I wrote a script to open a web page and enter the login credentials but am stuck in getting the login credentials code to work.
The relevant part of the script is as follows:
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
tell application "Safari"
set myUserName to "abcdefgh"
set myPassword to "ijklmnopq"
set tabList to index of every window
set tabName to "Scotiabank"
repeat with i in tabList
try
tell window i
set current tab to (first tab whose name contains tabName)
end tell
end try
end repeat
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Safari"
delay 2
keystroke tab
keystroke myUserName
keystroke tab
keystroke myPassword
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
The script fails when executing the keystroke tab command and produces the following error message:
@estockly, I appreciate your encouraging words though I do feel that I have a very long to go! The one thing that I do find “amusing” is people preferring / pushing automation via Automator, Shortcuts, etc. which are great for what they are but not as powerful (i.e. cannot do the heavy lifting) as AppleScript. Would appreciate your thoughts.
I know macscripter well as I am so on that sight.
Yes, to Script Debugger and this forum!
Thanks for all of your help, it is greatly appreciated.
I spent part of the weekend playing around with Keyboard Maestro. I it fairly powerful and can do some things easier – at least for me – that AppleScript but at the end of the day AppleScript is the tool of choice because it is more and can do it all, relative to the others.
For example, in KM, it has teh ability to execute AS code when KM lacks the functionality, same thing as Automator.
Keyboard Maestro is a great platform for automating / orchestrating AppleScript.
One thing it lends itself to is the gradual pushing down of function into AppleScript. You can push bits of function down as you learn and / or have time to experiment.
I had the below script running a few days ago and now it is not co-operating. The problem is that it is failing to enter the login credentials. Would greatly appreciate your help in getting this fixed as I can see no reason why it all of a sudden stopped working, SO FUSTRATED!
-- Open Safari, Load and Log into the Josh Portal Webpage
tell application "Safari"
activate
-- Open the Josh Portal Webpage
open location "https://portal.josh.ai/"
delay 5
close (every tab of window 1 whose name is not equal to "Josh Portal")
-- Find the Josh Portal Wepage tab
set tabList to index of every window
set tabName to "Josh"
repeat with i in tabList
try
tell window i
set current tab to (last tab whose name contains tabName)
end tell
end try
end repeat
-- Log into the Josh Portal Webpage
set myUserName to "e-mail"
set myPassword to "abcdefghi"
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Safari"
activate
delay 2
keystroke tab
delay 2
keystroke myUserName as text
delay 2
keystroke tab
delay 2
keystroke myPassword as text
delay 2
keystroke return
end tell
set windowPosition to {6, 29, 1434, 846}
tell its window "Josh Portal"
set bounds to windowPosition
set miniaturized to true
end tell
end tell
Hey Chris, I did as tep by step analysis and the problem has nothing to with the private browsing, it is burping at the keystroke commands, they are not executing at all even thought System Events is activated.
That said, I did add System Event to Security & Privacy settings per the KM forum as per the attached, any ideas?
I didn’t use keystroke in the original script. I directly referenced the fields in question.
I refactored the script and got it working reliably (so far) on my Mojave system.
This script does use keystroke, because the password field rejects text that is entered directly via the text field’s value property.
-Chris
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# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/12/14 15:57
# dMod: 2021/12/14 16:02
# Appl: Safari, System Events
# Task: Activate Safari and Log-In to Josh.io
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @ccstone, @SDForum, @Joel, @Applescript, @Script, @Safari, @System_Events
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set theURL to "https://portal.josh.ai"
tell application "Safari"
if not running then
run
delay 2
end if
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
set quit delay to 0
tell application process "Safari"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "File"
tell menu "File"
tell menu item "New Private Window"
repeat until exists of it
delay 0.25
end repeat
perform action "AXPress"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell application "Safari"
set URL of front document to theURL
end tell
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tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Safari"
tell (first window whose subrole is "AXStandardWindow")
tell splitter group 1
tell tab group 1
tell group 1
tell group 1
tell scroll area 1
tell UI element 1
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tell text field 1 -- User Name / Email Address
repeat until exists of it
delay 0.25
end repeat
set its focused to true
set its value to "joel@iamnuts.com"
end tell
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tell text field 2 -- User Password
set its focused to true
keystroke "beastlyWebPage!" & return
end tell
-----------------------------------------
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
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Chris, I appreciate the difference and thank you for the script.
I have not yet learnt how to reference fields directly but promise you that I will. In the meantime, is there a way to fix my script to work so that I understand it?
Apologies for coming back but am wondering whether anyone can please jump in and help me, see my above post of December 14 that contains the offending script.
I wanted to do a quick test of UI scripting sending multiple letters via keystroke, so I made this script to go to the URL field in Safari and enter some text. Something funky is going on with Script Debugger and/or UI scripting. When I run the following script, sometimes it will enter “test” correctly into the URL field in Safari and other times just the “t” is entered and the “est” gets appended to my applescript in Scriptdebugger. Can you reproduce this error? It would explain why your password works sometimes and not others… (I’m on newest silicon MBPro and latest version of Monterey, so ymmv)
set myUserName to "test"
activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
keystroke "l" using {command down} -- shifts focus to URL field
delay 1
keystroke myUserName
end tell
end tell
I do not have that setting active, and this script works reliably for me – even when Safari needs to launch and reopens previous windows/tabs.
set myUserName to "test my internet speed"
tell application "Safari"
activate
make new document
end tell
tell application "System Events"
repeat until name of (first process whose frontmost is true) = "Safari"
delay 0.2
end repeat
tell application process "Safari"
keystroke "l" using {command down} -- shifts focus to URL field
delay 0.15
keystroke myUserName
end tell
end tell
When you’re monkeying with UI-Scripting timing is often an issue.
That’s helpful, Chris… I believe that is probably a default setting.
Joel, it might be worth a try to insert some delays right after your script is inserting username and password to give it a few extra seconds to complete and actually get all the keystrokes into the fields. I thought that various commands in applescript took whatever time they needed and the script essentially waited for the step to complete before moving on, but if the UI script to put multiple keystrokes into the field is getting usurped by Script Debugger wrenching away focus…I’ll have to rethink this.
