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Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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post #3

This is cool! Is it free? If not would be good to have pricing be visible without creating an account. Also the logo in the header looks low definition. Upping its resolution will make the website way better.

It is free for a short period of time, but after that, it will be a paid service.

Do you have a cost plan?

I've invested so much time in similar things just to not be able to afford it...

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is free for a short period of time, but after that, it will be a paid service.

Do you have a cost plan? I've invested so much time in similar things just to not be able to afford it...

My god, I'm on cellphone and did not see the costs at the bottom. Apologies.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is free for a short period of time, but after that, it will be a paid service.

Do you have a cost plan? I've invested so much time in similar things just to not be able to afford it...

What similar things?

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

#14
I'd love to use this as a webpage interaction/scraping component in chains of webhooks (building on e.g. low-code step pipelines built with Pipedream, could imagine fitting with something like Zapier, too).

Would require the ability to:

(1) make a web request to start a run

(2) collect the scraped info and return it as part of (a) a webhook call or (b) in the response of a synchronous "start run" blocked long http request

It sounds like #1 is already possible. 2a might be possible if there was a call webhook step or notification option? But 2b would be the simplest (if I could make a single GET or POST request, and the response gives me some outputs from an automation session).

Zapier/Pipedream integrations could be nice platform integration marketing for the tool as well.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

#15
post #7

There's a chrome extension that records all your steps and then generates a puppeteer/playwright script for you. Then you can just edit bits of that script and run it. This is my go-to method presently. I feel like you could incorporate some of those features into this and eliminate some of the manual entry of css selectors.

UI Vision? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/uivision-rpa/gcbal...

iMacros? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imacros-for-chrome...

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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> Periodically check for changes

I remember a Firefox extension that notified me with the diffs of changed pages. I don't remember exactly what I was using it for. I think something related to CVEs for some keywords. Then the service I was using shut down and I lost tracks of that extension.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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post #19

> Periodically check for changes I remember a Firefox extension that notified me with the diffs of changed pages. I don't remember exactly what I was using it for. I think something related to CVEs for some keywords. Then the service I was using shut down and I lost tracks of that extension.

yeah. I was considering creating a focused version for this like visualping.io
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