How to manipulate DOM in ubuntu command line without actually rendering the page on the GUI?
I've written a small JS snippet which clicks some buttons in the DOM of a certain target website in a loop.
To run this snippet, I open the target website in firefox. Then I paste this JS snippet in the console and let it do its job. PFA a sample snippet below.
Now the problem is that I want to automate this whole process to avoid actually opening firefox everyday. I would just like to write a cron to do this daily and everything should happen in background. I need to deploy this on a cloud ubuntu VM without a GUI.
Any ideas about how I should proceed?
(I already know that I can use the website's backend API, thereby bypassing the entire DOM manipulation. But I would like to explore other options.)
P.S.: Sample of a code that I enter into the firefox's developer tools console:
func = setInterval(function () {
// Some button that I want to click.
document.evaluate("/html/body/div[1]", document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.click();
// TODO: A break condition (or not)
}, 6000);
command-line firefox cron browser websites
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
I've written a small JS snippet which clicks some buttons in the DOM of a certain target website in a loop.
To run this snippet, I open the target website in firefox. Then I paste this JS snippet in the console and let it do its job. PFA a sample snippet below.
Now the problem is that I want to automate this whole process to avoid actually opening firefox everyday. I would just like to write a cron to do this daily and everything should happen in background. I need to deploy this on a cloud ubuntu VM without a GUI.
Any ideas about how I should proceed?
(I already know that I can use the website's backend API, thereby bypassing the entire DOM manipulation. But I would like to explore other options.)
P.S.: Sample of a code that I enter into the firefox's developer tools console:
func = setInterval(function () {
// Some button that I want to click.
document.evaluate("/html/body/div[1]", document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.click();
// TODO: A break condition (or not)
}, 6000);
command-line firefox cron browser websites
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
I've written a small JS snippet which clicks some buttons in the DOM of a certain target website in a loop.
To run this snippet, I open the target website in firefox. Then I paste this JS snippet in the console and let it do its job. PFA a sample snippet below.
Now the problem is that I want to automate this whole process to avoid actually opening firefox everyday. I would just like to write a cron to do this daily and everything should happen in background. I need to deploy this on a cloud ubuntu VM without a GUI.
Any ideas about how I should proceed?
(I already know that I can use the website's backend API, thereby bypassing the entire DOM manipulation. But I would like to explore other options.)
P.S.: Sample of a code that I enter into the firefox's developer tools console:
func = setInterval(function () {
// Some button that I want to click.
document.evaluate("/html/body/div[1]", document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.click();
// TODO: A break condition (or not)
}, 6000);
command-line firefox cron browser websites
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
I've written a small JS snippet which clicks some buttons in the DOM of a certain target website in a loop.
To run this snippet, I open the target website in firefox. Then I paste this JS snippet in the console and let it do its job. PFA a sample snippet below.
Now the problem is that I want to automate this whole process to avoid actually opening firefox everyday. I would just like to write a cron to do this daily and everything should happen in background. I need to deploy this on a cloud ubuntu VM without a GUI.
Any ideas about how I should proceed?
(I already know that I can use the website's backend API, thereby bypassing the entire DOM manipulation. But I would like to explore other options.)
P.S.: Sample of a code that I enter into the firefox's developer tools console:
func = setInterval(function () {
// Some button that I want to click.
document.evaluate("/html/body/div[1]", document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.click();
// TODO: A break condition (or not)
}, 6000);
command-line firefox cron browser websites
command-line firefox cron browser websites
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
asked Dec 27 '18 at 7:39
Trevor Track
1
1
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Trevor Track is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
active
oldest
votes
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Trevor Track is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1104819%2fhow-to-manipulate-dom-in-ubuntu-command-line-without-actually-rendering-the-page%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Trevor Track is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Trevor Track is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Trevor Track is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Trevor Track is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1104819%2fhow-to-manipulate-dom-in-ubuntu-command-line-without-actually-rendering-the-page%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
