Quickstart [5 min]

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1. Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/finic-ai/finic.git

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2. Run the test script locally to make sure it works.

It will open a local browser and navigate to this automation testing page, then fill out the form with hard-coded data.

python testscript.py

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3. Launch the Chrome container

sudo docker-compose up --build

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4. Connect the test script to the container

Comment out this line:

browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False, slow_mo=500)

and uncomment this line:

browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp("ws://localhost:8000/ws")

Then running the script again:

python testscript.py

This is how you can toggle between local testing with a headful browser, to connecting your script to a deployed Chrome container in production. In reality you’ll probably want to deploy the Docker container to your cloud platform instead of running it on localhost.

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Next Steps

You can now modify the test script however you want, or add Finic to an existing web automation project by using playwright.connect_over_cdp() or puppeteer.connect()