Question

How does Javascript work in the browser address bar?

To be more specific: how can I make a script that goes to a web site and clicks a button on that site? Not maliciously, of course, I’d like to be able to do this for personal use.

Answer 1

View the source code of the page and find the reference to the button you’d like to click. You’re looking for something like this:

<input type="submit" value="Click Here" id="theButtonId"/>

Then you can type in the address bar:

javascript:document.getElementById("theButtonId").click();

To navigate to a website, do this:

javascript:window.location='http://www.google.com';