Creating Your Very First iMacro – Web Browser Automation
Following on from my earlier article on How to Install Firefox & The iMacros Addon which also included some performance tips, this video shows you how to create your very first iMacro and also a more complicated macro, that performs a useful action.
In the video I add an extra command called “WAIT”. The wait command allows iMacro’s to pause for a period of time for an action to be performed and as with all commands in iMacro’s the command needs to be in UPPERCASE.
about imacros, i cant upload images that setting in datasource csv, can you helpme about the script in imacros to upload images?
Hi edwin,
I’m afraid I have never uploaded images before using iMacros, however… see here http://wiki.imacros.net/Demo-Upload for an example from a datasource
The line you want is this:
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:FILE FORM=ID:demo ATTR=NAME:uploaded_file CONTENT={{!FOLDER_DATASOURCE}}\Address.csvHope that helps!
Matt
Howdy Jack,
The comments have lost some of their formatting, I’ll sort that out later this evening.
With regards to the tab, yep in that case it looks like it needs to be submitted by a form.
Not really sure I’m afraid without delving into it deeper.
Matt
I built my first 2 imacros without much trouble, but the third one has me stuck.
This macro grabs an ebay Item ID from a CSV file, then goes to that listing, clicks the revise button, clicks the Create Exclusion List link, clicks the necessary checkboxes, clicks submit and then saves the listing.
The part I’m having trouble with is that when it clicks the create exclusion list link. It is supposed to pop into a new tab on the browser, but when I play it back, it doesn’t open the second tab. I tried opening an empty tab to the right, but then the browser went through all the motions, but nothing was updated on the listing.
Here is my code:
VERSION BUILD=8032216
TAB T=1
SET !DATASOURCE ToBeRevised.csv
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 1
SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{!LOOP}}
URL GOTO=http://www.ebay.com/
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ACTION:http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html ATTR=ID:gh-ac CONTENT={{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html ATTR=ID:gh-btn
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Reviseyouritem
WAIT SECONDS=5
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=TXT:Createexclusionlist-opensinanewwindowortab
‘New tab opened
TAB T=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:CHECKBOX FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:domesticExcludeShipToLocations CONTENT=YES
TAG POS=2 TYPE=INPUT:CHECKBOX FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:domesticExcludeShipToLocations CONTENT=YES
TAG POS=3 TYPE=INPUT:CHECKBOX FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:domesticExcludeShipToLocations CONTENT=YES
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:CHECKBOX FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:additionalExcludeShipToLocations CONTENT=YES
TAG POS=1 TYPE=BUTTON:SUBMIT FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:aidZ54
TAB T=1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=DIV FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=TXT:Step1:ContactusthrougheBaymessage(Askaquestion),sowecanissueanRM*
TAG POS=1 TYPE=BUTTON:SUBMIT FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:aidZ1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=BUTTON:SUBMIT FORM=NAME:selling ATTR=NAME:aidZ126
Howdy Jack,
I’m guessing you’re using FireFox.
If I remember correctly FireFox gets confused with tabs, so to get back to TAB=1, close the current tab with TAB CLOSE.
They may have fixed that now, but in any case, assuming that a second tab is open is not ideal, so adding TAB OPEN to open a new one would eb suggested.
Give that a whirl and let me know how you get on.
Matt
That didn’t work. Maybe I need to upgrade to Windows 7 for it to work.
Hi Jack,
Ah, when the new tab opens, does the browser go straight to that tab?
If it does, then that is Tab 1, so drop the Tab=2 bit and assume that you’re on that tab, then once finished, close that tab.
Matt
The second tab doesn’t open at all.
I tried running it with a second tab already opened. That didn’t work. It went to the second tab but the second tab stayed black.
I then tried adding a line
GO TO=http://cgi5.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReviseListing&itemid={{!COL1}}
&cpg=148&sid=143626945521&userid=&pass=&aid=
178&ej2child=true&ej2parent=SellerGranularity
It opened up the contents of the page and edited it, but when it submitted it, it did not communicate correctly with the ebay server and the data was not saved.
*stayed black = stayed blank