Time out for your codes.

[Ashley 0]

I want my bot do a specific job on the website

but some times that website is down or very slow

how can i add a time out to my script that if a page didn't load after a specific time it goes to the next step ?

or it try later ?

[IRobot 43]

how can i add a time out to my script that if a page didn't load after a specific time it goes to the next step ?

Use the 'navigate' command, set wait to 'No', then use the 'wait finish' command.

 

or it try later ?

Put 'navigate' in a loop, with a time delay and a time out.

[Super Dave 26]

set #nav_url "http://whereiwannago.com"
set #search_str "Something specific to the target page"
set #nav_timeout "as long as you want to wait"
set #max_tries "how many times to try before skipping?"
set #is_loaded = 0
set #nav_tries = 0

START while both:
#is_loaded = 0
#nav_tries < #max_tries
 nav #url wait no
 wait for #search_str timeout #nav_timeout
 if searchPage(#search_str)
  set #is_loaded = 1
 else
  inc #nav_tries
  [ Put a delay in here to wait a certain time before trying again]
END while

START if not #is_loaded = 0
[do some cool stuff now that the page is loaded]
else
[page didn't load even though we tried a bunch of times and waited long enough.. put error logging or whatever in this part]
END IF

 

As I'm writing this, I'm desperately wishing for an export/print/import feature