using python to visit web sites and print the web sites image to files

[imx]

Hi there,

I wonder whether python can be used to simulate a real user to do the
following:
1) open a web site in a browser;
2) printscreen, so to copy the current active window image to
clipboard;
3) save the image file to a real file

Any pointer will be apprieciated!

Xiong

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Re: using python to visit web sites and print the web sites image to files

[imx]

On 3月13日, 上午4时26分, "Paul Boddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Goldfish wrote:
> > You can definitely create a web bot with python. It doesn't require
> > that you "drive" A real web browser.
>
> That's true, but if you want to print the page to a file, you need
> something that can reproduce the intended layout. The Pyglet library
> developers mention "XML/HTML+CSS" as something the layout engine can
> deal with, which sounds quite impressive if its support of CSS is
> comprehensive:
>
> http://pyglet.org/
>
> Paul

Thanks for all the replies.
I will check pyglet to see if it can help.

The reason I want to do simulation but not just crawling is : we have
to check many web pages' front page to see whether it conform to our
visual standard, e.g, it should put a search box on the top part of
the page. It's tedious for human work. So I want to 'crawl and save
the visual presentation of the web site automatically', and check
these image files later with human eyes.

-Xiong

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Re: using python to visit web sites and print the web sites image to files

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On 3月13日, 上午12时39分, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Mar 12, 7:32 am, "imx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I wonder whether python can be used to simulate a real user to do the
> > following:
> > 1) open a web site in a browser;
> > 2) printscreen, so to copy the current active window image to
> > clipboard;
> > 3) save the image file to a real file
> > Any pointer will be apprieciated!
> > Xiong
>
> Google pywinauto.
>
> HTH
>
> Davy

I checked pyglet, it's in early development stage. Since I'm using
windows, I will try pywinauto.

Thanks,
Xiong

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Re: using python to visit web sites and print the web sites image to files

[imx]

On 3月14日, 上午5时44分, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > The reason I want to do simulation but not just crawling is : we have
> > to check many web pages' front page to see whether it conform to our
> > visual standard, e.g, it should put a search box on the top part of
> > the page. It's tedious for human work. So I want to 'crawl and save
> > the visual presentation of the web site automatically', and check
> > these image files later with human eyes.
>
> > -Xiong
>
> Hi Xiong,
>
> I have been working on a program to do something very similar to
> generate thumbnails of websites.
>
> The code is in IronPython (which may put you off!) and would need
> modified or scripted with pywinauto to deal with multiple images.
>
> Let me know if it is of use to you and I will upload it.
>
> Cheers,
> Davy

Cool, but does it mean that I will need .net to run the code?

Xiong

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cannot start IDLE in WinXP

[imx]

Hi,

Enviroment: WinXP sp2, python 2.5
problem: click IDLE using shorcut menu or run phthonw.exe directly,
nothing happen! But running python.exe from the command line is fine.

I searched this issue on the net and this forum and tried some
suggestions but with no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Xiong

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Re: cannot start IDLE in WinXP

[imx]

On 3月18日, 下午5时47分, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> En Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:09:16 -0300, imx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
>
> > Enviroment: WinXP sp2, python 2.5
> > problem: click IDLE using shorcut menu or run phthonw.exe directly,
> > nothing happen! But running python.exe from the command line is fine.
>
> pythonw.exe does not open a window so it's almost invisible.
> IDLE now uses a socket to connect to the subprocess which runs the python
> code; perhaps your firewall is blocking that connection. Try starting IDLE
> with the -n switch.
>
> --
> Gabriel Genellina

Thanks for reply, I've already reinstall xp and now IDLE is ok.

-Xiong

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