The purpose of this application is to automate routine tasks done System Admin/ Server Admin
The need of this program, when i faced issues in my work place for MS SQL DB Logs full and the applications hanged.
I initially planned to write a vbscript to hook up with scheduled tasks or to use the ms sql jobs option to set a sql query to truncate sql logs
Later then decided to go for GUI based solution, which will be user friendly for client and also to explore more for my phd project which is related to Robotics Process Automation also.
I thought this program will be an example of robotic process which does not have any shape but any process that works automatic is artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, as most of them think the word robotic means a human like machine.
I named if after the tamil word "தானி" (taanee) which means Automatic.
Please feel free your ideas and any features for this application to my email id : me@karthik.sg Anyone benefit with this application please contribute to my major artificial intelligence project : www.thambi.ai
Due to time constrain this code was forked from automagica, roro and customised to my own needs. Thanks to automatiga and roro team
For Windows, install Tesseract 4 from here.
For Linux (Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
For MacOS:
brw install tesseract
As a safety feature, a failsafe mechanism is enabled by default. You can trigger this by moving your mouse to the upper left corner of the screen. You can disable this by running the following command in the editor:
Failsafe(False)
Wouldn't it be cool if we could write Robotic Process Automation scripts in plain ol' English rather than the already easy Python scripting language? Well it's possible with taanee! We have cooked up a more human-friendly interface to get started with automation!
Natural language for taanee (.nla) looks like this:
open the browser
navigate to google.com
search for oranges
For the Type-function to work, you need to set the "United States-International" keyboard layout on your system. If the keyboard layout is not available, outcomes of the function might be different.
| Script | Info |
|---|---|
| Mouse | |
| GetMouseCoordinates() | Displays message box with absolute coordinates of the mouse position |
| ClickOnPosition(x=0, y=0) | Clicks on a specific (x,y) pixel coordinate on the screen. |
| DoubleClickOnPosition(x=None, y=None) | Double clicks on a specific (x,y) pixel coordinate on the screen. |
| RightClickOnPosition(x=None, y=None) | Right clicks on a specific (x,y) pixel coordinate on the screen. |
| MoveToPosition(x=None, y=None) | Moves te pointer to a x-y pixel position. |
| MoveRelative(x=None, y=None) | Moves the mouse an x- and y- distance relative to its current pixel position. |
| DragToPosition | Drag the mouse from its current position to a entered x-y position, while holding a specified button. |
| ClickOnImage("example.png") | Clicks on an image on the screen. Image path needs to be specified. |
| Keyboard | |
| PressKey(key) | Press and release a specific key. |
| PressHotkey("ctrl","shift","c") | Press a hotkey (combination) |
| Type(text="Hello world!", interval_seconds=0.01) | Types text with a specified interval in seconds |
| CapsLock() | Press the Caps Lock key. |
| NumLock() | Press the Num Lock key. |
| Enter() | Press the Enter key. |
| SpaceBar() | Press the Space bar key. |
| Backspace() | Press the Backspace key. |
| Delete() | Press the delete key. |
| Endkey() | Press the End key. |
| Tab() | Press the Tab key. |
| Monitoring | |
| TypeInRunWindow(text) | Type the entered text in the Windows "Run" window. |
| CreateUniqueKey(length) | Returns a UUID as a string with. "Length" determines the amount of characters returned. |
| CPULoad(measure_time=1) | Returns average CPU load for all cores over a measured time. |
| NumberOfCPU(logical=True) | Returns the number of CPU's in the current system. |
| CPUFreq() | Returns frequency at which CPU currently operates together with maximum and minimum frequency. |
| CPUStats() | Returns CPU statistics: Number of CTX switches, intterupts, soft-interrupts and systemcalls. |
| MemoryStats(mem_type='swap') | Returns memory statistics: total, used, free and percentage in use. |
| DiskStats() | Returns disk statistics of main disk: total, used, free and percentage in use. |
| DiskPartitions() | Returns tuple with info for every partition. |
| BootTime() | Returns time PC was booted in seconds after the epoch. |
| TimeSinceLastBoot() | Returns time since last boot in seconds. |
| Windows Activities | |
