I'm creating a WebDriver tutorial

[Blaxxun]

So where is the actual tutorial?

Im not new to Autoit. But after reading for 3h straight i have no clue on how to start with this Webdriver UDF.

I read the Wiki, the driver example scripts, the wd_demo.au3, the GDPR fines.au3 and much more.

I've collected all the UDF's like JSON, WinHTTP and WebDriver.
But the info provided is a complete scattered mess if you ask me. Im surley thankfull though.
I know a lot. But not much Web and Browser stuff.

Im unable to find a starting point.

I have ChroPath (works fine) for Firefox. I even know XPath Stuff.
Are there no examples on how to connect to firefox (headless or not).

Enter a user and password and enter the website?

My goal is to get information from my electricity provider.

I have a smart meter and it records every 15mins. Available next day.
I can view it as a bar chart but also as a list.

I just want to get the data from the website since the provided PDF download will take me ages to download and process manually.

Thanks!

PS: Most likely in the wrong thread...

Edited February 7, 2023 by Blaxxun

[water]

Sorry guys, the rest of my post is in German.

Auf die Schnelle hier meine Antworten:

1 hour ago, Blaxxun said:

where is the actual tutorial?

Das Tutorial findet sich im wiki (siehe Post #1 in diesem Thread). Da werden alle wesentlichen Punkte beschrieben um zu starten.

 

1 hour ago, Blaxxun said:

Im unable to find a starting point.

Das GDPR Beispiel könnte ein guter Startpunkt sein. Ist für FireFox geschrieben.

Generell:
WebDriver ist eine komplexe Materie. Wegen der unterstützten Browser (FF, Chrome, Edge ...), der leicht unterschiedlichen Implementierung von WebDriver durch die Browserhersteller und durch die SEHR unterschiedlichen Anforderungen der Anwender.

Das wiki ist der Ausgangspunkt zu allen anderen Quellen. Hätten wir das alles in einem Punkt zusammengefasst, dann hätte sich kein Mensch ausgekannt.
Wir haben das Chaos bestmöglich gebändigt, aber komplex bleibt komplex!

Daher: Script schreiben, wenns klemmt hier im Forum Fragen stellen!

Edited February 7, 2023 by water

[Danp2]

4 hours ago, Blaxxun said:

Most likely in the wrong thread...

Yes... I suggest that you start a new thread where you can show us what you've tried thus far.

[Blaxxun]

@water Danke für deine Antwort. Bin wohl etwas verwöhnt von dem extrem gut gemachten Help-File von AutoIt wo es zu jedem Befehl passende Beispiele gibt.

@Danp2 Thanks for your answer. I will start a new thread if i hang somewhere. For now i haven't coded anything yet, since i did not know where to start.
i'll just check out the GDPR example code as water recommended. maybe i grasp it.

Thank you guys!

[water]

The latest version of the WebDriver UDF comes with a CHM help file.
When you install Advanced Help you can use F1 in SciTe to get help for the WebDriver function at the current cursor position. This is true for other UDFs that provide a CHM help file.

[Blaxxun]

@water Yes! I stumbled already over it. Thank you! I will definitly have a look at the "Advanced Help"
I opened a new thread here: Link