A script to auto-reconfirm my tax-free childcare

auto-renewal.mjs

import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
import * as readline from 'node:readline/promises';

// Get the info we need
const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
const username = await rl.question('Username: ');
const password = await rl.question('Password: ');
const code = await rl.question('OTP code: ');

// Start a browser and a recording
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
const page = await browser.newPage();
const recorder = await page.screencast({path: 'recording.webm'});

// Get to the login page
await page.goto('https://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account');
await page.locator('#get-started > a').click(); // Sign in
await page.locator('#gov_gateway_start_now').click(); // Start now
await page.locator('.govuk-cookie-banner button:nth-child(2)').click(); // Cookie banner, no

// Login
await page.locator('#user_id').click();
await page.evaluate(() => { document.getElementById('user_id').type = 'password'; }); // Makes sharing video easier!
await page.locator('#user_id').fill(username);
await page.locator('#password').fill(password);
await page.locator('#continue').click();

// 2FA - might depend on what you have set up
await page.locator('#factor1Ctl').click();
await page.locator('#continue').click();
await page.locator('#oneTimePassword').fill(code);
await page.locator('#continue').click();

// Now just lots of buttons to click one at a time
await page.locator('#welcome_info_continue').click();
await page.locator('#par_acc_homepage_reconfirmation').click();
await page.locator('#par_acc_reconfirmation_continue').click();
await page.locator('#par_app_summary_continue').click();
await page.locator('#par_acc_reconf_summ_declaration').click();

// There's a please wait page after confirmation
const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
await delay(10000);

await recorder.stop();
await browser.close();