Auto fill

reefboy

Say I wanted to auto fill info into a website. Could I do that in a python script?

JonB

it depends, but usually, yes.

There are a few options, such as mechanize, requests, or webbrowser (using javascript to simulate clicks, etc). I tend to use bs4 along with requests.

reefboy

Ok also, how do I open a website in UI

JonB

This should get you started.

import ui,time
w=ui.WebView()
w.frame=(0,0,570,570)
w.load_url('https://google.com')
w.present()

# make sure the page has finished loading
time.sleep(1)
while not w.eval_js('document.readyState') == 'complete':
	time.sleep(1.)

# using bs4 and requests to poke around, i know the textfield has a name of q
# i can set the value using javascript
w.eval_js('document.getElementsByName("q")[0].value="using javascript to fill in forms";')

# i happen to know the name of the form is "f", i will submit the form
time.sleep(1)
w.eval_js('document.getElementsByName("f")[0].submit()')

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