Web Action SDK

Automate popular websites in 5 lines of code

52 followers

Automate popular websites in 5 lines of code

52 followers

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Web automations are very difficult to build and maintain for websites like LinkedIn, Amazon, and Uber. Web Action SDK makes it simple to create hundreds of website automations. We handle the complexity so you don't have to.

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Hey Product Hunt! My co-founder Adam and I are excited to announce the Web Action SDK, the simplest way to automate popular sites like LinkedIn, Amazon, Uber, and Resy. --Problem-- Engineering teams have a masochistic urge to build web automations from scratch, over-and-over again. But spinning your own automations is an easy path to unnecessarily complex codebases and enormous tech debt. Some of the challenges involving building your own automations include: - Handling user log-in credentials to access privileged content - Writing and maintaining automation scripts for every task - Configuring and deploying this service at scale Automation is particularly hard on popular websites like LinkedIn, which intentionally make it difficult to programmatically access content. But you need this functionality for your business, so what else can you do? --Solution: Web Action SDK-- We’ve built a TypeScript / JavaScript SDK that allows you to run automations on popular sites with only a few lines of code. Simply add your API key, define an action, and run it. In less than 10 lines of code, you can run multiple actions across different services. Web Action SDK does all the heavy-lifting: authentication, anti-botting, task creation and execution, self-healing, and hosting. Our goal is to enable engineering teams to focus on what to do with web actions, not how to make them work. As of now, you can read (i.e. web scraping) and write (i.e. process automation) using our SDK across social media, ride-share, e-commerce, and restaurant reservation apps. Many more sites and actions coming soon! --Next Steps-- Create your first automation in a few minutes at https://actionbase.co. Or book a demo call with us here. We’d love to hear your feedback on usefulness, usability, requests for supported sites/actions, and any other feedback you have!

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2yr ago

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This sounds intriguing! I'm curious about how you envision the Web Action SDK changing the landscape for developers. With so many popular sites involved, how do you handle potential changes in their APIs or structures? Also, any thoughts on the scalability of this SDK for larger organizations? I'm wondering if it can support B2B use cases effectively. Looking forward to seeing how @samuel_crombie and the team at Actionbase tackle these challenges!

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2yr ago

Saw this through a friend's recommendation honestly I think it tries to solve a problem that shouldn't exist, building web automations can be a nightmare but do we really need yet another tool for it? How does this handle custom websites, can it be extended easily, would be nice to see more specific examples not just the big names like LinkedIn or Amazon

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2yr ago

Hey Samuel, cool idea but gotta wonder what happens when LinkedIn or Amazon change their layout, are we gonna have to rewrite everything, also any plans on optimizing for bulk actions—thinking about scalability here, could be a real pain dealing with B2B clients who require high volume operations too, any thoughts?

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2yr ago

Congrats @samuel_crombie and Adam on launching the Web Action SDK! It’s a game-changer for those of us tired of the endless cycle of building automations from scratch. The focus on reducing tech debt while streamlining processes is so necessary in today's fast-paced development environment. Can’t wait to try it out! 🚀

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2yr ago

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@star_boat We really appreciate the support! Try it out and let us know what you think :)

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2yr ago

Really hoping this won't become another tool that developers have to constantly babysit, if the API changes on these popular sites break the automations all the time, this could be more of a hassle, also wondering if it’s gonna handle large-scale use cases or just small projects for now 🤔

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2yr ago

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