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Extracting data from a Javascript content in a webpage ?

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Please guys i'm going crazy this should be way easier than this 😭 i'm new to power automate, look:

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Can these be extracted into variables and then posted on twitter, using a cloud flow so without a PC?

 

Thank you if you solve this i'll pay you 5€

  • Jamar_Forsythe Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Do you have the power automate extension installed in your browser?

     

    If these are truly JavaScript components with no HTML DOM structure to them, then the UI Selector may not read them. In that case you may have to try an action like "Get details of element" and point to the top element (in DOM structure) that sits just above this JS component and try to extract text values etc.

    Depending on how that goes you may need to use some JavaScript to extract.

    Try using the Recorder to extract a value to see if PAD is picking up those controls.

  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    That's a Power BI report embedded within the webpage whose UI elements cannot be added and therefore the data is not easily extractable from PAD.

     

    Try to get the data using any other options like Export or Download.

  • WooYoungWoo Profile Picture
    23 on at

    So, yes i have the extension active on chrome.
    First of all can the flows be done on the cloud (power automate website) without me having the pc turned on all the time?

     

    Also this is what happens when i try to get a screenshot of the section, i thought initially of getting the data through image recognition or OCR

    Screen.png

  • Jamar_Forsythe Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Any RPA Flow (Power Automate Desktop) requires an active copy of Windows running amongst other things, you can see here Power Automate for desktop prerequisites & limitations - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

    For doing this in Cloud Flow, please take a look at the Power BI connector to get a sense of what you can do and see if that meets your needs Power BI - Connectors | Microsoft Learn

  • WooYoungWoo Profile Picture
    23 on at
  • Jamar_Forsythe Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    I wouldn't be able to go into detail here about your account and sensitive files, this may require a support ticket or an advisory request. Reach out to Microsoft Support for anything specific to your tenant.

  • WooYoungWoo Profile Picture
    23 on at

    I will close the post, i solved everything by using a direct API with HTTP and get. Thank you for your time

  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    Hi @WooYoungWoo 

    Its good to know you got it covered.

    Please share details of the Power BI API so that anyone in a similar situation can use it.

  • WooYoungWoo Profile Picture
    23 on at

    I used a different website where there was no POWER BI report but data with api, i parsed everything into a json and it basically worked i got all the variables.

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