Questions tagged [automation]
Software to perform actions by itself without actively being supervised by a user.
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Automation of tasks in Linux
Is there any recommended software to automatize certain tasks in linux?
For example:
Tell the weather forecast at a particular time of the day
enable a radio
open a file also at some time of the day
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What language+libraries could I use to parse a CSV/Google Sheets file and then send text messages using some of the parsed info?
The goal is to send the same message to many people (volunteering reminders) but in an automated fashion. The only difference between messages would be the name at the beginning and the target phone ...
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Alternative to Microsoft Flow
Been trying Microsoft Power Automate (Flow) for some time now and i'm tired of having to do workarounds for the simplest task due to poor support and connectors.
I'm automating database related tasks (...
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Automate the download of the MP3 version of a show from a subscription-based RSS
I subscribe to a news site that frequently publish a page with a show in an enbeded video (the show) and a link to the MP3 of the show. The page is available to anyone but you need a valid ...
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Bot that sends automated reminder messages/emails/whatsapps
I'm trying to create some sort of Bot that sends me automated reminder mails on my email account or text message on my phone.
Where I live, trash gets collected according to the trash type (e.g. ...
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Development software recommendation for an industrial machine
We have developed the PC control software of an industrial complex machine. The software runs on a PC on the machine, and it communicates with:
a PLC,
some National Instruments acquisition boards,
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Automatic, bootable drive wiper
I'm looking for a bootable tool that erases all data on all hdds in a computer that does not need any interaction whatsoever.
On my work, we now and then get quite a few, old, crappy PCs that are for ...
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Open-source Java/JVM back-of-the-book index generation library
I'm currently working on some automation software for the creation of non-fiction books (actual, printed books). As part of this, I need to be able to create a reasonable-quality "back of the ...
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Program wanted to analyse/send/combine reports and feedback
My main job at my company is to analyse reports.
I receive them in an csv file, with additional information such as, who sent them and from where.
My normal workflow is to read the reports, create a ...
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Scan thousands of paper form responses, and export all information into a sheet
I have a thousand handwritten responses to the following paper form:
I need to scan them (I have a scanner) and export all the data in a table like this:
Is this possible? With an OCR? With LATEX? ...
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Syncing app for cloud based doc files
I have hundreds of pages of notes/notebooks in Evernote and Onenote and recently I've needed to collaborate with others on Google Docs. I need a good syncing app that syncs all of my documents ...
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Software to detect BPM and tag MP3 files
A friend of mine started using a music player and manager that can dynamically create playlists based on MP3 tags. He is happy with it, but the only thing missing for him (he works as a DJ sometimes) ...
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Text-to-speech specific page element?
I'd like to convert a web page like this and have the program filter it for the comments, rather than include "permalink, source" or irrelevant page elements.
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Space Travel Generator
I'm looking for software with a 3D galaxy / universe that will automatically choose interesting features in space and fly to them for you. It will keep flying to different objects until you stop the ...
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Backup FTP to Google Drive
Can anyone suggest the best way to backup a website remotely and automatically (preferably through FTP) to Google Drive?
I have looked at Mover but it is expensive for FTP - I am looking for a free ...
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Email marketing automation software that can pull information from my in-house CRM
There are tons of marketing automation software out in the market such as hubspot, drip, moosend, springsharp). Instead of building one from scratch what is the fastest way to integrate with these ...
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Only keep __ most recent subfolder
I have my blog backup plugin configured to send backups to a folder on my Google Drive. I am looking for an application that I can set to monitor that folder and delete all but the n most recent ...
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Conversational agent product for email automation
I'm looking for a service or product, local or cloud provided, free or commercial that allows to create and run the equivalent of a chat-bot but on emails.
More formally I'm looking for a software ...
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Android app to automatically send incoming SMS messages to a URL
I'm looking for an Android app that can automatically forward any incoming SMS (text) messages to a custom URL.
So basically this:
When searching around I find lots of forwarding apps that can send ...
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Automation software for Android application
I'm looking for a free software to automate a procedure with an Android Application.
At the moment i'm using UIPath (community edition) along with Bluestacks (Android emulator software for gaming), ...
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Update images in documentation automatically
I'm looking for a tool/software to keep software documentation for a website project always up-to-date.
Especially the images in the documentation, e.g. explaining user masks etc. gets out of sync ...
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Running a scheduled Python script in Power BI
As the title states I'm looking for some help with running my python script in Power BI.
I currently have the following setup that I need to automate:
My data is on an Azure DWH. I export the ...
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Tool to automate login and workflow inside desktop application
My project is into inventory domain, once order is created on the web/URL , need to login the desktop application to complete and fulfill the order.
I am using selenium web driver to create order on ...
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Using Computer Vision Techniques to Detect and Overlay Books in Images
I want to use computer vision techniques to find a book in a random background image, figure out how it's rotated, and then overlay a new book onto it. Here are the steps I plan to take:
Use object ...
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Open-source software to automatically generate simple flow chart
I want to programmatically create small, really simple flow charts like the one below:
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LampFlowchart.svg
What is a good open-source software choice to ...
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How to click / select a text in embeded modal in Automa?
