I have a Python 2.7 script that should cast mp3 audio from Windows 10 to Chromecast audio devices through Google Chrome browser.
It does the following using Send Keys (keyboard and mouse automation) from the PyWinAuto module:
Open Google Chrome maximized
Click the "Customize and control Google Chrome" menu on the right
Selects "Cast.."
Selects a casting group
Inputs local address of mp3 in the address bar and hits Enter
It involves using time.sleep() a lot and has many problems as an experienced programmer would imagine. So I'm looking for a pythonic way of accomplishing the same result.
P.S: A cross-platform solution is much appreciated (especially for Raspberry Pi). And I can learn anything you suggest, even if it's not Python. Thank you
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I am using helium library for web scraping dynamic websites
I found it much faster to use tabs than using many windows yet some websites when I open them in a new tab they show some ads and I could not find a way to close them. That made me look for a lot of JS codes, which I do not understand, and most of the times they are not working when executed using helium library in python even though they work fine in the Console of Google Chrome.
However, the code should be running headless and I am doing all of this only for testing and here is my main question
Does it matter if used new tab or new window if I am going to use headless browser in python helium
is it going to be faster just like what happens when it runs normal or since it is headless it makes no difference ?
not to forget to mention that it is way easier for me to work with many windows since I won't have to use JS codes.
driver.execute_script('''$x('xpath')[0].remove();''')
driver.execute_script('''$x('xpath')[0].click();''')
$x('xpath')[0].remove();
$x('xpath')[0].click();
selenium.common.exceptions.JavascriptException: Message: javascript error: $x is not defined
they both work just fine in Google Chrome Console but for some reason, I can not execute them python helium.
I tried using to give more time using time.sleep(5) to load the page but it did not work
not to mention that I tried using the click() method from helium it gives me a LookupError()
I found a way to test it for myself it might not be accurate but the results gave me a clear winner I used the windows task manager to see the percentage of CPU usage in all the cases when running headless tabs were faster and used way less CPU than new windows
I've been working with selenium in Python recently.
I was curious if anyone has had experience with recording an instance of a headless browser? I tried finding a way to do this, but didn't find any solutions in Python - a code example would be excellent.
Some tips would be helpful.
I don't think they have any built in way to do this with any of the browsers. Your best bet would be to connected to the same instance of the browser (this is easier if you use the grid server) from another program then just take screenshots at short intervals.
I am trying to run a headless browser, to which when I pass a URL simulates the entire webpage as it would if run from any of the popular browser. Importantly it must manage to run Adobe Flash Player (and hence flash videos). I have heard things about selenium webkit but I am not sure about its capabilities as I have never used it especially when it comes to handling flash content.
Infact if I were to narrow down the problem, I just want to run a flash content in a web site but out of the internet browsing window under my program (preferably python). If this is possible can someone point me the right approach. Do let me know if any further clarification is needed in the question.
Give a try to http://phantomjs.org/ it works great with a headless webkit and flash.
You could look at http://jeanphix.me/Ghost.py/ to control phantomjs with Python.
I am trying to send a couple basic text commands to a flash program running in Firefox on Windows 7, but I am unable to get pywinauto working for me.
Right now, I have just been able to accomplish the very basic task of connecting to Firefox plugin-container by directing it to the path using the following code:
from pywinauto import application
app = application.Application()
app.connect_(path = r"c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe")
The next step seems to be something to the effect of:
app.plugin-container.Edit.TypeKeys('Text')
However, I can't reference the plugin-container window using '.plugin-container', or any combination of those words. I have tried adding a title variable to the connect_() function and I have tried everything I can think of to find out how to type the command.
The example I am basing this off of is the notepad sample:
from pywinauto import application
app.start_(ur"notepad.exe")
app.Notepad.Edit.TypeKeys(u"{END}{ENTER}SendText d\xf6\xe9s "
u"s\xfcpp\xf4rt \xe0cce\xf1ted characters!!!", with_spaces = True)
It doesn't matter to me if I use pywinauto or Firefox. If it is any easier to do this using a different module or Internet Explorer, I'm on board for whatever accomplishes the task. I am using Python version 2.7.2 and would prefer it over any version changes.
Any help at all is appreciated. I am pretty lost in all this.
As the author of pywinauto - I think you are going to have a hard time. pywinauto only really helps with standard windows controls, and I don't think that flash controls are implemented as standard windows controls (Buttons, Edit boxes, etc).
OFf the top of my head - I would think Sikuli may be a better starting point (http://sikuli.org/).
Another option may be 'http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/' - I just googled for "automating flash input" - and it turned up in one of the first articles I clicked.
Thanks for trying pywinauto - I just don't think it is best suited for Flash automation.
I've tried asking this question on the KDE development forum, but haven't received a satisfying answer so far.
I've developed a Python script for Amarok 1.4 which retrieves upcoming events for the currently playing artist and displays them in the context browser. The user can click each event to know more about it, but so far clicking takes him to another Amarok tab, in which he must then click another button to finally get the link to open in the external browser.
What I'd like to know is whether there is a way to open the link directly in the external browser.
Update: I recently started using Pana, which actually opens the links directly in the Wikipedia tab, so I guess I'll stick to that player in the future.
I know nothing about Amarok, but in general you can spawn the platform's default web browser on a URL:
on modern open-source desktops (KDE, GNOME, Xfce) by spawning the xdg-open command;
on OS X with the open command;
on Windows with the built-in os.startfile method.
There is also the webbrowser module, but it will often pick the wrong browser and everything about it is outmoded and ugly.