Command Line Support

You can start imacros (or Javascript scripts) inside of Firefox via the command line:

Code:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  imacros://run/?m=...

or

Code:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  imacros://run/?code=...

for instance:

Code:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  imacros://run/?m=Demo-FillForm.iim

Note: When you first start Firefox via the command line the iMacros extension is not immediately active . It takes a few seconds for Firefox to activate it. So the imacros://run/ command does get intercepted already but not yet processed by iMacros and a blank page appears.

Solution: Make sure that Firefox is already running. If you start Firefox a second time, Firefox will direct this new command automatically to the already running instance. Now iMacros can "see" the imacros://run/ URL and start the macro.

You can use a batch file like this:

Code:

 start /B "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  http://www.google.com
 ping 127.1.1.1 (or pause or sleep ... it is just to cause a small delay)
 start /B "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"   imacros://run/?m=Demo-FillForm.iim

Note: If you use the batch start command, Firefox must be the default browser.

More information: Our users created several useful forum posts about the command line feature:

Automating task each day
Problem with starting imacros
Starting a script from DOS cmd line?
Batch File: Load Firefox, Run Macro(s), Close
Schedule macros with the "My Weekly Browsing Schedule" add-on (slides 30-31)
Alternative solution: If you need more control over Firefox you can use the iMacros Scripting Interface that comes with the iMacros Enterprise Edition. This method gives you complete control over Firefox and Internet Explorer. For example, you can return error codes or extracted data from the browser to your program or script.

For Mac OS X users: to start a macro from the OS X command line or as a scheduled job, you can use the following command syntax (Thanks to Christopher A. for this hint):

Code:

/usr/bin/open /Applications/Firefox.app "imacros://run/?m=Demo-FillForm.iim"