Octoparse AI

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Your step-by-step guide to learning Octoparse AI — from fundamentals to advanced automation skills.

Octoparse AI Academy

Start from the basics and learn how Octoparse AI works through simple concepts, hands-on examples, and guided tutorials.

Beginner Track

How Octoparse AI automates your busywork in a smarter way?

Unlock the full potential of automation with flexible and reusable data handling.

Automation basics: Variables & Parameters

Automation basics: Conditionals, loops & wait

Strings, numbers, and lists. Walk through how data is expressed in RPA.

Automation Basics: Understanding Data Types

How to Turn Your Automation Idea into an RPA Workflow

Watch It in Action – A Sample Workflow Explained

Learn why “element not found” errors happen in web automation and how to resolve them step by step.

Common Causes and Fixes When Elements Not Found

Navigate self-help, community, and official support to resolve issues fast

Getting Support with Octoparse AI

Explains the fundamental ideas behind building automation workflows

Core Concepts

Learn the basics of web automation in Octoparse AI—what Web Objects and Web Elements are, how they work, and how to capture them correctly.

Automation Basics: Webpage Objects & Elements

Extract structured data from web pages with a single automated action

2. One-Click Data Extraction

Build multi-step extraction workflows for complex or customized data

3. Multiple Command Data Extraction

Transform your automation knowledge into a real-world project by mastering Amazon product data collection

4. Web Automation in Action: Mastering Amazon Data Collection

Learn how to interact with web pages, work with elements, and create browser-based automation.

Web Automation

Concepts you need to know about how to automate Excel tasks

1. Introduction to Excel Automation

Open Excel files and prepare them for automated operations

2. Launching Excel

Read values from cells, rows, and tables in an Excel file.

3. Reading data from Excel

Write automation results into cells or append new rows in Excel

4. Writing Data to Excel

Process rows repeatedly using loops to automate bulk operations

5. Loop Through Excel

Covers how to read, write, process, and export Excel data in automation workflows.

Excel Automation

A gentle, practical guide to controlling desktop apps, windows, and elements

1. Introduction to UI automation

A beginner-friendly guide to controlling software windows for reliable workflow

2. Window Operations

Learn how to bridge the gap between your computer and your data by mastering the core interactions that bring UI automation to life.

3. Interacting with UI Elements

Turning local software into structured data sources—no API required

4. Data Extraction from Your Desktop

Learn how to automate desktop applications using clicks, keystrokes, and UI element recognition.

UI Automation

Mastering the "Human-Like" tools to automate any software, even the most stubborn ones

1. Beyond Elements: Mouse, Keyboard, and Image Automation

Controlling the cursor to navigate any interface through your Octoparse AI workflows

2. Mouse Automation: Master of Precision

Speeding up data entry and navigation through precise keystrokes and shortcuts

3. Keyboard Automation: RPA's Voice

Navigating stubborn interfaces by seeing and acting on visual cues

4. Image Automation: Giving Your Workflow "Eyes"

A strategic guide to building resilient workflows when software elements are hard to capture

5. Choosing Your Strategy: Element vs. Image

Covers automation techniques based on mouse actions, keyboard input, and image recognition.

Mouse, Keyboard & Image Automation

Create a custom design with text, images, and links

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