Question

I’m looking for a way to programatically control a browser on a Mac (i.e. Firefox or Safari or Chrome/-ium or Opera, but not IE) using Python.

The actions I need include following links, checking if elements exist in a page, and submitting forms.

Which solution would you recommend?

Answer 1

Take a look at PyShell (an extension to PyXPCOM).

Example:

promptSvc = components.classes["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/prompt-service;1"].\
        getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPromptService)
promptSvc.alert(None, 'Greeting...', "Hello from Python")