Automating File (Image) Upload to Postimages.org

Use Case

Manually uploading screenshots or other image files to hosting platforms like Postimages.org can be tedious and time-consuming. This automation simplifies the process by automatically uploading an image to Postimages.org and validating the result, which is especially useful for repetitive QA tasks, reporting, or archiving visual web data.

What This Automation Does

This automation uploads a screenshot to Postimages.org using the following steps:

• Creates a browser session using Airtop.
• Navigates to the Postimages.org upload page.
• Takes a screenshot using the browser session.
• Uploads the screenshot to the site via the "Choose images" button.
• Waits briefly to ensure upload processing.
• Captures a post-upload screenshot for validation.

How It Works

1. Session Initialization: Starts a browser session using the Airtop node.
2. Navigation: Opens the URL https://postimages.org/ in a new window.
3. Screenshot Capture: Takes a screenshot to use for upload.
4. File Upload: Uploads the screenshot to the site using the file upload interaction.
5. Validation: Waits 5 seconds and then captures a second screenshot to confirm the image was uploaded successfully.

Setup Requirements

1. Airtop API Key — required for session creation and browser interactions.

Next Steps

• Customize for Other Sites: Adapt this workflow to automate file uploads to different platforms.
• Integrate with Reporting Tools: Combine this automation with workflows that require image reporting or archiving.
• Enhance Validation: Add logic to parse the upload confirmation or retrieve the image URL programmatically for logging or sharing.

Read more about how to automate file uploads to the web