On 27/11/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a government website which shows public data for banks. We'd > like to pull the data down programmatically but the data is "hidden" > behind .aspx... > > Is there anyway in Python to hook in directly to a browser (firefox or > IE) to do the following... > > 1) Fill the search criteria > 2) Press the "Search" button > 3) Press another button (the CSV button) on the resulting page > 4) Then grab the data out of the notepad file that pops up > > If this is a wild good chase, let me know... (or if there's a better > way besides Python... I may have to explore writing a firefox plug-in > or something)...
Amongst others, IEC will allow you to open an IE browser window, navigate around sites (including pushing buttons), and retrieve text. http://www.mayukhbose.com/python/IEC/index.php HTH :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
