Insert Text or Data

This action inserts text or data.

Example input

Using a variable or table reference

By clicking on V (variable) or T (table) on top right, you can add references to dynamic data.

Using spintax

Spintax lets you vary content of your messages. See more details here: Spintax.

Selector is optional

As opposed to other building blocks that do website actions, selector (CSS or XPath) is optional here.

If you do not enter any selector, your TaskBot will insert content where the mouse cursor currently is.

In most cases, you will need to use a selector. (Learn more about selectors here: What Are Selectors).

However, some websites may conveniently place the mouse cursor on the input field that you need to insert content to. This is usually the case for search engines (Google, DuckDuckGo, etc.) or websites like Wikipedia. You can try it yourself - open Wikipedia, and you will see that your mouse cursor is directly on the search input without you having to click on it.

Encrypt Content

In some cases, you might prefer logging in to the website/app that you want to automate with your credentials instead of using cookies (as described here: Add Cookies). In this case, you might need to use Insert Text or Data building block in order to insert your username and password. If you do that, you should encrypt your password to protect your access. This is how this is done:

Once encrypted and saved, you won't be able to view or edit the encrypted content. If you need to edit it, you will need to remove the encrypted content and then re-enter your new content. We will never store plain text copies of your encrypted content in our system.

FAQ

How can I make TaskBot paste the value at once, without typing it out?

You can slide the typing speed slider to the farthest left where it shows 0ms. It will then remove all the typing delay.

What's important, however, is that for TaskBot to really paste the text, you need to give it a selector. If you leave the selector field empty, the TaskBot will always type things out (just at a different typing speed delay).

When I use a table reference, I get an error that there was no data, although there is data in the table.

This is because you didn't set up a dynamic loop to pull the rows from the table. Please see the solution here: When I Use Data from Table, No Data is Being Pulled.

Video Tutorials

See a video tutorial on how to use Insert Text or Data to make an automated social media post: Video Tutorial.

See another video tutorial on how to send a personalized outreach message: Video Tutorial: Connect Your TaskBot with open.ai.