[HN Gopher] Automa: A Chrome extension for automating the browser
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Automa: A Chrome extension for automating the browser
Author : hliyan
Score : 80 points
Date : 2021-11-21 15:08 UTC (7 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (chrome.google.com)
| jedimind wrote:
| It's even open-source [0], makes me feel better since I'm quite
| paranoid when it comes to chrome extensions.
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| [0] https://github.com/kholid060/automa
| schleck8 wrote:
| And rightfully so
| Ginden wrote:
| Browser extension stores should be more transparent about open
| source and licensing.
|
| And probably they should collaborate with CI providers - eg.
| make contract with GitHub to sign artifacts with "these files
| were built using following pipeline from commit XYZ in
| repository JohnSmith/UserBase".
| randunel wrote:
| How can you verify that your extension actually runs the code
| that's in the open source repository? Extensions' integrity can
| be signed and verified against something that was also authored
| by the creator, but what verifies that the code in the linked
| repository is the same one, not a different one?
| forgotmypw17 wrote:
| I think you can build it yourself and install that?
| monkeydust wrote:
| What's the most interesting or complicated flow someone has built
| using this? Just curious.
| stevenhuang wrote:
| Extracting my data from sites like my bank/broker. Currently
| I'm doing it manually whenever I happen to login. After copying
| the relevant html, I need to fix the formatting and other
| transforms before the entry can be added to my sheets.
|
| I'm thinking with this I can get it to instantly select the
| right fields and prepare the data, put it in my clipboard, then
| I will be able to just paste in my sheet saving some time.
| rajishx wrote:
| jira stuff, so boring to create a new issue in jira
| dalex00 wrote:
| What is exactly the use case i am Jira admin and curious to
| know to offer it my team's..
| bbkane wrote:
| Try go-jira for this. You can use YAML to template out your
| tickets and `jira create` to create them. I wrote how I do
| this at https://www.bbkane.com/blog/career-engineering-by-
| tracking-w...
| c54 wrote:
| One use case that got me interested in browser automation is
| the task of creating a new twitter account which follows
| everyone followed by an existing twitter account. Aka
| automating clicking and scrolling the same button down a page.
|
| Something to try out
| schleck8 wrote:
| This is super cool. The Google search demo automation even types
| the letters one by one like a real user
| eastendguy wrote:
| Sounds similar to Browserflow, which was on HN a few days ago.
| stevenhuang wrote:
| Yup, difference being this one is open source. Now it's even
| more exciting to try out :)
| nepalvibes wrote:
| Love the fact that it is open-source and free to use. I can see
| it being useful for a lot of people who don't want to spend money
| but know they need to do some form of simple automation using
| their browser.
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