html + javascript automations = [mechanize + ?? ] or something else?

[ina]

John wrote:
> I have to write a spyder for a webpage that uses html + javascript. I
> had it written using mechanize
> but the authors of the webpage now use a lot of javascript. Mechanize
> can no longer do the job.
> Does anyone know how I could automate my spyder to understand
> javascript? Is there a way
> to control a browser like firefox from python itself? How about IE?
> That way, we do not have
> to go thru something like mechanize?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help/comments,
> --j

You want pamie, iec or ishybrowser.  Pamie is probably the best choice
since it gets patches and updates on a regular basis.

http://pamie.sourceforge.net/