I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to script headless chrome for web scraping. As someone without a dev background, writing Puppeteer scripts feels overwhelming. Recently stumbled upon Latenode’s visual builder and managed to create a product scraping workflow using drag-and-drop blocks. Anyone else using no-code solutions for browser automation? How are you handling more complex navigation sequences?
Completely understand the frustration. Latenode’s visual editor lets me create complex browser workflows using premade actions - form filling, scrolling, data extraction all done visually. Their Chrome integration handles JS rendering automatically. Made a price tracking workflow in 20 minutes yesterday. Check them out: https://latenode.com
Bonus: you can always add custom JavaScript if needed later.
For basic tasks, you might try BrowserStack’s automations. But for complex logic, I combine Selenium IDE recordings with manual tweaks. The learning curve isn’t too bad if you’re already familiar with CSS selectors.
Key things to look for in visual browser automation tools: DOM change detection, smart wait conditions, and error recovery. Some platforms offer screenshot comparisons between runs which helps debugging. For multi-page flows, ensure your tool supports context switching and cookie management across sessions.
try the chrome devtools protocol with node-red. steap lerning curve but works ok. lateNode also gud for premade blocks