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🚀 Auto refresh any site

Follow the step by step guide to run this code the proper way.

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✔️ Requirements

Make sure you have the following required things:

1. .NET SDK You can download it here
2. Google Chrome (to run the program)
3. Operating System: Windows, Linux or macOS
4. Internet connection

Note

Typically the recommended SDK version is .NET 7 or .NET 8

⚙️ Setup and Run

🚀 1. Clone this repository

  git clone https://github.com/dev-ggomes/auto-refresh-any-site.git
  cd auto-refresh-any-site

🚀 2. Create and configure the console project (if not already created)

  dotnet new console -n GitHubProfileRefresh
  cd GitHubProfileRefresh

🚀 3. Add Selenium dependencies

  dotnet add package Selenium.WebDriver
  dotnet add package Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver

🚀 4. Replace the content of Program.cs with the one in this repository and make the changes mentioned on the 5^th step

🚀 5. Things you may wanna change

• If you actually wanna see the browser window refreshing, remove this line: options.AddArgument("--headless");
  

• If you want to auto refresh a site, find this line: driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://site.com"); and change the link to the site you want to auto refresh
  

• This script were made to auto refresh any site every 5 seconds. If you want to change this period of time between refreshes, change the value of this line: Thread.Sleep(5000); to every value you think is the better for you.
  

Warning

Too short periods of time between refreshes may cause a crash in your browser.

🚀 6. Run the project

  dotnet run

❌ How to stop it

Press Ctrl + C in the terminal to stop the script.

🎯 What the script does

1. Automatically launches Google Chrome in headless (invisible) mode.
2. Visits the url that is saved in the variable driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://site.com").
3. Refreshes the page every 5 seconds, simulating real user behavior (cookies, JavaScript, etc.).

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Warning

This project is for educational purposes only. Artifically inflating view counters may violate the terms os service of certain platforms. Use responsibly.