Automate command-line applications

The example below shows how to run commands on a remote RPA Agent machine. Pay attention to how you can execute Groovy code remotely.

The example runs the ping -n 3 google.com command and fetches all the console output.

import com.workfusion.odf2.compiler.BotTask;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.task.AdHocTask;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.task.TaskInput;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.task.output.TaskRunnerOutput;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.webharvest.rpa.RpaDriver;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.webharvest.rpa.RpaFactory;
import com.workfusion.odf2.core.webharvest.rpa.RpaRunner;
import com.workfusion.rpa.driver.Driver;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import java.awt.dnd.DragGestureEvent;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import static com.workfusion.rpa.helpers.Script.executeGroovyScript;

@BotTask(requireRpa = true)
public class AutomateCommandLineApplications implements AdHocTask {
    private final RpaRunner rpaRunner;
    private final Logger logger;

    @Inject
    public AutomateCommandLineApplications(RpaFactory rpaFactory, Logger logger){
        this.rpaRunner = rpaFactory
                .builder(RpaDriver.UNIVERSAL)
                .closeOnCompletion(true)
                .build();
        this.logger = logger;
    }

    @Override
    public TaskRunnerOutput run(TaskInput taskInput) {

        rpaRunner.execute(driver->{
            try {
                this.commandLineApp(driver);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
        });

        return taskInput.asResult()
                .withColumn("example_bot_task_output", "completed_successfully");
    }

    private void commandLineApp(Driver driver) throws IOException {

        String console_script = "import java.io.BufferedReader; \n"+
                             "import java.io.InputStreamReader; \n" +
                             "String command = \"ping -n 3 google.com\" ; \n"+
                             "StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer(); \n" +
                             "Process p; \n" +
                             "try { \n" +
                                 "p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command); \n" +
                                 "p.waitFor(); \n" +
                                 "BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream())); \n" +
                                 "String line = \"\"; \n" +
                                 "while ((line = reader.readLine())!= null) { \n" +
                                 "    output.append(line " + "\n"  + "); \n" +
                                 "} \n" +
                             "} catch (Exception e) { \n"+
                              "   e.printStackTrace(); \n" +
                             "} \n" +
                             "return output;" ;


        StringBuffer scriptResult =(StringBuffer) executeGroovyScript(console_script);
        logger.debug(" Script Result " + scriptResult);
        File path = new File("C:\\Users\\sshukla\\Desktop\\New folder\\pingResult.txt");
        FileWriter wr = new FileWriter(path);
        wr.write(scriptResult.toString());
        wr.flush();
        wr.close();

    }

}