| BeepSound(frequency=1000, duration=250) | Makes a beeping sound with a given frequency and duration. |
| ClearClipboard() | Removes everything from the clipboard. |
| Delay | |
| Wait(seconds=5) | Wait for a specified time in seconds |
| WaitForImage("example.png") | Wait for an image to appear on the screen. Image path needs to be specified |
| Browser | |
| browser = ChromeBrowser() | Opens the Chrome browser |
| browser.get("https://google.com/") | Browse to a specific URL. Browser needs to be opened first |
| GetGoogleSearchLinks(search_text) | Return a list of search results google returns when searchin for search_text. |
| Applications | |
| ProcessRunning(name) | Checks if given process name (name) is currently running on the system. Returns True or False. |
| ListRunningProcesses() | Returns a list with all names of unique processes currently running on the system. |
| ChromeRunning() | Returns True if Chrome is running. |
| WordRunning() | Returns True if Word is running. |
| ExcelRunning() | Returns True if Excel is running. |
| PowerpointRunning() | Returns True if Powerpoint is running. |
| DropboxRunning() | Returns True if Dropbox is running. |
| FirefoxRunning() | Returns True is Firefox is running. |
| TeamviewerRunning() | Returns True is Teamviewer is running. |
| SkypeRunning() | Returns True is Skype is running. |
| EdgeRunning() | Returns True is Microsoft Edge is running. |
| OnedriveRunning() | Returns True is Onedrive is running. |
| IllustratorRunning() | Returns True is Illustrator is running. |
| LaunchProcess(process_executable="mspaint.exe") | Launches a process based on the executable |
| KillProcess(process=my_process) | Kills a process |
| Control Flow | |
| For Loop | Perform a for-looping operation. |
| Condition | If a condition is true, run the indented code. |
| Message Box | |
| input_variable = RequestUserInput() | Shows a pop-up message asking for user for input. |
| DisplayMessageBox(title="Title Text", body="Body Text", type="info") | Shows an info pop-up message with title and body |
| DisplayMessageBox(title="Title Text", body="Body Text", type="warning") | |
| ExcelCreateWorkbook(path="pathname") | Create new excel workbook and save it at the give path. |
| DisplayMessageBox(title="Title Text", body="Body Text", type="error") | Shows an error pop-up message with title and body |
| Excel | |
| ExcelOpenWorkbook(path="pathname") | Open an existing .xlsx file with Microsoft Excel. |
| ExcelSaveExistingWorkbook(path="pathname", new_path=None) | Save a existing .xlsx file to its current path or to a new path. |
| ExcelCreateWorkSheet(path="pathname", sheet_name=None) | Create a named worksheet in a existing .xlsx file specified by a path. |
| ExcelGetSheets(path="pathname") | Return a list with the names of the worksheets is a .xlsx file specified by the path variable. |
| ExcelReadCell(path="pathname", row=1, col=1) | Read cell value from Excel by row and col: first row is defined row number 1 and first column is defined column number 1. |
| ExcelReadCell(path="pathname", cell="A1") | Read cell value from Excel by cell name e.g. cell="A2" is the first cell |
| ExcelWriteCell(path="pathname", sheet="Sheet 1", row=1, col=1, write_value="Value") | Write value to Excel by row and col: first row is defined row number 1 and first column is defined column number 1 |
| ExcelWriteCell(path="pathname", cell=None, write_value="Value") | Write cell value from Excel by cell name e.g. cell="A2" is the first cell |
| ExcelPutRowInList(path="pathname", start_cell="B3", end_cell="E8", sheet=None) | Return the elements from a specified row in a list. |
| ExcelPutColumnInList(path="pathname", start_cell="A3", end_cell="A8", sheet=None) | Return the elements from a specified column in a list. |
| ExcelPutSelectionInMatrix(path="pathname", upper_left_cell="B2", bottom_right_cell="C3", sheet=None) | Return the elements of a specified selection in a matrix. |
| Word | |
| OpenWordDocument(filename="pathname") | Open a Word document by referring to the absolute path |
| ReplaceText(absolute_document_path, text="[example_placeholder]", replace_with="Example Replacetext") | Replaces text in a Word document, for example to fill in certain fields in a form |
| ConvertWordToPDF(word_filename=absolute_word_path, pdf_filename=absolute_pdf_path) | Transforms a Word document to PDF |
| MergePDF(pdf1="pathname", pdf2="pathname", merged_path="pathname") | Adds the pages of pdf2 to pdf1 and saves it at merged_path. |
| ExtractTextFromPage(path, page=1) | Extracts all the text from a give page and returns it as a string. |
| File Manipulation | |
| OpenFile(path="pathname") | Opens a file at the given path |
