macOS Automator/Applescript/Safari Save issue

[Chan]

First time trying this...so far in Automator I have finder launching safari, pause, run this applescript

tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click menu item "Save As…" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
keystroke "xx_" using {shift down}
key code 36
end tell
end tell

then quit the application, get specified finder tiems and rename them. This runs fine, however, it fails to complete if i have my screensaver/system password on. Is there a way to get around this? I would love to have this run in the background while my workstation is locked.

 

[Chan]

Updated - the issue is with the Screensaver lock

It looks like with the screen locked, this workflow will open safari, however it can't access the menu commands to save the webpage/etc. due to the screensaver/passwords box being what's active at the time. Is there a way to send commands on through?

 

[lee1210]

are you simply trying to dump the contents of a webpage (your home page) to a file on a schedule? If so it might be easier to write a shell script that does what you want using curl, then schedule this to run at the interval desired.

-Lee

 

[Chan]

Yup...that is all I am trying to do. Sounds pretty basic, was pretty basic, until I hit that screen lock hurdle. Any suggestions before I try my first attempts at a shell script/curl of which I know nothing about?