What methods are available for starting Imacro?

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tommytx
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What methods are available for starting Imacro?

Post by tommytx » Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:15 am

This is a very general question as I am evaluating whether or not IMACRO will be useful for my company. So my question what methods are available for starting imacro..
More Detail:
Here is my requirement for using imacro:
On a signal from a php file or even from a piped email that lights off a php file.. I need to be able to get that signal to light off Imacro.

So can someone direct me to any threads that discuss this sort of thing.. I have searched the imacro data for threads and not appear.

So bottom line is.. i need to send some sort of signal to imacro to load up and do what its programmed for.. in my case it needs to send the chrome browser or any browser to a form on a website that has already been populated and is waiting for a browser to load it so that it can auto submit...

Currently i am using Windows scheduler to check each 5 min and then send the browser.. but much prefer that the site send an email to a pipe so that php can signal the imacro to wake up and do what its set to do.. like visit a site and load a form which will cause that form to auto submit.. If i can do that i can make this work for my company.... does anyone know of any posts that have discussed an issue like this..
Tom, Tech Support
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Re: What methods are available for starting Imacro?

Post by Tom, Tech Support » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:38 am

Hi tommytx,

The iMacros Enterprise Edition has what you need for this scenario. It includes a powerful scripting interface (API) that let's you integrate iMacros with third-party tools and applications as well as your own custom scripts and programs.

For more information about using the scripting interface, see the following:

https://wiki.imacros.net/Macro_or_Script
https://wiki.imacros.net/Web_Scripting
https://wiki.imacros.net/Command_Refere ... d_Overview
https://wiki.imacros.net/PHP
Regards,

Tom, iMacros Support
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