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This can most definitely be done.
The one problem you will more than likely run into is having to phone verify the accounts if google or facebook suspects anything fishy...
Thanks for the comment! We will be using accounts already created by 'volunteers' and hopefully we will be able to resolve problems if they arise.
The alternative to a bot is to to pay someone on Fiverr. However we're generating 1 or 2 articles per day per client, so it could get expensive, which is why I considered a bot.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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I want to creat a bot that clicks the Facebook Like, Tweet and Google +1 buttons on a webpage.
The Facebook part would be like this:
List of Facebook account logins
Gets first login
Ubot logs in to Facebook
Navigates to blog post
Clicks the Facebook Like button
Logs out of Facebook
Clears browser cache
Checks if last Facebook account
- if no, selects next Facebook login
- if yes, finishes Facebook Liking
The Twitter and G+1 would be more or less the same.
Before I start creating this I wanted to ask you experienced developers here if there are any hidden traps to consider. In the past I have spent hours tweaking bots. This requirement seems relatively straightforward. However Facebook in particular can get a bit fussy.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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you've been busy !!
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Is it true that I need to add Variable Functions to my own variables before I can use the value in the UI Stat Monitor 'Corresponding Variable' field?
Thanks, Barista
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Take your stat monitor out of the loop and put it at the beginning of your script.
John
thanks John the label is now visible above the browser.
However, I am still unable to drag and drop the $list position variable into the UI Stat Monitor variable field. I got round it be assigning the value of $list position to a variable I created and dropping that into the UI Stat Monitor node. But shouldn't I be able to drag and drop the $list variables?
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Hi everyone, I have two questions about UI Stat Monitor
1. The Label etc is not displaying above the ubot browser. You can see this in the image below.
2. I want to add the variable '$list position' into the Variable field in the UI Stat Monitor node, however I can't drag $list position into the field. IN fact there is already a # sign in the field. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
http://theappcats.com/lev/uistat.JPG
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Hi Barista. You should be able to look at the page and see if the position will remain constant. If you are checking the site everyday you should be able to note any changes. It's very hard to determine without seeing it, but my guess is that the webpage design won't change dynamically on a day to day basis.
For your second question I am assuming you are talking about a "save to" location popup when you click on the file. If you are unable to use the click dialog node, then try scraping the location of the file and navigating directly to it.
John
Hi JohnB, I can't see any links in the page source
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Hi
I've got two questions. I am writing a bot to interface with a website that runs a job every day. The job creates a txt file which contains the results of the job and I want to download the most recent file.
The jobs are posted as text files, and displayed as links in a list on the page. Besides each job is a small icon [ ] representing a calendar. The date is displayed when you mouseover the icon. The names of the files are not standard and have no pattern:
[ ] somefilename
[ ] another-file-name
[ ] yet-another-file-name
The most recent job is always at the top and this is the job I want to select and download.
Question 1.
To select the top file I use 'Choose by position'. This seems to work (i.e. I get the Windows File Download dialog) but will the 'position' be constant every day? Or does this value change?
Question 2
How do I work with the Windows 'File Download' dialog? Is it possible? Is there another way to download a file? I considered wrapping the ubot job in a winautomation job somehow but I want to see if I can solve this with ubot alone first.
Hope this makes sense!
Barista
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I can't get this to work using smtp.g mail.com which is a big pity. I managed to set-up an emailer using winautomation in about 30 minutes and it's chugging away nicely.
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How do we use the send email function? Looks like a great idea but I don't see how it can work. For example, smtp services usually require you to specify a port number, some require a secure connection (e.g. gmail). Or am I missing something? (which is likely).
Barista
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Ubot sometimes struggles when clearing out all of the browser cookies and temp files. So with websites like Youtube and Yahoo you may have some problems when logging into different accounts. Here is what I did and it worked perfectly in IE7.
I used the shell and ran this "RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351" and all of my cookies were deleted.
superb, thank you.
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Another way to 'skin the cat'. Change the display to basic html. You can find the setting on the bottom of the gmail page. Things just work better with ubot in this mode.
cheers for this advice. it solved a lot of nasty things!
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Hey there, I know exactly what you're feeling haha. I was really frustrated when I first bought it, and now I'm more than glad I made the purchase. (I bought it 5 - 6 days ago)
I made a really quick tutorial going over how I fill out a form for a free sample. Personally, I think it'll help you out as a big stepping stone, cause the stuff I do in the tutorial is stuff you'll be using everytime you make something with ubot
Enjoy!
http://www.wikifortio.com/504747/Tutorial.rar
password is teejay
Don't freak out right off the bat, it may look like what I'm doing is ridiculously difficult. Just give it some time, keep looking at what I'm doing. And #1 tip: practice the exact same thing in ubot as you watch the video.
I also went ahead and attached the script I use for the tutorial. I hope you don't actually download it as you should just be following the video
Hey man thanks for putting those tutorials together. They were really great. I'd love to see any more you make.
Thanks.
Barista.
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I'm not sure that one actually would work, but you would have to load in the .txt or csv into a list, add the new information and then save the combined list to the .txt again since it is overwriting every time
Yes I figured this would be the case.
thanks.
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Hi this is probably basic, but I scrape some data twice a week and save it to a text file. I use winautomation to append that data into another text file (which has all the previous data in it). Is this possible using Ubot?
Thanks
Barista
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I created a template which loops through a list of username/passwords in a text file, logs into a site, does the stuff and then logs out. Most of these functions are very similar so they fit a template. It looks like this:
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Chrome/Safari do not support many javascript-based rich editors.
so is there a way in Ubot of emulating this, i.e. switching-off javascript support?
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Look in the user options on those sites, you may be able to switch from a rich text editor to a plain text editor.
I can't see that there is a setting for that. However, when I open the site in the Iron browser (Chrome) it displays a plain text editor. In IE it's a rich text editor. So ... it must be possible somehow.
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I have a bot with three scripts (1. go to the site and log in 2. Do the stuff at the site 3. Tidy-up and log out). I compiled the bot and ran it. It looks like only the first script ran. Is this the case? i.e. that only the first script in a compiled bot runs? Or have I got that wrong?
It's fine if it is the case - I'll call the other scripts from the first script.
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No thats pretty much not possible.
there must be a way
Meanwhile I am focusing on the many sites that do work.
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Huh?
Sorry maybe I am not explaining myself very well.
I am trying to auto-fill a blog and having problems. Within Ubot selecting the content area is proving to be impossible for some of these sites e.g. vox, 3Step. I was wondering if someone has figured out how to do this. When you are using the site it's possible to use the tab key to jump from the title to the content field. I haven't found a work-around on this site.
Tony
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Well tabbing down to it probably wont make it chosen.
But take a look at this tutorial - might be someting:
http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Get-key-press-event-using-JavaScript/9689
Hi I am still none-the-wiser about how to move from the title field of a blog into the text area, if the text area is in an iframe or the fckeditor or similar. Is there a tutorial on this somewhere? It would really be very useful.
Thanks.
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We can not program a tool that will cover EVERYTHING for EVERYONE
But yes, the date function could be adjusted a bit more.I totally take your point and it's your call to decide where to draw the line.
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Does anyone know how to break out of the fckeditor? When I try to select it within Ubot (i.e. to choose by attribute) I don't get the Ubot menu, instead I get a small fckeditor 'edit' menu with copy,cut and paste.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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my social bot - a question before I start developing
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Thanks guys, really helpful.
It seems like Twitter is the most straightforward.
Facebook would be tricky.
G+ ... not sure! Even hootsuite sometimes has trouble with legit G+ posting.