Web Application Automation

NodeBot RPA uses chromedriver to automate browsers.

Nodes

• New Session
• Change Session
• Navigate to URL
• Send Keys
• Mouse
• Alert
• Set Element
• Get Element
• Window Actions
• Set Title
• Switch Frame
• Switch Window
• Get Window
• Execute Script
• Take Screenshot
• Scrape Table
• Extract Data

Samples

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How To Attach A Running Chrome Instance

New Session

Open browser with a blank page

Parameter Name	Description
Browser	Supports only Chrome now
Implicit	Wait time for trying to find any element
Script	Wait time for executing a script
PageLoad	Wait time for navigating to address
Maximize	Maximizes the browser window
Session Name	Assign a name to the session to use it later

Change Session

Switches to session

Parameter Name	Description
Session Name	Name of created session

Navigate To

Navigates to url

Parameter Name	Description
Url	URL of web site
Wait Until Page Load	Waits until web page loaded

Send Keys

Send keys to web element

Parameter Name	Description
XPath	XPath of web element
Text	Text to be typed. You can use hotkeys between {} eg. {CTRL}. Use {NULL} to release hotkeys
Clear	Clears web element text before typing
Wait Until Item Visible	Waits until web element visible

Mouse

Perform mouse actions

Parameter Name	Description
XPath	XPath of web element
Action	Mouse action (move, click, double click, mouse down, mouse up)
Button	Mouse button (left, right, middle)
Offset X	X Offset of web element
Offset Y	Y Offset of web element
Wait Until Item Visible	Waits until web element visible before mouse action

Alert

Perform alert popup window actions

Parameter Name	Description
Action	Accept or dismiss alert. Use send keys action to enter text
Text	Text result of alert

Set Element

Sets element value or attribute value. Use send keys to enter text, use this to change values (eg combobox, select) or to change attribute values.

Parameter Name	Description
Element	XPath of web element
Attribute	Attribute name
Text	Value to set

Get Element

Gets element text, value or attribute values.

Parameter Name	Description
Action	You can get text, value, attribute value, status (selected, enabled, displayed, exists) and count of element
Element	XPath of web element
Attribute	Attribute name
Result variable name	Specifies the variable name to assign the output. Output result is storing on local.

Window Actions

Perform browser window related actions

Parameter Name	Description
Action	You can perform these actions. Actions are Close, Navigate Back, Navigate Forward, Maximize Window, Minimize Window, Full Screen and Refresh

Set Title

Changes current window title

Parameter Name	Description
Title	New window title

Switch Frame

Perform switch frame actions

Parameter Name	Description
Action	Switch actions, Frame : Switch to frame given xpath. Parent Frame : Switch to parent of current frame. Default Content : Switch to content of current window
Element	XPath of Frame

Switch Window

Perform switch window actions

Parameter Name	Description
Action	Switch actions, Match Title, Next Window, Previous Window, First Window, Last Window
Title	Title of target window. You can use wildcards like * or leave blank for empty title

Get Window

Gets Window title or url

Parameter Name	Description
Action	Title or URL
Result variable name	Specifies the variable name to assign the output. Output result is storing on local.

Execute Script

Executes javascript and returns result of script

Parameter Name	Description
Script	Javascript code. Example : return document.readyState;
Result variable name	Specifies the variable name to assign the output. Output result is storing on local.

Take Screenshot

Takes screenshot of window or web element

Parameter Name	Description
Element	Xpath of element. If blank means window screenshot
File Name	Save screenshot to file

Scrape Table

Scrapes table data.

Parameter Name	Description
Table	Xpath of table element
Header	Xpath of table header element (Rest of table)
Row	Xpath of table row element (Rest of table)
Col	Xpath of table column element (Rest of table)
Is First Record Header?	Use first record as header
Result Variable Name	Specifies the variable name to assign the output. Output result is storing on local

Extract Data

Extracts datas.

Parameter Name	Description
Scrape Data	Scrape information. You can use Web Data Scraping tool result text.
Result Variable Name	Specifies the variable name to assign the output. Output result is storing on local