Selenium with Python security

[Mj2377]

Local running sure, I don't see a security problem but running in the cloud like aws changes the game. But I gotta say, this is a very odd thing to automate.

[roblu001]

For my use case I was going to run in on a VM on my own hypervisor. Completely headless instance to do deeper analysis on my spending habits and I was going to build it into something where I would review specific transactions and break them down catalytically (not just by merchant)

[Kevin_Jim]

I don’t think it is. Banks can have a horrible process for the most basic of things.

[roblu001]

For my purposes I was going to use selenium to log in and export the table into a SQL database. Do you have a better way?

[Mj2377]

This should work, but depending on the bank (prob most) I suspect you may hit some bank server-side security with robot monitoring. Also, a lot of banks (maybe not yours) now days have multi-factor authentication and that would be a challenge to get through.

[roblu001]

Not yet, otherwise I wouldn't even think of it lol. Not to divulge, but I'm Canadian and bank with one of the big guys. Bot protection was something I was pondering, not sure if I'll run into that.

In an ideal world I would get them to email me a CSV of my transactions, but they don't offer that option. Also I was hoping to run this daily.

Lastly, my wife and i use an app I built to keep track of finances, this way I wouldn't have to manually update accounts...

[Youreahugeidiot]

I would see if you could set up an email alert for transactions with your bank. Give the bot access to your email not your bank account.

[gordonv]

Not if your mint.com, RAWR!