Ask HN: Is python powerful enough to automate events in web browser?

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Let's say i need to choose an option using radio button in web page and then click a button which would download a particular file. Is it possible to automate this process using python?

Are there some solution available in any other platform?

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If I understand you correctly, I think that you are looking for something like "mechanize": http://stockrt.github.io/p/emulating-a-browser-in-python-wit...

Hey, I have used mechanize earlier. But my requirement is a tool which can behave as if a real user is using keyboard and mouse on web browser pages.

Perhaps Selenuim? http://docs.seleniumhq.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_%28software%29 .

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