any up to date Firefox automation howto ?

[Mike25de]

Hi guys,

I have been looking today for a way to automate Firefox or embed it into Autoit GUI just like IE. I have found a lot of old posts with solutions that are not really up to date or working.

I have tried FF.au3 but i believe that MozRepl is too old for Firefox 31.

Can anyone give me a working solution or send me to the right documentation?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[Danp2]

No issues here. Are you sure that MozRepl is started?

Provide a detailed description of the problems you have encountered and any steps you have already performed to troubleshoot them. Also some basics like OS version, AutoIt version, MozRepl version, etc would be nice.

[Mike25de]

Of course MozRepl was not started. But now it should work... except that i have an error.

I am running win 7 ultimate  firefox 31 and the last version of autoit.

My code is:

#include "ff.inc.au3"



; trying to connect to a running FireFox with MozRepl on
If _FFConnect(Default, Default, 3000) Then
    ; open a page
    _FFOpenURL("http://youtube.com/")
    Sleep(3000)
;~  $sObj = _FFXpath("//a[@href='http://www.mihaidesign.com/contact/']","",9) ; get the image with the alt-text test_bild_3 ...
;~  _FFClick($sObj) ; ... and click on it

    ; disconnect from FireFox
    If _FFDisConnect() Then MsgBox(64, "", "Disconnected from FireFox!")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "", "Can't connect to FireFox!")
 EndIf

The ERROR i get is :

__FFWaitForRepl ==> Error TCPSend / TCPRecv: TCPRecv:-1

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Danp2]

This is due to a change in the way TCPRecv works. Look in the FF UDF thread for a posted solution (IIFC, it's a single line change to __FFWaitForRepl).

[junkew]

Depending on what you want iuiautomation can handle a lot with firefox without dependency on addons.

[Mike25de]

thanks guys, i managed to fix the ff.au3 and i got it working.

Now another issue:

I want to click a span inside a table ... that is refreshed via ajax every 2 seconds. I tried getting the xpath but when i call the _FFClick it doesn't work. 

I can click other spans that are not generated via javascript.

Is there a way to accomplish this?  I have spent 2-3 hours looking into workarounds... maybe you guys know more.

Thanks again for all the help!

[computergroove]

thanks guys, i managed to fix the ff.au3 and i got it working.

Now another issue:

I want to click a span inside a table ... that is refreshed via ajax every 2 seconds. I tried getting the xpath but when i call the _FFClick it doesn't work. 

I can click other spans that are not generated via javascript.

Is there a way to accomplish this?  I have spent 2-3 hours looking into workarounds... maybe you guys know more.

Thanks again for all the help!

Does the ajax data change every 2 seconds? Can you share the URL and identify the link you are trying to click so we can try it?

[Mike25de]

Hi Computergroove,

I can't share it because is the web interface of a wireless access point. I need to change the password for the public SSID every morning.

The access point is behind 2 firewalls so is not publicly accessible.

The data changes every 2 seconds... and i have to click a span that triggers another DIV to be shown ... and there i have to click another link.

 

It seems that the only solution i can use .... is to use mouse clicks at specific coordinates... which is crappy ... and can not be really trusted.

Edited August 1, 2014 by IAHIM

[Bert]

look here:

'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>

[computergroove]

Hi Computergroove,

I can't share it because is the web interface of a wireless access point. I need to change the password for the public SSID every morning.

The access point is behind 2 firewalls so is not publicly accessible.

The data changes every 2 seconds... and i have to click a span that triggers another DIV to be shown ... and there i have to click another link.

 

It seems that the only solution i can use .... is to use mouse clicks at specific coordinates... which is crappy ... and can not be really trusted.

It's true that clicking coords is not always reliable. What about sending the tab key x  number of times and hitting space? I have automated several websites this way.

[Mike25de]

look here:

'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>

 

Thanks for the link.

Do you know where i can find a simple example of automating firefox? I saw that there is one, but i need something that integrates a form .. or mouse clicks. 

Thank you again for the link.

[junkew]

Latest simple spy will give you some code to start with when you highlight object with ctrl-w