Browsing Data

Collect the natural behavior of different actions executed on the browser. This data can be downloaded as a CSV.

Details

All of it is written in vanilla JS.
Data is stored in localStorage.
Extension permissions:

• tabs

Intended Purpose

Use this data to implement human like behavior in bots interacting with websites.

Actions Supported

• mousedown
• mouseup
• scrolling
• keydown
• keyup
• a mousedown immediately followed by a mouseup can be converted to a click
• two clicks in less than a 500ms interval can be condensed to a double click

Read the CSV file

The file name is built like so:

• the type of data (detailed or condensed)
• the current date (day-month-date-year)
• the domain name

In the CSV file, the data presented varies depending on the action.

For a mousedown/mouseup:

• page title the action was executed on
• page url the action was executed on
• the type of action executed
• the action id
• the text content of the element hovered at the time of the action
• the x coordinate of the cursor
• the y coordinate of the cursor
• the timestamp in millisecond (JavaScript Date.now())

For a click:

• page title the action was executed on
• page url the action was executed on
• the type of action executed
• the action id
• the text content of the element hovered on mousedown
• the text content of the element hovered on mouseup
• the x coordinate of the cursor on mousedown
• the y coordinate of the cursor on mousedown
• the x coordinate of the cursor on mouseup
• the y coordinate of the cursor on mouseup
• the timestamp in millisecond (JavaScript Date.now()) of the mouseup action
• the click time in millisecond

For a double click:

• page title the action was executed on
• page url the action was executed on
• the type of action executed
• the first click id
• the second click id
• the text content of the element hovered on the first mouseup
• the text content of the element hovered on the second mouseup
• the x coordinate of the cursor on first mouseup
• the y coordinate of the cursor on first mouseup
• the x coordinate of the cursor on second mouseup
• the y coordinate of the cursor on second mouseup
• the timestamp in millisecond (JavaScript Date.now()) of the second mouseup action
• the sum of the two click times in millisecond

For a scroll:

• page title the action was executed on
• page url the action was executed on
• the type of action executed
• the action id
• the scroll direction
• the height scrolled in px
• the timestamp in millisecond (JavaScript Date.now()) at the end of the scroll

For a keydown/keyup

• page title the action was executed on
• page url the action was executed on
• the type of action executed
• the action id
• the timestamp in millisecond (JavaScript Date.now())

Actions to come

• Taking suggestions

Contributing

Pointers on algorithm optimization when it comes to both speed and memory usage are greatly appreciated.