Passing parameters using Send() from File

[Iraj]

Greetings!

I am trying to pass parameters using Send () function as below

$sFilePath = @ScriptDir & "\config.ini"
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_READ)
Local $sURLUsername = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 1)
Local $sURLPassword = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 2)
Local $sAutomation = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 3)

Run("chrome facebook.com")
Sleep(5000)
Send($sAutomation)

FileClose($hFileOpen)

The config.ini file contains below lines

abcd
wxyz
$sURLUsername{TAB}$sURLPassword{ENTER}

While running,  I am getting $sURLUsername & $sURLPassword in the username & password field instead of abcd & wxyz as provided.

Refer image below:

 

Where am I going wrong? Any suggestions or assistance will be grateful. 

Edited January 7, 2023 by Iraj
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[ioa747]

try this maybe  help 

$sAutomation = "^aabcd{TAB}wxyz{ENTER}"
ShellExecute("https://www.facebook.com/login.php/")
WinWait("Log into Facebook — ")
Send($sAutomation)

in ini file need only one line. The send line like $sAutomation

otherwise

$sAutomation = "^a" & $sURLUsername & "{TAB}" & $sURLPassword & "{ENTER}"

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by ioa747

[Iraj]

1 hour ago, ioa747 said:

try this maybe  help 

$sAutomation = "^aabcd{TAB}wxyz{ENTER}"
ShellExecute("https://www.facebook.com/login.php/")
WinWait("Log into Facebook — ")
Send($sAutomation)

in ini file need only one line. The send line like $sAutomation

otherwise

$sAutomation = "^a" & $sURLUsername & "{TAB}" & $sURLPassword & "{ENTER}"

 

That I tried, the issue is the username & password will be changing often & I require it as mentioned above (in .ini file) & also will be confusing for the people who will use it.

I just need to figure it out where I am going wrong. Thanks anyways! If any other way, do lemme know

[ioa747]

$sURLUsername & "{TAB}" & $sURLPassword & "{ENTER}"  instead of  $sURLUsername{TAB}$sURLPassword{ENTER}

[Melba23]

Iraj,

Before we go any further, how about explaining why you have the need to read usernames and passwords from a file in order to login. This implies that you will be logging into several accounts rather then just your own. So just what is going on?

M23

P.S. And just to be absolutely clear - this is the Mod team determining the legality of the thread, so everyone else please keep out.

[Iraj]

13 minutes ago, Melba23 said:

Iraj,

Before we go any further, how about explaining why you have the need to read usernames and passwords from a file in order to login. This implies that you will be logging into several accounts rather then just your own. So just what is going on?

M23

P.S. And just to be absolutely clear - this is the Mod team determining the legality of the thread, so everyone else please keep out.

I am currently working on website automation project for an organisation for SSO module which includes url single sign on.

Thats the only case, nothing else!

[Iraj]

1 hour ago, ioa747 said:

$sURLUsername & "{TAB}" & $sURLPassword & "{ENTER}"  instead of  $sURLUsername{TAB}$sURLPassword{ENTER}

Tab & Enter are happening. Just that the actual username & password are not passing.

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @Melba23,

is the legality of the thread proofed or not? How long should we wait until we could post suggestions to the user?
No pressure, I just don't know how to handle this 😅 .

Best regards
Sven

[Melba23]

SOLVE-SMART,

Quote

How long should we wait

As long as it takes - some of us do have a life away from the forum!

M23

[Melba23]

Iraj,

Happy to accept that explanation. The thread is again open to suggestions.

M23

[Iraj]

1 hour ago, Melba23 said:

Iraj,

Happy to accept that explanation. The thread is again open to suggestions.

M23

Thanks 👍🏼

[SOLVE-SMART]

2 hours ago, Melba23 said:

[...] As long as it takes - some of us do have a life away from the forum! [...]

I didn't want to stress you out @Melba23 😔 , it was really just a question of how to behave, not more.
Anyway, understood 👍 . Next time I am aware of how to.

Best regards
Sven

Edited January 8, 2023 by SOLVE-SMART

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @Iraj,

this code would run properly:

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Opt('SendKeyDelay', 40)

_Login()

Func _Login()
    Local Const $sFilePath    = @ScriptDir & '\config.ini'

    Local Const $hFileOpen    = FileOpen($sFilePath)
    Local Const $sURLUsername = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 1)
    Local Const $sURLPassword = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 2)
    Local Const $sAutomation  = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 3)

    FileClose($hFileOpen)

    ShellExecute('https://www.facebook.com/login.php/')
    Sleep(3000)

    Send(Execute($sAutomation))
EndFunc

• You missed to Execute() the third read line as this is a string which has to be executed before Send().
  •   Line three in config.ini: $sURLUsername & '{TAB}' & $sURLPassword & '{ENTER}'
• You also should use the suggested ShellExecute() of @ioa747.
• The AutoIt option SendKeyDelay is for a bit of robustness. Between each keystroke, a short delay is proceeded before the next keystroke happen.

