Browser automation

Browser automation

These blocks operate on the browser context created by Browser Open. Validate selectors and navigation in Debug mode before using a full job.

All entries use the selected block’s settings panel. The focused configuration guidance below describes the fields to review before using the block.

Browser Open

• Rust type: BrowserOpen
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Starts or attaches the browser context used by subsequent browser blocks.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Navigate To

• Rust type: NavigateTo
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Navigates the active browser page to the configured URL.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Click Element

• Rust type: ClickElement
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Finds an element using the configured selector and performs a click.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Type Text

• Rust type: TypeText
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Finds an element and enters configured text.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Wait For Element

• Rust type: WaitForElement
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Waits until the configured selector is available or the timeout expires.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Get Element Text

• Rust type: GetElementText
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Reads text from the configured element and stores it in an output variable.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Get DOM

• Rust type: GetDom
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Stores the complete active page DOM, or the inner/outer HTML of the first matching CSS selector.
• Configure: Leave Selector empty for the full page; set Include selected element for outer HTML; use a named output variable.

Interactive configuration preview

Get DOM block

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CSS selector optional Output variable Include selected element (outerHTML)

Read documented DOM

Block settings

Example DOM result

Variables made available

Screenshot

• Rust type: Screenshot
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Captures the active browser page using the configured output settings.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.

Execute JS

• Rust type: ExecuteJs
• Availability: Palette
• Purpose: Runs configured JavaScript in the active browser page context.
• Configure: Choose stable selectors, set timeouts deliberately, and configure the browser/output variable fields before running a full job.