web automation 01

kailian 2016-09-26

setup

phantomjs

A headless WebKit scriptable with a JavaScript API.

brew install phantomjs

nightmarejs

A high-level browser automation library

npm install nightmare

example

var Nightmare = require('nightmare');
var nightmare = Nightmare({ show: true })

nightmare
  .goto('http://yahoo.com')
  .type('form[action*="/search"] [name=p]', 'github nightmare')
  .click('form[action*="/search"] [type=submit]')
  .wait('#main')
  .evaluate(function () {
    return document.querySelector('#main .searchCenterMiddle li a').href
  })
  .end()
  .then(function (result) {
    console.log(result)
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.error('Search failed:', error);
  });

run

node example.js
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