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I had never heard of this, but it looks like a reasonable option. My go-to for this type of thing would be Python+Selenium+Firefox, but only due to familiarity
by Mister_Snuggles 5y ago
I had never heard of this, but it looks like a reasonable option. My go-to for this type of thing would be Python+Selenium+Firefox, but only due to familiarity with those.
- at_compile_time 5y agoI'm glad that I'm not the only one not using Selenium for its stated purpose.
- shapefrog 5y agoIs there another - stated purpose - that I missed? Primarily it is for automating web applications for testing purposes Here was I thinking it was just a tool to scrape all the js I am too lazy to reverse engineer.
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoI spent a lot of time writing lots of Selenium bots 5-6 years ago, but Playwright is way way way better. It's absolutely worth trying out. You'll never go back.
- cebert 5y agoPlaywright is easy to get started with. The even tools that allow you to record your browser actions and covert it into code ( https://playwright.dev/ https://playwright.dev/ ).