program for chrome extension and linkedin

[jumpingbeans]

Newbie here...sorry to ask right out of the gates here. there is just a load of information and i was hoping someone can point me in the right direction to what to learn first.

I'm trying to make a program that can auto click a chrome extension for me after going through linkedin profiles one by one as a email extractor.
Instead of manually doing it one by one or paying some one to do it. I was hoping Autohotkey can do all the clicking for me.

What commands or functions should i learn first?

Also, i saw an app that can identify certain ID's on a chrome webpage so i can tell mt program to click or copy that word down for me. What is that app called?

[gregster]

I am always skeptical when I read such requests... I get too much annoying spam. Therefore, and more generally, for privacy reasons, automated email harvesting is something that I personally despise and don't support (and I say that from the perspective of someone who worked in online marketing). It is probably also against linkedin's terms of service, but I don't know - it's not the point. A little manual work would at least need some effort...

But there might even exist legal limitations to your plans, depending on where you live: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address_harvesting

[jumpingbeans]

I assumed someone would bring this up.

The chrome extension will simply put together [email protected]

It's a B2B email and every major fortune 500 company uses tools like this. I understand that you might get a lot of spam and despise it. I'm looking to sell a new accountanting software to accountants. It's a different story when you email baby apparel to old people.

[gregster]

So, you are not using common email harvesting, but some kind directory/dictionary harvest method. Really, that doesn't make it better.
Imho, suppliers of important business software - and not only them - should adhere to strict business ethics so that they can be trusted.
But anyway, if you want to go ahead with this, that is your personal choice - but then put some work in first - it's all a matter of personal motivation.

[jumpingbeans]

Thanks for expressing your opinion on business ethics.

Have you never gotten an email from Verizon about the current promotional? Or from Nike about their sales?

[gregster]

Actually, in most cases only if I have given them my e-mail address in some circumstance where I could opt-in (explicitly or implicitly) to the use of my data (for example, for a official newsletter - but then I can also revoke my approval and cancel the newsletter) - or could refuse to give my e-mail address and perhaps take my business elsewhere (in these cases you can usually find information about the company's data policy - although not always featured prominently, I admit). That is also exactly the way I used email addresses for e-mail and online campaigns of big companies.

Of course, there are sometimes third-party dealers who will send unsolicited e-mails about Nike or Verizon or whatever. That is true and that is a big part of the problem. Unsolicited emails from official company accounts are indeed rather rare, at least if we look at companies with a good reputation.

Apart from that, whataboutism never leads to good arguments - although we can obviously see a big revival of it in everyday life and politics, these days, while we see attempts of weakening consumer rights.

[jumpingbeans]

i didnt come here to debate about ethics. i will have to figure this out on my own.