| RenameFile(path="pathname", new_name) | Changes the name of a file located by a specified path to new_name |
| RemoveFile(path="pathname") | Removes the file with a specified pathname. |
| MoveFile(old_path="old_pathname", new_location="new_location_path") | Moves a file with a specified path to a new location. |
| FileExists(path="pathname") | Checks whether a file with the given path exists. |
| CopyFile(old_path="old_pathname",new_location="new_location_path") | Copies a file from a location specified by old_path to a new location. |
| WaitForFile(path="pathname") | Waits for a file to be created and then opens it. |
| WriteListToFile(list_to_write, file="pathname") | Write the contents of a list to a specified .txt file. |
| WriteFileToList(file="pathname") | Returns the contents of a specified .txt file as a list. |
| Folder Manipulation | |
| CreateFolder(path="pathname") | Creates new folder at the given path |
| OpenFolder(path="pathname") | Opens a folder at the given path |
| RenameFolder(path="pathname", new_folder_name="name") | Changes the name of a folder located by a specified path to new_name |
| RemoveFolder(path="pathname", allow_root=False, delete_read_only=True) | Removes the folder with all its contents from a specified pathname. |
| MoveFolder(old_path="old_pathname", new_location="new_location_path") | Moves a folder from one specified path to a new path. |
| EmptyFolder(path="pathname", allow_root=False) | Removes all the folders and files from a given directory. |
| FolderExists(path="pathname") | Checks whether the folder with a given path exists. |
| CopyFolder(old_path="old pathname", new_location="new_locataion_path") | Copies a folder located by old pathname to a new location specified by new pathname. |
| ZipFolder(folder_path="pathname_folder", new_path="pathname_compressed_folder") | Zips a folder specified by folder_path. |
| UnZipFolder(path="pathname_zipped_folder", new_path="pathname_target_location") | Zips a folder specified by path and stores it at new_path. |
| WaitForFolder(path="pathname") | Waits for a folder to be created and then opens it. |
| Image Operation] | |
| OpenImage(path="pathname") | Opens an image with the given path. |
| RotateImage(path="pathname", angle) | Rotate an image over a specified angle. |
| ResizeImage(path="pathname", size=(640, 480)) | Resizes an image. The new size is entered with a tuple of the form: (width, height) |
| ImageSize(path="Pathname") | Returns the pixel-size of an entered image in a message box. |
| CropImage(path="pathname", box=None) | Crops an image to a region specified by the box argument. |
| MirrorImageHorizontally(path="pathname") | Mirrors an image with a given path horizontally. |
| MirrorImageVertically(path="pathname") | Mirrors an image with a given path vertically. |
| ImageFormat(path="Pathname") | Returns a message box specifying the format of an image. |
| Windows Applications | |
| OpenCalculator() | Open Windows Calculator. |
| OpenPaint() | Open MS Paint. |
| OpenNotepad() | Open Windows Notepad. |
| OpenSnippingTool() | Open Windows Snipping Tool. |
| OpenControlPanel() | Open Windows Control Panel. |
| OpenCleanManager() | Open Windows Clean Manager. |
| OpenDialer() | Open Windows Dialer. |
| OpenVolumeMixer() | Open Windows Volume Mixer. |
| OpenXPSViewer | Open Windows XPS Viewer. |
| SendMailWithHotmail(user, password, destination, subject="", message="", port=587) | Send an email with a given text and subject with your Hotmail account. |
| SendMailWithGmail(user, password, destination, subject="", message="", port=587) | Send an email with a given text and subject with your Gmail account. |
| SendMailWithGmail(user, password, destination, subject="", message="", port=587) | Send an email with a given text and subject with your Yahoo account. |
| Math | |
| abs(x) | Calculates the absolute value of an integer or float |
| round(x) | Rounds up an integer or float to the closest number |
| exp(x) | The exponential of x |
| floor(x) | The floor of x: the largest integer not greater than x |
| log(x) | The natural logarithm of x, for x> 0 |
| max(x1, x2, ...) | The largest of its arguments: the value closest to positive infinity |
| min(x1, x2, ...) | The smallest of its arguments: the value closest to negative infinity |
| round(x) | x rounded to n digits from the decimal point. |
| abs(x) | Calculates the absolute value of an integer or float |
| sqrt(x) | The square root of x for x > 0 |
Under the hood, taanee is built on some of the greatest open source libraries. Within taanee, the following libraries are currently included: