On 2005-06-01, Elliot Temple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I make Python press a button on a webpage?
You just do whatever action is specified for the form containing the button. > I looked at urllib, but I only see how to open a URL with > that. Guess what happens when you push that button: the browser opens a URL. > I searched google but no luck. > > For example, google has a button <input type=submit value="Google > Search" name=btnG> how would i make a script to press that button? Find the <form> containing the button, and look to see what the URL is specified. For Google, it looks something like this: <form action="/search" naem="f"> So, /search is the URL you open. > Just for fun, is there any way to do the equivalent of typing > into a text field like the google search field before hitting > the button? (I don't actually need to do this.) Sure. Just send back the field value in the normal manner using a GET. > If someone could point me in the right direction it'd be appreciated. You need an introductory book on HTTP and HTML. If all you care about is a google query here's a python program that prints the URL you need to open for a google query: #!/usr/bin/python import urllib,sys,os queryString="whatever you're searching for" print 'http://www.google.com/search?'+urllib.urlencode({'q':queryString}) I presume you can figure out how to open the URL instead of printing it? -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm in ATLANTIC CITY at riding in a comfortable visi.com ROLLING CHAIR... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
