Controlling a browser using Python, on a Mac

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 includ

Answer 1

Check out python-browsercontrol.

Also, you could read this forum page (I know, it's old, but it seems extremely relevant to your question): http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/45528-python-client-side-browser-script-language

Also: http://docs.python.org/library/webbrowser.html

Example:

from browser import *
my_browser = Firefox(99, '/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin') my_browser.open_url('cnn.com')

open_url returns when the cnn.com home page document is loaded in the browser frame.