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  • ToshiBoy

    Project Question

    I'm a newbie to Python... well a newbie to programming, really. I know
    the basics and try to learn by setting myself simple tasks and goals
    just to find out if I can work out a way to code the solutions. Works
    for me. However, now I've set my eyes on a more ambitious project:

    We sell office machines, and most of them need to be connected to a
    network these days. I've got a routine setup for each model which
    enters the most common information, eg. NetBIOS names, mailservers,
    etc.The information is input through a webinterface as you have
    probably seen on many other printers.

    Currently, I'm using iMacro, an add-on to Firefox, which runs a macro
    and enters all the info. It's great, but I would like to try and write
    a program for this in Python. It needs to collect some user input at
    the beginning, and then open the default web browser (or preferably
    runs its own interface) and enter the information by identifying the
    fields and inputting the text, and "saving" the info by "clicking"
    buttons.

    Is there a web browser interface module in Python that would have
    methods to do this kind of stuff?
  • Simon Brunning

    #2
    Re: Project Question

    2008/8/3 ToshiBoy <ToshiBoy@gmail .com>:
    Currently, I'm using iMacro, an add-on to Firefox, which runs a macro
    and enters all the info. It's great, but I would like to try and write
    a program for this in Python. It needs to collect some user input at
    the beginning, and then open the default web browser (or preferably
    runs its own interface) and enter the information by identifying the
    fields and inputting the text, and "saving" the info by "clicking"
    buttons.
    >
    Is there a web browser interface module in Python that would have
    methods to do this kind of stuff?
    Take a look at Mechanize: <http://wwwsearch.sourc eforge.net/mechanize/>.

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    • ToshiBoy

      #3
      Re: Project Question

      Great, I think that's exactly what I'm after. Thank you!

      Simon Brunning wrote:
      2008/8/3 ToshiBoy <ToshiBoy@gmail .com>:
      >
      >Currently, I'm using iMacro, an add-on to Firefox, which runs a macro
      >and enters all the info. It's great, but I would like to try and write
      >a program for this in Python. It needs to collect some user input at
      >the beginning, and then open the default web browser (or preferably
      >runs its own interface) and enter the information by identifying the
      >fields and inputting the text, and "saving" the info by "clicking"
      >buttons.
      >>
      >Is there a web browser interface module in Python that would have
      >methods to do this kind of stuff?
      >>
      >
      Take a look at Mechanize: <http://wwwsearch.sourc eforge.net/mechanize/>.
      >
      >

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