if needed

PROFILES_FILE = 'profiles.txt' # Each line: https://www.pinterest.com/username/
# ----------------------------------------------------------

def pinterest_login(driver, email, password):
driver.get("https://www.pinterest.com/login/")
time.sleep(2)
email_box = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'id')
email_box.clear()
email_box.send_keys(email)
time.sleep(1)

password_box = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'password')
password_box.clear()
password_box.send_keys(password)
time.sleep(1)
password_box.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
time.sleep(5) # Wait for login

def get_monthly_views(driver, profile_url):
driver.get(profile_url)
time.sleep(4) # Wait for page to load

monthly_views = "NOT FOUND"
try:
# Try the standard XPATH for "monthly views"
views_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//div[contains(text(), "monthly views")]')
monthly_views = views_element.text
except Exception:
# Sometimes the format is like "167.2k monthly views"
try:
views_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//span[contains(text(), "monthly views")]')
monthly_views = views_element.text
except Exception:
monthly_views = "NOT FOUND"
return monthly_views

def main():
# Start browser
service = Service(CHROMEDRIVER_PATH)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
try:
# Step 1: Login to Pinterest with dummy account
pinterest_login(driver, DUMMY_EMAIL, DUMMY_PASSWORD)
print("Logged in successfully!")

# Step 2: Read all profile URLs
with open(PROFILES_FILE, "r") as f:
profile_urls = [line.strip() for line in f if line.strip()]

# Step 3: Loop through all profiles and get monthly views
for url in profile_urls:
views = get_monthly_views(driver, url)
print(f"{url}: {views}")

finally:
driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

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