Controlling a browser using Python, on a Mac

Question

I\'m looking for a way to programatically control a browser on a Mac (i.e. Firefox or Safari or Chrome/-ium or Opera, but not IE) using Python.

The actions I need includ

Answer 1

Maybe overpowered, but check out Marionette to control Firefox. There is a tutorial at readthedocs:

You first start a Marionette-enabled firefox instance:

firefox -marionette

Then you create a client:

client = Marionette('localhost', port=2828)
client.start_session()

Navigation f.ex. is done via

url = 'http://mozilla.org'
client.navigate(url)
client.go_back()
client.go_forward()
assert client.get_url() == url