Check out Mechanize: https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize I haven't used the ruby version but I am pretty happ

Check out Mechanize: https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize I haven't used the ruby version but I am pretty happy with the python port of it. It's lighter and faster than phantom, but it won't do javascript interpretation.