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Hi
so I am completely new to Apple Scripts, so I pull daily documents from websites and some websites ask for a date range for eg 03-01-2022 to 03-08-2022 so how do I put this number in that box and how do I make it change everyday for example the next day I have to put in 03-02-2022 to 03-09-2022
Thank for the help in advance
Incorporate this into your existing code:
use scripting additions
property now_date : space
property week_ago : space
set now_date to (do shell script "date -j -u +%m-%d-%Y")
set week_ago to (do shell script "date -j -u -v-1w +%m-%d-%Y")
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Google Chrome"
keystroke now_date
keystroke week_ago
key code 36
end tell
end tell
Incorporate this into your existing code:
use scripting additions
property now_date : space
property week_ago : space
set now_date to (do shell script "date -j -u +%m-%d-%Y")
set week_ago to (do shell script "date -j -u -v-1w +%m-%d-%Y")
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Google Chrome"
keystroke now_date
keystroke week_ago
key code 36
end tell
end tell
You can click the bottom bar of the script editor's ⋮≡ symbol and this will reveal a Replies area where you can see the results of those two set commands. Do not type the quoted date string, as that was me just showing you the output on another line. You should see the following for today's date:
There are many ways to go about this.
More than anything you need to understand the specifics of the site and the URLs in question.
Fox example, if the site requires the start and end dates to be entered into a field on a web form, then you're almost certainly going to need to use JavaScript to interact with the page (JavaScript is the de facto way to manage web content within a browser).
On the other hand, if the URLs are consistent and predictable (e.g. https://www.site.com/report?start=03-01-2022&end=08-08-22 ) then it may be no more complex that compiling a URL string with the appropriate fields and filling in the blanks.
There's also a lot of variance in the dates - your post implies that somehow the script should 'know' that the last time it was used, the dates 3/1/22 through 3/8/22 were used, and therefore the next run would be 3/2/22 through 3/9/22. That's different from prompting the user for start and end dates.
In addition, are the dates always a week apart? Can the user enter one (e.g. start date) and the script automatically calculate the end? or maybe the report is always for 1 week prior to today? Lots of way to slice this.
In short, more detail is needed before a path forward can be determined.
hi Camelot thanks for replying
So I have no idea how java scripts work and yes the URLs are pretty consistent
Is there any way to put the end date first which will be the current date and then the script will calculate (-7 days) and input in the blank field?
Yes the dates are always a week apart
also, can the script make a report on excel of the documents it pulled
(I know I am asking a lot but just need some help as this will reduce 60% of my job)
I logged it the site bye using basic apple scripts function
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
tell application "System Events"
key code 17 using command down
delay 1
key code 37 using command down
delay 2
keystroke "url"
key code 36
delay 2
key code 3 using command down
delay 1
keystroke "User Name:"
key code 36
delay 1
key code 53
delay 1
key code 48
delay 1
keystroke "username"
delay 0.5
key code 48
keystroke "password"
repeat 7 times
key code 48
end repeat
key code 36
delay 2
repeat 4 times
key code 48
end repeat
key code 36
delay 7
key code 3 using command down
keystroke "Search within the site"
key code 36
delay 1
key code 53
delay 1
key code 36
delay 2
key code 3 using command down
keystroke "search withing the site"
key code 36
delay 1
key code 53
delay 1
key code 36
delay 2
repeat 7 times
key code 48
end repeat
key code 36
delay 1
repeat 9 times
key code 48
end repeat
delay 1
repeat 3 times
key code 125
end repeat
key code 36
delay 3
key code 48
-- this is how i have to manually put a week range date
keystroke "03"
keystroke "01"
keystroke "2022"
keystroke "03"
keystroke "09"
keystroke "2022"
key code 36
end tell
also i have to login to atleast 30 sites like these everyday
Thank you so much
You will still need to use JavaScript to get at those form date fields at the site displayed in the browser. Key codes and Keystrokes are not going to achieve this.
use scripting additions
set now_date to (do shell script "date -j -u +%m-%d-%Y")
"03-11-2022"
set week_ago to (do shell script "date -j -u -v-1w +%m-%d-%Y")
"03-04-2022"
Yes I got that my question was how do I input that date in the URL asking for a date range
because I don't want it to be in the result tab I want it to input it in the URL
also thank you so much for helping me
logged in *, by*
I cant get it to type it out in where this is supposed to go
thank you for replying
Hi I cannot thank you enough for doing this for me it worked like a charm I made a few tweaks
I put the week_ago first and then now date - 1 day
Thank you so much <3
You are welcome.
How do I put in date range in a website to pull documents In apple scripts