Web application login macro generation and verification

A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code executable by a processor to perform processing comprising:

• generating a login macro to automatically log into a web application running on a server computing device, from a provided username, a provided password, and a provided network address of the web application,
• wherein generating the login macro comprises:
• navigating to a starting web page at the provided network address of the web application;
• locating a login form at the starting web page;
• in response to unsuccessfully locating the login form at the starting web page, locating a sign-in web page navigable from the starting web page;
• in response to successfully locating the sign-in web page, navigating to the sign-in web page;
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• locating the login form at the sign-in web page;
• and
• in response to successfully locating the login form at the sign-in web page, creating the login macro that automatically navigates to the sign-in web page, then automatically enters the provided username within the username text field sub-element of the login form and automatically enters the provided password within the password text field sub-element of the login, and finally automatically selects the submit button sub-element.

A computing device comprising:

• network hardware to communicatively connect the computing device to a server computing device running a web application;
• a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code;
• and
• a processor to execute the program code to:
• generate a login macro to automatically log into the web application, from a provided username, a provided password, and a provided network address of the web application, regardless of whether the web application is logged into at a starting web page at the provided network address or at a sign-in web page navigable from the starting web page;
• and
• after generating the login macro, verify that usage of the login macro successfully results in logging into the web application running on the server computing device.