Visit web pages found with Duckduckgo

Run DuckDuckGo in Chrome and visit first three links. Create a variable for CSS selectors to be able to click different links using an incremental loop counter.

WebAutomation.LaunchFirefox.LaunchFirefoxCloseDialog Url: $'''https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Normal ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False Timeout: 60 BrowserInstance=> Browser
WebAutomation.ExtractData.ExtractList BrowserInstance: Browser Control: $'''html > body > div:eq(1) > div:eq(4) > div:eq(2) > div > div:eq(0) > div:eq(4) > div''' ExtractionParameters: {[$'''div > h2 > a:eq(0)''', $'''Href''', $''''''] } ExtractedData=> DataFromWebPage
LOOP LoopIndex FROM 0 TO 2 STEP 1
    SET LinkResult TO $'''a[Class=\"result__a js-result-title-link\"]:eq(%LoopIndex%)'''
    WebAutomation.Click.Click BrowserInstance: Browser Control: appmask['Web Page \'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate&ia=web\'']['LinkResult']
    WebAutomation.GoToWebPage.NavigateBackCloseDialog BrowserInstance: Browser
END
# Tested with Power Automate Desktop version 2.15.284.21354

# [ControlRepository][PowerAutomateDesktop]
{
  "ApplicationInfo": {
    "Name": "ClipboardControlRepository",
    "Version": "1.0"
  },
  "Screens": [
    {
      "Controls": [
        {
          "AutomationProtocol": "uia3",
          "ScreenShot": null,
          "ElementTypeName": "<a>",
          "InstanceId": "9eada74a-cd8f-4683-817d-8ede78ba44b9",
          "Name": "LinkResult",
          "SelectorCount": 1,
          "Selectors": [
            {
              "CustomSelector": "%LinkResult%",
              "Elements": [],
              "Ignore": false,
              "IsCustom": true,
              "IsWindowsInstance": false,
              "Order": 0
            }
          ],
          "Tag": "a"
        }
      ],
      "ScreenShot": null,
      "ElementTypeName": "Web Page",
      "InstanceId": "7b307d80-4566-4325-a510-0caadb9ce021",
      "Name": "Web Page 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate&ia=web'",
      "SelectorCount": 1,
      "Selectors": [
        {
          "CustomSelector": null,
          "Elements": [
            {
              "Attributes": [],
              "CustomValue": "domcontainer",
              "Ignore": false,
              "Name": "Web Page 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate&ia=web'",
              "Tag": "domcontainer"
            }
          ],
          "Ignore": false,
          "IsCustom": false,
          "IsWindowsInstance": false,
          "Order": 0
        }
      ],
      "Tag": "domcontainer"
    }
  ],
  "Version": 1
}

WebAutomation.LaunchChrome Url: $'''https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Normal ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False Timeout: 60 BrowserInstance=> Browser
WebAutomation.DataExtraction.ExtractList BrowserInstance: Browser Control: $'''html > body > div:eq(1) > div:eq(4) > div:eq(2) > div > div:eq(0) > div:eq(4) > div''' ExtractionParameters: {[$'''div > h2 > a:eq(0)''', $'''Href''', $''''''] } ExtractedData=> DataFromWebPage
LOOP LoopIndex FROM 0 TO 2 STEP 1
    SET LinkResult TO $'''a[Class=\"result__a js-result-title-link\"]:eq(%LoopIndex%)'''
    WebAutomation.Click BrowserInstance: Browser Control: appmask['Web Page \'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=power+automate&ia=web\'']['LinkResult']
    WebAutomation.NavigateBack BrowserInstance: Browser
END
# Tested with Power Automate Desktop version 2.11.51.21196

Changes

2022-01-06: Updated flow actions to work with Power Automate Desktop version 2.15.284.21354

References

[1]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/how-to/click-elements-list-links

[2]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/build-custom-selectors

Author

PAG Admin