bazhuayu-rpa-webhook

What This Skill Does

The bazhuayu-rpa-webhook skill is a professional automation bridge designed for OpenClaw users to interface directly with Octoparse (八爪鱼) RPA tasks. By leveraging secure Webhook integration, this skill enables programmatic triggering of automated data scraping and process execution flows. It supports dynamic parameter injection, allowing users to pass runtime variables such as search keywords, target URLs, or specific process configurations directly from their AI agent interactions. With its robust v2.0 security model, it emphasizes safe credential management through environment variables and standardized HMAC-SHA256 request signing.

Installation

Installation is streamlined through the ClawHub ecosystem. Execute clawhub install bazhuayu-webhook to pull the latest version. After installation, security is the primary focus. You must set the BAZHUAYU_WEBHOOK_URL and BAZHUAYU_WEBHOOK_KEY as environment variables in your system shell (.bashrc or .zshrc). For convenience, the included ./setup-secure.sh script provides a guided wizard to verify your installation, set file permissions to 600, and ensure your system configuration is hardened against unauthorized access.

Use Cases

This skill is highly effective for e-commerce intelligence, where an agent can trigger daily inventory scraping tasks based on fluctuating market needs. It is also ideal for lead generation workflows, where you can pass customer lists into an RPA process to extract contact information from professional directories. Additionally, it serves as a reliable mechanism for cross-platform data synchronization, enabling your AI agent to trigger data migrations or updates in legacy systems that require browser-based automation.

Example Prompts

1. "Trigger the daily competitor price check for the electronics category using the current Webhook configuration."
2. "Start a new RPA task with the parameter A set to 'Laptop' and parameter B set to 'Budget' to begin the lead generation process."
3. "Run a diagnostic test on the八爪鱼 webhook connection to ensure the system is ready to receive requests."

Tips & Limitations

To ensure consistent performance, always verify that your local machine's system time is synchronized, as the HMAC-SHA256 signature requires accurate timestamps to prevent authentication failure. Note that while the skill supports custom parameter passing, these must match the input schema defined within your specific Octoparse RPA flow. We strongly recommend against hardcoding keys in config.json; always prioritize system environment variables. Finally, if you encounter 'SignatureVerificationFailure', check that your secret key has not been rotated in the Octoparse portal.