I have this Tempo modal in JIRA
and I struggle to make the click of the text "Show hidden fields" generic for
The element selector gives me
#io.tempo.jira__tempo-app__1670393c |> div.sc-...
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Looking for web browser plugin to automate text update in modal
I need to automate updating text in some modals. I will open the modal by myself manually but then inside a modal I need to
click text "Show hidden fields" so additional fields are ...
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Free or very cheap software for Windows that would allow me to demo an web application with smooth cursor movement
I need to create a video demo of my company's web application. Camtasia offers a feature that will "smooth" out the cursor movements in a screen recording. However, Camtasia is quite ...
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What AI/automation software can help me with Desktop File Management and Desktop Customization?
I'm looking for AI/automation software that can help me with:
A) Desktop File Management
Declutter my devices by removing unnecessary files and apps.
Reorganize my most-used apps and categorize them ...
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Looking for an open source PDF automation tool that works with Adobe Acrobat
We are manually filling PDF forms and these forms have an inbuilt validation logic using JavaScript when we select the validation button. I am looking for a tool that can automate data entry into this ...
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Best tool for visualizing results of test runs and integrating with Jenkins
I have created a python tool to run regression tests that use FIX messages and compare the expected and actual FIX responses. I want to integrate this python tool with Jenkins as I want to automate ...
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Competitors price tracking tool to automate price tracking for 100000 products?
I need to build a competitors prices tracking tool for 100,000 products from around 15 competitors? What would be the best way to do it? Please recommend?
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Social Media Manager with thumbnail generator
I'm looking for a social media management tool that can also generate thumbnails automatically based on a template (just change the text)
Bonus point if it can post videos on Youtube.
If the thumbnail ...
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Infrared codes for Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps
I need to enable an ESP32 to control any air conditioner / heat pump. The application requires autonomous remote control.
Database
I am aware of a few online databases that cover some but definitely ...
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Task Scheduling Library that works for both Windows and Linux?
I'm using taskscheduleR to automate some tasks in Windows so that I can have code defining the schedule, logging, and operation of several tasks. However it is not being updated, and I'd like to have ...
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Automation process platform
I am searching for a software to automate/orchestrate tasks, primary written in PowerShell, which has the following requirements:
A form designer, where users can state their requests. Controls in ...
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Ways to automate data in excel from various websites
I work in IT for bank and my team work on obsolete software tech. So we have to daily make trackers to update our bank software with current ones in market. Every time We have to go on specific sites ...
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batch-processing PDFs with automated edits
I have 100 pdfs. All of them have a portion at two parts within them which I want to hide. ALSO, I have to put a .jpg image at a fixed position (in all pdfs). The image is different in all pdfs. The ...
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Automate GUI interaction against directory of files
I use a program called OkMap which I use to generate Garmin Custom Map KMZ files from GeoTiffs. Every now and then I need to process a bunch of updated files, last time it was 80.
The task is pretty ...
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Automatic differentiation in Java for optimal control
I am trying to solve an automatic-control-like problem in Java (triple integrator dynamics with direct multiple shooting method). Since this needs to be numerically integrated the gradients of the ...
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App/standalone alternatives to the web automation and testing tool Fake.app for macOS, Windows and Linux?
Looking for an up-to-date tool similar to the (once) fantastic Fake.app from Celestial Teapot that facilitates very flexible and dynamic GUI interaction functionality in a standalone application ...
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Airgapped device remote erase
I'm setting up an airgapped device. It will have airplane mode turned on all the time.
I am looking for an app that would erase the phone if the device connects to the network. Any apps/services like ...
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Automatic website navigation tools
I am looking for some automatic website navigation tools to use on a website.
On some websites, one clicks on a button, and then a new form appears. Choose an option, then a new form appears (could be ...
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Is there something similar to PostSharp logging, but for Java?
Using PostSharp, one can add and customize logging to an existing .NET project. For example you can log the entry and exit of every method or all methods except getters and setters, along with ...
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Send mail if file content NOT changed [closed]
I'm looking for a way to check if file content is not changed since 10 min and if not send a mail
File only contains 1 line with a number like this 1653014463445
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file "final" only ...
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Mail merging and automatic receipt of responses
I am tasked with collecting and updating a table with some performance metrics (e.g. no of metrics, no. of citations etc), for about twenty people. One specification is that I don't want the different ...
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Crash report, bug and task management automation
I need to collect logs from users, automatically merge them and track how many different users have the same bug.
I don't even know good keywords for such programs.
I believe it should be BugSplat or ...
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What's a good Windows text editor or IDE for PHP *with browser refresh*
I used to use Notepad++ with Auto-Refresh in Chrome. Since updating to 64-bit NPP, however, that plugin stopped working (it was 32-bit only). I decided it was time to upgrade my Editor, so I started ...
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Music player with automatic scoring of music (playing songs increases score, skipping song decreases it) for Linux
I am looking for a music player that will include automatic score field, increased when substantial part of song is played and decreased when song is skipped.
I also need option to sort music by this ...
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Mouse automation software for macOS that's still maintained?
Over the years I found Murgaa.com's mouse automation tool to be very useful, however their support has seemed to disappear over the last year or two. I'm looking for a mouse automation tool that's ...
