Web Action SDK

Hey Product Hunt! My co-founder Adam and I are excited to announce the Web Action SDK, the simplest way to automate popular sites like LinkedIn, Amazon, Uber, and Resy. --Problem-- Engineering teams have a masochistic urge to build web automations from scratch, over-and-over again. But spinning your own automations is an easy path to unnecessarily complex codebases and enormous tech debt. Some of the challenges involving building your own automations include: - Handling user log-in credentials to access privileged content - Writing and maintaining automation scripts for every task - Configuring and deploying this service at scale Automation is particularly hard on popular websites like LinkedIn, which intentionally make it difficult to programmatically access content. But you need this functionality for your business, so what else can you do? --Solution: Web Action SDK-- We’ve built a TypeScript / JavaScript SDK that allows you to run automations on popular sites with only a few lines of code. Simply add your API key, define an action, and run it. In less than 10 lines of code, you can run multiple actions across different services. Web Action SDK does all the heavy-lifting: authentication, anti-botting, task creation and execution, self-healing, and hosting. Our goal is to enable engineering teams to focus on what to do with web actions, not how to make them work. As of now, you can read (i.e. web scraping) and write (i.e. process automation) using our SDK across social media, ride-share, e-commerce, and restaurant reservation apps. Many more sites and actions coming soon! --Next Steps-- Create your first automation in a few minutes at https://actionbase.co. Or book a demo call with us here. We’d love to hear your feedback on usefulness, usability, requests for supported sites/actions, and any other feedback you have!

This sounds intriguing! I'm curious about how you envision the Web Action SDK changing the landscape for developers. With so many popular sites involved, how do you handle potential changes in their APIs or structures? Also, any thoughts on the scalability of this SDK for larger organizations? I'm wondering if it can support B2B use cases effectively. Looking forward to seeing how @samuel_crombie and the team at Actionbase tackle these challenges!

Congrats @samuel_crombie and Adam on launching the Web Action SDK! It’s a game-changer for those of us tired of the endless cycle of building automations from scratch. The focus on reducing tech debt while streamlining processes is so necessary in today's fast-paced development environment. Can’t wait to try it out! 🚀