This is annoyingly hard and I forget how to do it every time so here are some instructions to myself that might also help others. Convert PDF into PNG Using Gimp Probably your floor plan is a PDF or you wouldn’t be reading this page, but if it’s a jpg or png kind of file format, then you are done…
Author: justadminnit
Dismissing Firefox popups using Selenium and Python
In my new journey to figure out how to automate stuff in my life, one of the time-sucking adventures was to try to stop browser popups such as geolocation and notifications. I just wanted to click ‘ok’ or ‘dismiss’ and move on since this was my ‘bot’ instance of the browser. The issue with these browser-based pop ups is that…
HOW TO CLICK AN ITEM IN A SUBMENU (UL) LIST USING PYTHON, SELENIUM
I spent literally 3 days trying to simply click a logout link with Selenium. I searched every stackoverflow post I could find until I found this one. I had tried pretty much everything I could to try to click the logout link which was the fifth item down in the move-over list. I tried find_element_by_xpath, find_element_by_id, find this, find that,…
OPENING A NEW TAB WITH SELENIUM + PYTHON + FIREFOX + UBUNTU
So this was super duper hard and I believe the reason why is because technically the browser settings and the user choices impact whether or not a clicked link opens in a fresh new tab or a fresh new window. Keep that in mind in case you have other headaches. It may be impossible (so I’ve read online) to perfectly…
Overcoming Painful Setup for Selenium with Python on Ubuntu
EDIT 191118I realized that I need to execute the script below every time my computer reboots so my current workflow is to leave the command commented out in script and then run it before I begin. You can probably run it with the script too? This one: export PATH=$PATH:/home/user/path/to/browser_drivers_for_automation I had the following continual painfull errors: selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: ‘my_folder_name’ executable…
How to Do Some Code Changes in Gitlab
I’m not a developer but was encouraged to try a one character change to some software. I felt that I couldn’t break too much so I did my first tiny change. Literally one character text edit. However, it was a bit scary so I’m just posting this to show the basic workflow. This assumes you already have a gitlab account…
THE NEED FOR A NEW QR CODE WORLD – OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT…
The Background – The Feelings The background to this one is that I was really amazed by the technology and functionality of QR codes. QR codes brought the convenience of UPC retail bar codes to the average person without the crazy costs associated. So, even from a business perspective you could have your own scanning system if you wanted. On…
CONVERT HARVESTED BULK EMAILS INTO USABLE SPREADSHEET IN A FEW STEPS
Did someone send you a bulk email and foolishly leave all the recipients exposed? Do you want to grab those recipients and use for your own great purposes? Good news, it’s not so hard to do! Here’s what you’ll need: A text editor (gedit on ubuntu) Spreadsheet software (Libre Office is the one I’ll use here since it’s both free…
How to Install Video Convertor App on Nextcloud
Someone complaining that they can’t view an Apple .MOV file on your Nextcloud server? No surprise considering ‘apple is apple’. Heard about the cool app ‘Video Convertor’ for Nextcloud? Tried to install it and use it and got that ‘requires ffmpeg error? Same. Turns out it’s pretty easy to to get it going and here is how: Let’s do it.…
INSTALLING ROUNDCUBE 1.4 VERSION ON YUNOHOST
Thanks to the work of Brian we can now install the newest version of Roundcube on Yunohost. Why is this so exciting? Newer, fresher UI PGP encryption Functionality with the enigma plugin Mobile friendly skin In short, it makes your self-hosted email awesome on a mobile too, regardless of whether you have an email app that works or not with…