Adaptive web-based robotic process automation

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors comprising instructions causing the one or more processors to perform the following when executed:
• receiving a request from a robotic process automation (RPA) engine to identify a target user interface control element in a webpage represented by a current master data frame, wherein the current master data frame comprises a current document object model (DOM);
• determining that a target user interface control element identifier associated with the target user interface control element is absent in the current DOM;
• retrieving an archived version of the target user interface control element from an archived master data frame of the webpage;
• finding an equivalent user interface control element within the current master data frame based at least on the archived version of the target user interface control element;
• and
• outputting the equivalent user interface control element.

One or more computer-readable media having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• while displaying a user interface comprising a plurality of user interface control elements represented by a current document object model (DOM), receiving a request from a robotic process automation (RPA) engine to identify a target user interface control element in a webpage represented by a current master data frame, wherein the current master data frame comprises a current document object model (DOM);
• determining that a target user interface control element identifier associated with the target user interface control element is absent in the current DOM;
• retrieving an archived version of the target user interface control element from an archived master data frame of the webpage;
• finding an equivalent user interface control element within the current master data frame based at least on the archived version of the target user interface control element;
• and
• outputting the equivalent user interface control element;
• wherein the archived version of the target user interface control element comprises a plurality of first attributes, and a candidate user interface control element in the current master data frame comprises a plurality of second attributes;
• wherein finding the equivalent user interface control element comprises identifying matching pairs between the plurality of first attributes of the archived version of the target user interface control element and the plurality of second attributes of the candidate user interface control element;
• wherein the plurality of first attributes comprise one or more first Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) markers and the plurality of second attributes comprise one or more second ARIA markers, and wherein the one or more first ARIA markers and the one or more second ARIA markers are generated from an in-browser service;
• and
• wherein finding the equivalent user interface control element comprises identifying at least one of the first ARIA markers matches at least one of the second ARIA markers.