Applescript to click on a webpage link

The simple answer to this is to use JavaScript, which is the de facto scripting nature of the web.

Examine the source code of the page in question to find the name of the web form the button is associated with, or maybe even the button itself.

If the button is the submit button (looking at the source code will tell you), then you can emulate submitting the form:

tell application "Safari"

do JavaScript "document.forms[\"myform\"].submit();" in window 1

end tell

(the above assumes the form has a name/ID of 'myform').

If it's just a button not associated with a form, you can click it via:

tell application "Safari"

do JavaScript "document.getElementById(\"myButtonId\").click();" in window 1

end tell

Where 'myButtonId' is the name of the button in question (not necessarily its label)

I am trying to click on the "search jobs" button at the bottom of this page.

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/advanced-search

I can't seem to figure out the right ID that will allow Applescript to click it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Camelot. I hope you dont mind me butting in on this discussion but I was wondering if you could help with this problem I am having. c

Could you take a look at this discussion to see if you know anything about it?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6251192?answerId=25867675022#25867675022

You'd need to iterate through the elements to get the button to be clicked. Like this:

tell application "Safari"
    do JavaScript "
function main()
{
    var ee = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
    for (var i = 0; i < ee.length; ++i) {
        var e = ee.item(i);
        if (e.getAttribute('class') == 'button' && e.getAttribute('value') == 'search jobs')
        {
            e.click();
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}
main();" in window 1's current tab
end tell

Regards,

H

PS. Next time, please start new thread for your own question. 🙂

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Roote - Yes, I've used Fake and I like it, but I was trying to teach myself a bit of Javascript. Also, Fake can be slow if you're filling in a bunch of fields on a webpage.

--Tom