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Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by iamandras »

I created this tool a few months ago to automate some of my tasks. I use it to collect prices and files and to get notified when something changes on certain websites. The task runner uses Playwright.

I'm not sure if it can be useful to anybody else besides me :) Any feedback is welcome.

Show HN: I created a browser automation tool
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Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by matthberg »

Krastan wrote: 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.

Looks like a simple enough design that vector would probably be more space efficient and have infinite resolution. The product looks interesting too!

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by iamandras »

Krastan wrote: 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.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by fareesh »

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.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by iamandras »

fareesh wrote: 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.

Oh, interesting. What is the name of that extension?

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by Fnoord »

iamandras wrote: post #8
fareesh wrote: 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.

Oh, interesting. What is the name of that extension?

Selenium allows this, and its also there for Firefox. You can even export the actions as a different language e.g. Python.

Re: Show HN: I created a browser automation tool

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Post by czbond »

fareesh wrote: 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.

I just started using a Selenium IDE + selenium-side-runner for headless automation. Is puppeteer or Selenium a more widely supported tool?
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