But let's be honest, if you really want to do website automation for a company in such a way, I believe this approach will lead to an quick end. You will struggle after the facebook login without using a more robust approach like WebDriver (au3WebDriver, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Nightwatch.js etc.).

What should be the next step @Iraj? Do you want to get more into WebDriver? Let us know, there is a great Wiki and much more which would help a lot, am I sure.

Best regards
Sven

Edited January 8, 2023 by SOLVE-SMART

[Iraj]

On 1/8/2023 at 7:53 PM, SOLVE-SMART said:

Hi @Iraj,

this code would run properly:

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Opt('SendKeyDelay', 40)

_Login()

Func _Login()
    Local Const $sFilePath    = @ScriptDir & '\config.ini'

    Local Const $hFileOpen    = FileOpen($sFilePath)
    Local Const $sURLUsername = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 1)
    Local Const $sURLPassword = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 2)
    Local Const $sAutomation  = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 3)

    FileClose($hFileOpen)

    ShellExecute('https://www.facebook.com/login.php/')
    Sleep(3000)

    Send(Execute($sAutomation))
EndFunc

• You missed to Execute() the third read line as this is a string which has to be executed before Send().
  •   Line three in config.ini: $sURLUsername & '{TAB}' & $sURLPassword & '{ENTER}'
• You also should use the suggested ShellExecute() of @ioa747.
• The AutoIt option SendKeyDelay is for a bit of robustness. Between each keystroke, a short delay is proceeded before the next keystroke happen.

But let's be honest, if you really want to do website automation for a company in such a way, I believe this approach will lead to an quick end. You will struggle after the facebook login without using a more robust approach like WebDriver (au3WebDriver, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Nightwatch.js etc.).

What should be the next step @Iraj? Do you want to get more into WebDriver? Let us know, there is a great Wiki and much more which would help a lot, am I sure.

Best regards
Sven

Its working ... Thanks

 

Regarding Webdriver, I was planning to integrate python for identifying the html elements more precisely & go on forward as I have worked on python before.

 

Any other idea will be appreciated...

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @Iraj,

good to read: it works 😀 .
Regarding Python and WebDriver => you will be focusing on Selenium then, am I right?

But I don't understand why you want to do things with AutoIt, like reading values from a file and do a website login, afterwards you will work with Python to do the rest?
Why not stay on Python or AutoIt for both tasks?

Depending on your experience with one of the languages, I recommend to stay on one of them for browser automation.
In case you plan to do more then browser stuff, it would be interesting what exactly to come to an conclusion which language fits the tasks better.

Best regards
Sven

[seadoggie01]

Since you're dealing with login information, you might consider using a password manager instead of storing the username/password in plain text in a file. I personally use KeePass with AutoIt and have a UDF that I put together to easily use it. See my signature for a link if you're interested

[Iraj]

13 hours ago, SOLVE-SMART said:

Hi @Iraj,

good to read: it works 😀 .
Regarding Python and WebDriver => you will be focusing on Selenium then, am I right?

But I don't understand why you want to do things with AutoIt, like reading values from a file and do a website login, afterwards you will work with Python to do the rest?
Why not stay on Python or AutoIt for both tasks?

Depending on your experience with one of the languages, I recommend to stay on one of them for browser automation.
In case you plan to do more then browser stuff, it would be interesting what exactly to come to an conclusion which language fits the tasks better.

Best regards
Sven

My project head wanted python & one open source scripting lang for this. I’ll anyhow use python predominantly. Lets see. If I come to a better solution I’ll keep you updated

Edited January 10, 2023 by Iraj

[Iraj]

10 hours ago, seadoggie01 said:

Since you're dealing with login information, you might consider using a password manager instead of storing the username/password in plain text in a file. I personally use KeePass with AutoIt and have a UDF that I put together to easily use it. See my signature for a link if you're interested

Well I need to check. The issue is not all our clients use KeePass, and we are in similar domain, so ideally we can’t use it. Still I’ll check with my project head if we can integrate it