Web Automation in Power Automate for Desktop (Full Tutorial)

This video tutorial shows how to do web automation in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop. You'll learn how to work with browser UI elements, click buttons, type into input fields, take screenshots and learn RPA developer best practices.

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0:00 Intro
Today's case is open a Google browser, navigate to a web page, do a login with username and password and take a screenshot in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop.

1:30 Open a website
Use the Launch new Chrome action to open a browser. And you can do the same with Firefox, Edge, and Explorer.

2:33 Website login
Store the credentials into variables. Then you can use the variables in Power Automate actions. For example, use Populate text field on web page actions to type in the username and password on the website. Next, you'll create a UI element with the address of the fields in the browser. In the browser, press F12 to open the developer tools, and then we can inspect the CSS addresses, which we can use in Power Automate for Desktop. Finally, create a UI element for the login button.

12:20 Take a screenshot
Use the Take screenshot of web page action to take a screenshot. Then, we save the screenshot to a file.

14:59 Dynamic file naming
A great trick is using the date and time in the file names to ensure they are unique and won't get overwritten. The Get current date and time action gets the current system time, and the Convert datetime to text action converts the datetime to a text we can use in the filename for the screenshot.

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[andersjensenorg]

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[Cybertuber]

Just started using Power automate and don't know how to auto login to a website. I found this video and got it done in a few minutes. Nice tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[ravivishwamitra]

That's one of the best explanation of a concept i have ever seen. Covers everything smoothly! Awesome teacher.

[tomharrington]

Loved the explanation of the web page elements. Just what I was looking for.

[mworeharchleus]

A very useful lesson, Anders!
Lots of thanks to you.

[samanthashi]

Thanks Anders. I had gone through the PL500 module materials before watching your video. Your explanation helps me to understand more on top of the Microsoft learning materials.

[mdhidayat]

Great video as always.
Keep being awesome!

[shaunrowley]

Thanks again Anders - I have created a number of web links but not the usernames and passwords this will help me greatly with my PAD that i have called Open Websites after Reboot - this is going to save me time after a reboot 👍

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[AllenHorn]

Amazing content and quality my friend!!! ❤

[pedropasquali]

awesome short and precise video. Thank you

[RoBD]

Great explanations. You are really helpful. Thanks!

[ivanskido]

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[tomkinsg]

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[ALVINMAN]

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[nman]

Thank you this tutorial is very helpful.