Playwright
Microsoft's free tool for driving a web browser with code: record your clicks once and it writes a script that repeats them.
What you can do with it
- Log in, search and download reports or invoices for a whole list of items
- Fill in the same web form from a spreadsheet
- Take screenshots of web pages on a schedule
Worth knowingIts own browser is a 707MB download (Windows can use Edge instead), recorded scripts need tidying before they work on a list, and many websites' terms forbid bots, so only automate sites you're allowed to.
The full tutorial
01Set up Playwright in its own folderFREE02Start the practice site and record your clicksMEMBERS03Tidy the recording into a robot you can readMEMBERS04Give it a list and let it runMEMBERS05Run it on a scheduleMEMBERS06Point it at your real task, politelyMEMBERS
Build a robot that does your boring web admin while you make a tea · ~45 min · tested 2026-10-09
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