Power Automate Web Automation: Extracting Data from Web Pages

In today's digital age, automating tasks has become an essential aspect of various industries. Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow) provides a robust platform for web automation, enabling users to extract data from web pages with ease. One of the key features of Power Automate is its ability to extract data from specific parts of a web page in the form of single values, lists, rows, or tables.

To achieve this, you can input parameters such as an ArgumentĮnter or choose the variable that contains the web browser instance to work with. This allows for seamless interaction with your web application and components. For more information on how to use this action, refer to Web data extraction.

When developing web flows, it's essential to create custom selectors to pinpoint specific elements on a page. A custom selector is needed when the value of a selector's attribute depends on the results of previous actions. Instead of hard-coded values, use variables to make your web flow more dynamic.

To create a custom selector, you can either edit an existing one or build it from scratch. Selectors use the > notation to indicate that each element is contained within the element on its left. For instance, if you need to extract data from a specific table row, you would use a selector like 'table > tr'.

Although selectors are created automatically when adding UI elements, some scenarios may require manually created selectors. To add a new UI element, select Add UI element through the deployed browser automation action or the UI elements pane of the flow designer.

UI elements describe uniquely the web components that an action is going to handle. Browser automation actions enable users to interact with web applications and components through these UI elements. By using Power Automate's web automation capabilities, you can streamline your workflow, reduce manual intervention, and increase efficiency.

In conclusion, Power Automate provides a robust platform for web automation, enabling users to extract data from web pages with ease. With its ability to create custom selectors and interact with UI elements, you can automate complex tasks and improve overall productivity.

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