Imacro Scripts 4 You. Command Reference. A high-level overview on the different versions of iMacros can be found here Note: With iMacros Version 8 we adapted our iMacros Edition names and license structure to better suit the needs of our growing numbers of enterprise customers. Old: iMacros Scripting Edition => New: iMacros Enterprise Edition Old: iMacros PRO Edition => New: iMacros Standard Edition We will update the naming in the wiki over time. With regards to Scripting API features, the new Enterprise Edition has all the features of the previous Scripting Edition and is 100% compatible to all existing iMacros 7 scripts. The browser icons listed below and on each command detail page denote browser compatibility.
iMacros Commands Reference Built-In Variables Built-in variable names always start with an exclamation mark ("! "). User-defined Variables User-defined variables are created with the SET and iimSet commands. Scripting Interface Command Overview Note that we made some API enhancements and name changes in iMacros V7.4. Web Browser Automation FAQ | iMacros Software. Compare Web Automation Features | iMacros Software. Forum • View topic - How could I run iMacros under Linux? Currently, the iMacros Scripting Interface works "only" on Windows OS, however you can use popular "Linux" languages such as Perl, Python, PHP or Ruby to script it on Windows. Of course, iMacros also runs well on a virtual machine that you can host on your Linux server. All kinds of virtual machine should work (VMware, Virtual PC, Parallels, Hyper-V,...). We regularly regression test iMacros with VMware on Ubuntu. Some users also reported success with Wine, but we have not tested it ourself yet.
We plan to release a native Linux version in the future. In this case, please also let us know what your favorite programming or scripting language on Linux is. Last but not least, you can already use iMacros for Firefox on Linux and control the browser via the command line interface: ... ne_Support RegardsAnn PS: If you purchase our iMacros Scripting Edition for Windows now, you receive a free upgrade to the Linux version once it is available.
Screen Scraping for Fun and Profit. Even though the Web is roughly a decade old and there are now many options for developing Web applications, Perl is still regarded by many as "the darling language of Web programming. " Perl's text-wrangling abilities still exceed that of any other popular open source language, and a wealth of Perl modules (from the core distribution and the CPAN) makes Web applications a snap to construct and maintain. Even though the Web is roughly a decade old and there are now many options for developing Web applications, Perl is still regarded by many as “the darling language of Web programming.” Perl’s text-wrangling abilities still exceed that of any other popular open source language, and a wealth of Perl modules (from the core distribution and the CPAN) makes Web applications a snap to construct and maintain.
A frequent task for Perl is Web scraping, or getting data from a browser-facing Web site. One emerging Web scraping tool is WWW::Mechanize by Andy Lester. Line 27 begins the outer loop. Linux. Note: As of 2013/1/1 we no longer support or update the Linux version of the Scripting Interface The Linux version of the Scripting Interface is free for all users of the iMacros Unlimited Player License (US$ 399.00). Note that the Player (and thus iMacros for Linux) is included at no extra costs in all iMacros Enterprise Bundles. So for most use cases, we highly recommend our Enterprise Bundles. They contain all licenses you need at a great discount. iMacros works fine on 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Just note that the iMacros Scripting Interface needs 32bit Python, also on a x64 system. Important: iMacros for Firefox 7.4.* contains bigger interface changes and is not yet supported with the Linux Scripting Interface. Download => Click here to download iMacros Scripting Interface for Linux V1.00 (ZIP-archive, released 2011/2/2) This download is a free trial. Buy iMacros for Linux: You can purchase iMacros for Linux here. How to Set Up How to Test Run minimal example #! Comprehensive Code Sample.