Help clicking a webpage button

[madcyborg]

Hi,

I'm working on my smart home this morning, and I have ~150 applets in my IFTTT account. There is some weird behavior where my Google home smart speaker "forgets" commands, and you have to click the "Check Now." Now, having 150 or so applets, I can't be bothered, so I would like to automate this process so I can run it once a week.

Here is the browser code when I inspect the source for the page:

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<a class="btn-sm btn-outlined btn" data-track-ifttt-next-event="click" data-track-data="{&quot;object_type&quot;:&quot;connection_activity_check_now&quot;,&quot;object_id&quot;:&quot;SAMPLEID&quot;,&quot;location_type&quot;:&quot;connection_config&quot;}">Check now</a>

SAMPLEID changes for every single applet. My code so far is:

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IEGetFromURL>https://ifttt.com/applets/SAMPLEID,IE_Inst
IEClickTag>IE_Inst,,,A,btn-sm btn-outlined btn,Check now,result

I don't have a lot of working code in this area, but I want to get better at it. I have done some really cool things with the software but not with the browser yet. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?

PS: I also have an Alexa, for other automation purposes, for all you smart speaker partisans

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I'd have thought either of these would work :

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IECreate>IE_Inst
IENavigate>IE_Inst,https://ifttt.com/applets/SAMPLEID,res

IETagEventByAttrib>https://ifttt.com/applets/SAMPLEID,A,classname=btn-sm btn-outlined btn,click,
IETagEventByAttrib>https://ifttt.com/applets/SAMPLEID,A,innertext=Check now,click,

[madcyborg]

It tries to use Internet Explorer, which IFTTT says is an incompatible browser. It also tries to open Microsoft Edge. As someone new to the browser automation, what is the recommended behavior here?

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I went with your lead using IE as your snippet was using an IE function. Let's try it in Chrome.

Before running this script, you'll need to download the appropriate Chromedriver. I strongly suggest reading this article before doing so.

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Let>CHROMEDRIVER_EXE=c:\chromedriver.exe
let>TheURL=https://ifttt.com/applets/SAMPLEID

ChromeStart>session_id
ChromeNavigate>session_id,url,%TheURL%

ChromeFindElements>session_id,xpath,//a[@class='btn-sm btn-outlined btn'],el
ChromeElementAction>session_id,el_1,click

If you experience the "Unquoted string in JSON data only valid for dictionary names" error this means you've downloaded the wrong version of Chromedriver. This will help.

[madcyborg]

Looks like I have to upgrade.

1 x Macro Scheduler Pro 1 User (Non-Business)

Is there an upgrade for those with version 14 or is it just year-over-year?

[Dorian (MJT support)]

If you log in to your user area you should see an upgrade link over to the right. If you still had active Maintenance at the time Macro Scheduler 15 was released you'll have access to v15.

[madcyborg]

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DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:55582/devtools/browser/7f9d956a-aa74-4376-b58e-f0632063f98f
[3216:19036:0309/220154.939:ERROR:device_event_log_impl.cc(211)] [22:01:54.938] USB: usb_device_handle_win.cc:1049 Failed to read descriptor from node connection: A device attached to the system is not functioning. (0x1F)
[3216:19036:0309/220156.186:ERROR:device_event_log_impl.cc(211)] [22:01:56.185] USB: usb_device_handle_win.cc:1049 Failed to read descriptor from node connection: A device attached to the system is not functioning. (0x1F)
[3216:19036:0309/220156.195:ERROR:device_event_log_impl.cc(211)] [22:01:56.194] USB: usb_device_handle_win.cc:1049 Failed to read descriptor from node connection: A device attached to the system is not functioning. (0x1F)
[3216:19036:0309/220156.198:ERROR:device_event_log_impl.cc(211)] [22:01:56.197] USB: usb_device_handle_win.cc:1049 Failed to read descriptor from node connection: A device attached to the system is not functioning. (0x1F)

Still working on it… No success yet.

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I know very little about IFTTT (nothing, in fact). This might be a good starting point. It looks like you're not alone in this issue.

[madcyborg]

Well well, I got something to work! This is neat. For the person who tries to read this in the future, the fix is to make sure your browser is updated to the same version as the chromedriver. I still get all of those errors spamming to the console, but they appear to be harmless, overeager warnings.

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Let>CHROMEDRIVER_EXE=my_location:\chromedriver.exe
let>TheURL=https://ifttt.com/login
ChromeStart>session_id
ChromeNavigate>session_id,url,%TheURL%
ChromeFindElements>session_id,partial link text,Continue with Google,el
ChromeElementAction>session_id,el_1,click

Not too bad, once you get started. Thanks Dorian.