Button click loop / skip pages that don't have click button with attributes

Ivan · March 11, 2022, 8:46am

I have a problem, I can’t find help here on the forum.

What I need to do is the following.
Summary: Accessing links, clicking buttons, doing it in a loop, 24/7

How it works:

access link
Search the site, if there is any button with the attributes.
click on all the buttons that have the attribute.
exit page, enter another page, loop.

Difficulty:
Some pages have 5 buttons, some have 100, some have 1, and some have 0 buttons.

How to ignore pages with 0 buttons?
Is there a way before starting to click, check if the page has the buttons?

Currently my script clicks 100 times, I have "errorignore"
I want to prevent the script from trying to click, and jump to the next page.

{
  "Name": "forum",
  "CreationDate": "2022-3-9",
  "Commands": [
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "true",
      "Value": "!errorignore",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "fast",
      "Value": "!REPLAYSPEED",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "1",
      "Value": "!TIMEOUT_WAIT",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "open",
      "Target": "https://exemple.com/downloads-pictures",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[2]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[3]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[4]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[5]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[6]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[7]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "comment",
      "Target": "....keep going up to 100",
      "Value": "....keep going up to 100",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "",
      "Target": "",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    }
  ]
}

ulrich · March 11, 2022, 8:57am

Do you have links to a few sample websites?

kolor_blind · March 11, 2022, 4:56pm

I would say that if the number of buttons is different from each other site, then the sourceSearch and the sourchExtract would help. I don’t have your exactly web, but I would do something like:

Check the source code of a button. See if there’s a mutual code that is the same between other buttons but is different from other element of the site.

Use sourceSearch to count the number of that. If the number = 0, then you move to the next loop.

Depending on the script you provided, I assume you try td[8]/a/i, but it’s just a guess, normally it would be something that’s a bit more complicated. You should try and test as many as you can to see if your guess is correct or not.

And beside, I suggest you try to do awhile loop command, because all your clicking xpaths are the same, but the number in the first place. So I would do something like this:

sourceSearch | xpath for buttons | countingVar
if_v2 | ${countingVar} == 0
gotoLabel | next
else
times | ${countingVar}
click | xpath=//tr[${beginVar}]/td[8]/a/i
executeScript_sandbox | return Number(${beginVar})+1 | ${beginVar}
end
end
label | next

Of course the exact grammar might be a bit more, but it’s the idea. So if the number of button is equal 0, it’s going to skip the clicking part.

uiuser · March 12, 2022, 6:28am

{
“Command”: “storeXpathCount”,
“Target”: “xpath=//tr”,
“Value”: “Count”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “times”,
“Target”: “${Count}”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “click”,
“Target”: “xpath=//tr[${!times}]/td[8]/a/i”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “end”,
“Target”: “”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
}

Ivan · March 12, 2022, 9:23pm

Thanks for the help guys, I’m learning to program with the advice here on the forum.

@ulrich can’t share here, they are internal pages of my work.

@kolor_blind kolor_blind this tip is great, it worked well, I was doing tests before posting an answer here, it will help me in other projects, thanks.

@uiuser uiuser those lines of code didn’t know, this way of doing “internal loop” is very easy, your solution worked too. I was having problems generating a loop on the same button, I was trying to put “click | xpath=//td[8]/a/i@POS=${!LOOP}” (but I didn’t understand where the error was)

That way “click | xpath=//tr[${!times}]/td[8]/a/i” worked perfectly.

I made some changes, now less lines, I ended up leaving the “loop at 100”, until I jumped to the next page.

{
  "Name": "FORUM KANTU",
  "CreationDate": "2022-3-12",
  "Commands": [
    {
      "Command": "bringBrowserToForeground",
      "Target": "",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "open",
      "Target": "https://www.exemple.com/page",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "times",
      "Target": "10",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "true",
      "Value": "!errorignore",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "medium",
      "Value": "!REPLAYSPEED",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "store",
      "Target": "1",
      "Value": "!TIMEOUT_WAIT",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "times",
      "Target": "100",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "clickAndWait",
      "Target": "xpath=//tr[${!times}]/td[8]/a/i",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "site 01"
    },
    {
      "Command": "pause",
      "Target": "3000",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "end",
      "Target": "",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "pause",
      "Target": "3000",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "click",
      "Target": "linkText=next page",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "end",
      "Target": "",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "comment",
      "Target": "end // ",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    }
  ]
}

This is the result I’m using now.
Thanks guys, I have another question, but I’ll open another topic here on the forum.

ps: I’m trying to learn, but I’m also willing to hire someone to help me, if you’re interested, send me a private message. thanks

uiuser · March 12, 2022, 10:50pm

@pos dont work with xpath

uiuser · March 12, 2022, 10:58pm

!errorignore
!REPLAYSPEED
!TIMEOUT_WAIT

if you place these lines above First Times command
then it will be faster

uiuser · March 12, 2022, 11:03pm

for

{
“Command”: “times”,
“Target”: “100”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
}

try this

{
“Command”: “storeXpathCount”,
“Target”: “xpath=//tr”,
“Value”: “Count”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “times”,
“Target”: “${Count}”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
}

because if there are less than 100 then you will be wasting 1 second per link

You might to edit xpath