Randomly click around a webpage

chromeless-random.js

// Deprecated. Use puppeteer instead: https://gist.github.com/sqren/94ab2b9c5e88c1c119182425b19bcd59

const { Chromeless } = require('chromeless');
const initialUrl = process.env.CHROMELESS_URL || 'https://www.dr.dk';

const chromeless = new Chromeless({
  launchChrome: true
});

function sleep(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

function goToUrl(url) {
  return chromeless.goto(url).evaluate(() => {
    const links = document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="/"]');
    const link = links[Math.floor(Math.random() * links.length)];
    return link.href;
  });
}

async function run(url) {
  console.log(`Opening ${url}`);
  const nextUrl = await goToUrl(url);
  await sleep(6000 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000));
  return run(nextUrl);
}

run(initialUrl).catch(e => console.error(e));