Automate the page update process via a user script

[djplaner]

The page update process is bit too manual for most. AUtomate it. User script - tampermonkey etc.

• [x] Find other examples of tinymce userscript
• [x] Identify tinymce javascript/api examples/documentation
• [x] Experiment from console in Bb
• [x] Experiment from a user script
• [ ] Write a Content Interface user script

[djplaner]

Find other examples

Search greasy fork etc.

• TinyMCE for Evernote

Google search

• adding to Canvas

TinyMCE documentation

• get set content

Experiment from console in Bb - WORKING!!!

tinymce.activeEditor.getContent()
"<p>Hello there.</p>"
tinymce.activeEditor.setContent("<p>I hope this works</p>")
"<p>I hope this works</p>"

[djplaner]

Experiment with userscript

• [x] Remember how to write a user sript
• [x] match https://bblearn-blaed.griffith.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/execute/manageCourseItem?content_id=_5769141_1&course_id=_73051_1&dispatch=edit
  • [x] Probably need to handle different than manageCourseItem
  • [x] Look for dispatch=edit

[djplaner]

Plan

1. User script only matches the manageCourseItem link
   2. The click on conversion page is required to copy to clipboard
2. Looks for a parameter CI_update set to true and/or presence of GU_ContentInterface in clipboard, if there
   3. sets tinymce content to clipboard content
   4. hits the submit button

Status

Updating tinymce. But waitForKeyElements is required to wait for tinymce to load. Once in there, can't access the broader document - stuck in the iframe - and thus can't hit the submit button.

jQuery doesn't work. COuldn't get parameter passing working.

Can we pass a signal?

[djplaner]

Status

Figure out modifying TinyMCE. But can't use the clipboard to get the data to paste.

Plan

• [x] Modify user script to detect the mammoth page
• [x] when detected:
  • [x] if there are no errors automatically do the next steps, but if errors wait
  • [x] modify the URL to add CI_update
  • [x] write html to localstorage
  • [x] Click the button

Problem

localstorage is not accessible across domain