Use Power Automate Desktop as a Web Scraper for Excel

Update existing Excel spreadsheet with information pulled from any webpage.
Instructions:
  1. Copy-paste Flow Actions to your Power Automate Desktop.
  2. Change C:\\PowerAutomate\\ExcelWorkbook.xlsx to your Excel spreadsheet document path.
  3. Run flow.

This flow is a slightly modified version of Joe Camp’s post on LinkedIn Power Automate Desktop as a Web Scraper.

Changes
  • 2022-01-06: Updated flow actions to work with Power Automate Desktop version 2.15.284.21354
[1]https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-automate-desktop-web-scraper-joe-camp/
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