Browse websites

This chart opens up a website, browses it around for a random time and then closes the page.

Table of Contents

• Chart Description

• Configuration Samples

  • Schedule Configuration

    • Samples Schedule Configurations

  • Shortcut Configuration

• Chart Status: Active

Chart Description

We all have the need to visit some websites from time to time. Wether it's our quirky friend's blog, or waiting for that new gadget to finally be available on the vendor's website. For all such needs and more, you can use this chart.

This automation chart allows you to specify a schedule and the URL to open at the designated time. It will then move around on the web page pretending to be a normal person navigating around. Once done, it will close the page.

Note that you should not use this chart for malicious purposes. Every time you visit someone's website, you are costing them a little. If it's your friend, they would appreciate you showing up to their live-stream rather than this chart.

Configuration Samples

You can configure the range between which the random time value is picked up. This range is defined in seconds and can be set up using minSec and maxSec.

• values.minSec: Minimum number of seconds for random time pickup
• values.maxSec: Maximum number of seconds for random time pickup

Schedule Configuration

You can configure when and where to run this chart

• schedule: Schedule based on which the run should start. Use crontab.guru to validate your schedule.
• startURL: The website to browse for this chart

Samples Schedule Configurations

• Browse CakeAI's home page every 30 minutes, and browse between for random time between 5 seconds and 10 minutes

{
  "schedule": "*/30 * * * *",
  "startURL": "https://cakeai.app",
  "values": {
    "minSec": 5,
    "maxSec": 600
  }
}

• Browse your own website at top of every hour on every day-of-week from Monday through Friday for max 1 minute

{
  "schedule": "* */1 * * 1-5",
  "startURL": "https://MyAmazingWebsite.com/",
  "values": {
    "minSec": 10,
    "maxSec": 60
  }
}

Shortcut Configuration

With shortcuts, this chart will only run on cakeai.app websites. However you can still choose the range for random time value, as well as the shortcut to start this run.

{
  "shortcutKey": "k",
  "values": {
    "minSec": 50,
    "maxSec": 90
  }
}

Chart Status: Active

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