Can KM find specific text in a webpage?

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Hey Kyu,

Use a Wait For Google Chrome to Finish Loading action instead of a plain pause.

I don’t see a verb in Chrome’s AppleScript dictionary for getting the page text, but you can do it with JavaScript.

Using an Execute an AppleScript action:

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set javascriptStr to "document.body.parentNode.outerText"
tell application "Google Chrome"
  tell front window
    tell active tab
      set chromeFrontPageText to execute javascript javascriptStr
    end tell
  end tell
end tell
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Or try the bare JavaScript in an Execute a JavaScript in Google Chrome action.

Beware – all of Chrome’s actions are run via AppleScript, and sometimes Chrome’s AppleScript support breaks – requiring a restart of Chrome.

I doubt there will be any difference in the reliability of either of these actions, so the bare JavaScript will be cleaner.

Route the output of the action to a Keyboard Maestro variable.

You have a number of options for finding your word or phrase:

  • AppleScript
  • JavaScript for Automation
  • Keyboard Maestro Search action

That should get you started.

-Chris