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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that can automate any ... by dkthehuman on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @03:20PM (#29258334)
Browserflow is more low-code than it is no-code since it has support for control flow statements like "If", "Else", etc. as well as being able to execute arbitrary Javascript on the page. The no-code approach of simply recording a flow works fine in many cases, but there are a lot of escape hatches if the flexibility is needed (e.g. waiting for an element to appear).

There's also support for a few unofficial pseudo-selectors (:contains and :has — see https://docs.browserflow.app/guides/selectors#writing-your-o...) to make selecting elements more reliable.

Hope that helps! Agreed that creating reliable automations for the Web is challenging and hopefully Browserflow will make it easier for many folks.

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