Click Text on Web Page based on user input

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Hi Smart People!

I’m using an InputDialog box to get specific text from the user which is stored as a string variable which I then want it to find on a specific web page and click on that text as it will be a link. The links will be structured data but I’m guessing that’s not important if I want it to read the entire page. I’ve tried Click Text but I must not have the Selector provisioned. Any ideas?

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Hi welcome to the community!
First thing you can use UiExplorer and point to a sample link to see the attribute that holds the text you want to be dynamic, then post that here and we can help you to build yours.

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Thanks! I made a sample that models what I’m trying to do.

  • Dialog box asks for name of bike website. User enters “trekbikes.com”
  • Open browser goes to a google search for “bikes” results page.
  • Walmart is the first result, but I want the robot to find the link that has “trekbikes.com” in it, which in this case is the second link.Sample.xaml (8.4 KB)
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ok, dont you want then to do the search like this instead?
bike site:trekbikes.com

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What I provided was just an example of how I wanted the bot to find the text (variable defined by user) on the page and click on it. I will be using this on a different site but the data is structured similarly.

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oh ok, so you want a way to click a link that has the text the user provide or the url the user provides?

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Yes, click on the link that has the text.

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you will need a normal click with a selector like:
<webctrl aaname='*{{listName}}*' parentid='rso' tag='H3' />

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