kevinbazira / sleek-web-bot

SleekWebBot is an internet robot that visits a website and clicks on a specified web element.

SleekWebBot

SleekWebBot is an internet robot that visits a website and clicks on a specified web element.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine ready for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

• Python 2.7 Minimum
• Selenium 3.0.2
• Website to visit

Installing

Clone sleek-web-bot to your machine

git clone https://github.com/kevinbazira/sleek-web-bot.git

Usage

Example of usage:

Run SleekWebBot in python

python SleekWebBot.py

If you have all the python - selenium environment prerequisites set, SleekWebBot will run and ask you a couple of questions which you should answer to enable the bot execute successfully as shown in the screenshot below.

Majorly what this program does is;

Ask you for specific inputs --> Opens Browser --> Loads specified URL --> Waits for specified time (x)  --> Finds specified element --> Clicks element  --> Waits for specified time (y) --> Closes Broswer  --> Repeats process for specified number of times (z)

This program also logs small messages at each key step when it is running.

Modify SleekWebBot

Feel free to enhance SleekWebBot to suit your needs by editing the SleekWebBot.py file. It is heavily commented for you to easily find your way.

Warning!

The End-User assumes sole responsibility for anything resulting from the use or modification to this program.

Built With

• Python - Programming Language
• Selenium - Browser Automation

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• @dakotasmith Talk on [How Python and Selenium can take your browser anywhere] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l15ZJAbxCL8)