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Manoj Naidu
Manoj Naidu

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Gmail Login by Automating Browser

#ruby #bash #productivity

Prerequisites

  • Make sure you run latest version of firefox
  • Make sure you have installed geckodriver (a firefox webdriver) in your ruby executable path
  • Run gem install watir to install watir gem

It's show time!! 

require 'watir' browser = Watir::Browser.new(:firefox) # To launch the browser browser.goto("https://www.gmail.com") sleep 2 browser.text_field(class: "whsOnd zHQkBf").set "{ YOUR GMAIL ADDRESS HERE }" sleep 2 browser.span(index: 4).click sleep 2 browser.text_field(name: "password").set "{ YOUR GMAIL PASSWORD HERE }" sleep 2 browser.send_keys :enter
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finally, cd to the script path in the terminal and type

ruby FILENAME.rb

Sit back and watch it in action!!

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