automate testing a web project :)

polldaddy_v2.rb

# Using the web automation driver (watir-webdriver) through the tor network
# Automates webpage actions & bypasses the voting limit on polldaddy
# Casts a vote every 3 seconds for a total of 1000 votes
require 'watir-webdriver'

profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox::Profile.new
profile.proxy = Selenium::WebDriver::Proxy.new :http => '127.0.0.1:8118'
b = Watir::Browser.new :firefox, :profile => profile
#b = Watir::Browser.new :firefox
b.goto 'speakimge.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/under-the-covers/'



(1..1000).each do |i|
  b.radio(:id => 'PDI_answer26523547').set
  b.link(:id => 'pd-vote-button5876349').click
  b.link(:href, 'javascript:PDV_go5876349();').click
  puts 'Another vote! ' #<< b.span(:class => 'pds-feedback-votes').text.to_s
  sleep(3)

end

If anyones script dies from the page throwing an error, put a rescue in there. Mine was dying with inconstant amounts of votes so the rescue keeps it going.

Also, don't forget to run through a proxy if the voting cast are close together. They will stop you for a brief time if too rapid. Netshade for mac does a good job when you throw it on auto-cycle proxies.

@mehh If you have tor running you can add these lines instead of line 7 and it should work through Tor

profile['network.proxy.socks'] = 'localhost'
profile['network.proxy.socks_port'] = 9150
profile['network.proxy.type'] = 1

Comes from the Selenium documentation.

Now we just gotta figure out captcha :-/