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  1. dracos created this gist Sep 15, 2024.
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    import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
    import * as readline from 'node:readline/promises';

    // Get the info we need
    const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
    const username = await rl.question('Username: ');
    const password = await rl.question('Password: ');
    const code = await rl.question('OTP code: ');

    // Start a browser and a recording
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    const recorder = await page.screencast({path: 'recording.webm'});

    // Get to the login page
    await page.goto('https://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account');
    await page.locator('#get-started > a').click(); // Sign in
    await page.locator('#gov_gateway_start_now').click(); // Start now
    await page.locator('.govuk-cookie-banner button:nth-child(2)').click(); // Cookie banner, no

    // Login
    await page.locator('#user_id').click();
    await page.evaluate(() => { document.getElementById('user_id').type = 'password'; }); // Makes sharing video easier!
    await page.locator('#user_id').fill(username);
    await page.locator('#password').fill(password);
    await page.locator('#continue').click();

    // 2FA - might depend on what you have set up
    await page.locator('#factor1Ctl').click();
    await page.locator('#continue').click();
    await page.locator('#oneTimePassword').fill(code);
    await page.locator('#continue').click();

    // Now just lots of buttons to click one at a time
    await page.locator('#welcome_info_continue').click();
    await page.locator('#par_acc_homepage_reconfirmation').click();
    await page.locator('#par_acc_reconfirmation_continue').click();
    await page.locator('#par_app_summary_continue').click();
    await page.locator('#par_acc_reconf_summ_declaration').click();

    // There's a please wait page after confirmation
    const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
    await delay(10000);

    await recorder.stop();
    await browser.close();