IMacros

iMacros

Original author(s)	Ipswitch, Inc.
Stable release	11.2 / October 16, 2016; 6 months ago (2016-10-16)
Operating system	Windows 7 or later
Platform	IA-32 and x86-64
Available in	English + 10 other languages
Type	Form filler Scripting Server monitoring Software testing Web scraping
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	imacros.net

iMacros is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer web browsers which adds record and replay functionality similar to that found in web testing and form filler software. The macros can be combined and controlled via JavaScript. Demo macros and JavaScript code examples are included with the software. iMacros was developed by iOpus/Ipswitch. First released in 2001, iMacros was the first macro recorder tool specifically designed and optimized for web browsers and form filling.

iMacros for Firefox and Chrome offers a feature known as social scripting, which allows users to share macros and scripts in a manner similar to social bookmarking. Technically, these functions are distributed on web sites by embedding the imacro and the controlling JavaScript inside a plain text link.

Along with the freeware version, iMacros is available as a proprietary commercial application, with additional features and support for web scripting, web scraping, internet server monitoring, and web testing. In addition to working with HTML pages, the commercial editions can automate Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Silverlight, and Java applets by using Directscreen and image recognition technology. The freeware version of iMacros contains no control flow statements and with a few minor exceptions, complex or conditional code requires scripting available only in the commercial version.