Thanks, Selenium can replay user interaction sessions, but I need to set e.g. fo... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		olaf on April 24, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mechanize 0.2.0 released Thanks, Selenium can replay user interaction sessions, but I need to set e.g. form fields programmatically, is that possible? Maybe CPAN/Gtk2::WebKit is also an option.

ericb on April 24, 2010 | [–]

Yes, it is possible, and fairly routine in Selenium. Also, you can execute arbitrary Javascript for whatever else you may need.

aaronblohowiak on April 24, 2010 | [–]

you can even use your recorded sessions to spit out the code that you can then use as a template for your code

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact