Computer Science Canada Python to Automate Internet Tasks? |
Author: | Fexter [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Python to Automate Internet Tasks? |
I want to use Python to automate tasks on the internet, such as getting information from a website, multiplying a number by it, then putting this number back into the page. However, I haven't been able to find anything saying how to do this, other than downloading an extra program for it. Is it possible to do this without downloading a new program, or is it not possible in the current versions of Python? If it is possible to do it, could someone post where I could find out how to do this, or post some of the code used to do this? Thanks, Fexter |
Author: | Tony [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | RE:Python to Automate Internet Tasks? |
sounds like you are looking for httplib http://docs.python.org/library/httplib.html |
Author: | Fexter [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:20 pm ] |
Post subject: | RE:Python to Automate Internet Tasks? |
@Tony Okay, thank you. ![]() |
Author: | Zren [ Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:50 am ] | ||
Post subject: | RE:Python to Automate Internet Tasks? | ||
If you're not scared at installing or using a library, check out Mechanize and BeautifulSoup. The first is essentially httplib with an upgrade, with built in presets emulating a browser. The latter is extremely useful for breaking up HTML into python syntax. Mechanize: http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ BeautifulSoup: Homepage | Examples Simple Demo of the two:
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Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | RE:Python to Automate Internet Tasks? |
Those two libraries make me love Python all the more. I'll check them out tonight |