hushaohan/wat

Web Automation Toolkit

Web Automation Toolkit

Automation tools for simple web accounts operations. Currently supports:

• Daily XiaMi check-ins
• Monthly No-IP free hostname refreshes
• Semi-automatic advancing for taking online defensive driver's course (DDC) at New York Safety Council

About Requirements

Please make sure the following non-python dependencies are installed:

• Firefox: for selenium's headful operation (or feel free to change the code to use your preferred selenium -compatible browser),
• PhantomJS: for selenium's headless operation, and
• Postfix (or other smtp server): for smtplib to be able to send notification emails upon errors.

Usage Notes

Use flag --help or -h for general usage help.

For command-line password input (with flag --password-now), do not start the script in background; consider using screen instead.

For GUI password input (with flag --no-password-now), starting in background is fine.

Because the DDC mode is more of a quick hack where real-time human intervention is needed every now and then, the following settings will be automatically set regardless of user inputs:

• headless mode: disabled
• persistent_session mode: enabled
• notification_method: set to beep (i.e. the ascii '\a' character)

The flag --force can be used to override them.