Caution

This is a purely EDUCATIONAL project. Do not run it for personal gain or benefit.

I did not benefit in the creation of this program—all posts were opened in my browser as part of normal forum usage.
This project is an experiment with Selenium for learning purposes only.

I am not liable for any damages or misuse.

Roblox DevForum Automation

A tool to automate reading the latest posts from the Roblox DevForum’s Help and Feedback and Bug Reports categories.
It can log in automatically if you provide valid cookies and will skip replies you’ve already read.

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Cookie Setup
• Installation
  • Method 1: Poetry
  • Method 2: pip
  • Method 3: Nix

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Features

• Uses cookie file for authentication
• Can log output to files with timestamps
• Set read time for replies and delays for posts
• Set percentage of replies to read in each post

You can also run the tool without arguments (provided cookies.json exists), there are optimized defaults.

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Prerequisites

• Python 3.13 installed
• Poetry, pip, or Nix for installation

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Cookie Setup

1. Use a tool like Cookie-Editor to export your browser cookies as JSON.
2. You only need to export the ROBLOSECURITY cookie, but exporting all cookies is fine.
3. Save your exported cookies as cookies.json in the project directory, or use the --cookie-file option to specify a different file path.

Caution

Never share your ROBLOSECURITY cookie.

This cookie grants full access to your Roblox account.
Keep your cookies.json file safe and secure!

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Installation

Choose one of the following methods:

Method 1: Poetry

poetry install
poetry run devforumauto --help

Method 2: pip

pip install git+https://github.com/Soikr/devforumauto.git
devforumauto --help

Method 3: Nix

nix run github:Soikr/devforumauto
# Or to pass arguments:
nix run github:Soikr/devforumauto -- --help