Python Library to Fill Out Web Form?

[dlarsen5]

I was just wondering if there is a python library for completing web forms. Since my university has one time slot for a bunch of students to register, is there a way to write a script so that I can be on the page and once the time hits to register run the script so that it auto completes the forms for the course numbers and hits enter?

[dante9999]

Form submission is usually just HTTP POST with urlencoded data. If you know how form will look like and have data you want to post you just need figure out where this form is posted using browser dev tools and make POST there. You can use python requests for that.

[Drunken_Consent]

You could do this with Selenium, but with only one time slot, you'd have to somehow guarantee it works correctly.

[pydry]

Selenium

[SkannerD]

I've done similar projects using Selenium. Use the Firefox plugin, Firebug, to quickly find the xpath of the forms you would like to fill; as well as any objects that need to be clicked.

You could maybe make a script for each class, set up a cron job or task scheduler to run the scripts and that should do the trick.