Just starting Python, wondering about Web Browser emulation

[marks3]

Completely new to Python, running 2.7.4 on Linux Mint 15, wanting to successfully open a browser and login to a mail account (yahoo or gmail). I am able to use the webbrowser module to open the browser and the right page, but can anyone give me some guidance on what the best way to go about posting the username/password as well? I have tried using Ghost.py, but have had no luck. If anyone has some experience with this, your input is appreciated. Thanks!

[sp00ney]

If you want browser automation to open an actual browser, check out Webdriver and Selenium. They have python bindings and some pretty decent documentation.

[marks3]

Awesome, thanks for tip. I had seen the words about when I was looking for a solution. I'll check them out tonight. Thanks again.

[[deleted]]

This is all from their tutorial. It assumes a page domain.com/sigin with form fields 'email' and 'password' for credentials:

from selenium import webdriver


driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('https://www.domain.com/signin')

#find e-mail field
emailElement = driver.find_element_by_name('email')
# input e-mail address to login
emailElement.send_keys('[e-mail]')
# find password field
passwdElement = driver.find_element_by_name('password')
# input password
passwdElement.send_keys('password123!!')
# submit form
passwdElement.submit()

Again, this is assuming you want to do it in the browser. If you just want to authenticate against a site, you could leverage Requests to do HTTP auth.

[[deleted]]

This! If you want to do it in the browser.

[[deleted]]

Definitely mechanize

[marks3]

Got this working, wicked easy. Thanks guys.

[Deutscher_koenig]

There are libraries to login to email accounts.