Use rod to create a project to record browser events

[ysmood]

Similar to puppeteer-recorder, but we don't have to ask the user to install a browser extension to record events. So that we can handle more events than the chrome extension.

Code generation should be a separate standalone project to generate code for different targets, like go, js, java, etc.

See use-rod-like-chrome-extension

Also see:

• https://reflect.run/
• https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli/blob/70bb9a487633e318fd6591515caf74bd925e8227/src/injected/selectorGenerator.ts#L20

[yusufozturk]

We are also looking for a way to capture events. Is there any change on status for this issue?

Thanks.

[ysmood]

You can already do that by using injecting js and Page.Expose to make your own recorder. You just need to learn some js.

[ysmood]

No timeline yet, I don't have time to do it, but I can teach someone to do it. If anyone is interested, please leave a message here.

The main reason is it's actually not that useful, when I use puppeteer or playwright I seldom use them, once the task gets complex, they are almost useless or make the task even more time-consuming. You will spend more time to find solutions to keep using time 😂 . Handcrafting the selectors is really easy, not hard at all, anyone can master it in a short time.

[yusufozturk]

@ysmood thanks for redirecting me to the right way. I've used a js library to extract all the data I need.

// Inject Javascript
evalResult := page.MustEval(js)

// Export Output
return evalResult.String()

I have the results in JSON format so I can use it in main app.

Thanks.

[tmc]

The chrome recorder format could be leveraged here.