On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 04:06:31AM +0100, pileux systeme wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering whether it was possible to write a program which could > directly write some word in a box and click 'search' on a typical online > database without using the url. (e.g. is there a way to write a program which > would write some keyword, say 'tomato' on google and click 'google search' > automatically and copy the page without having to know the url > 'http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=tomato&spell=1') > Thank you very much for any help you could provide, > > N. >
Yes, this is possible. Have a look at urllib (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib.html) and within that page see urlencode. The idea is that first you make a connection to google.com, and then post the search values to the form. If you look at the form on google.com (from source) you see the following: <form action="/search" name="f"> --snip-- <input name="hl" value="nl" type="hidden"> <input maxlength="2048" name="q" size="55" title="Google zoeken" value=""> <input name="btnG" value="Google zoeken" type="submit"><input name="btnI" value="Ik doe een gok" type="submit"> --snip-- </form> For example: import urllib search_string = 'cars' encoded_search_string = urllib.urlencode({'q': search_string}) reponse = urllib.urlopen('www.google.com', encoded_search_string) To search for "cars" Good luck! -- Yoram Hekma Unix Systems Administrator CICT Department AOES Netherlands B.V. Haagse Schouwweg 6G 2332 KG Leiden, The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)71 5795588 Fax: +31 (0)71 5721277 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aoes.com
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