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Python Programming Learning Circle

Oct 24, 2024 · Frontend Development

Getting Started with Playwright for Python: Installation and Code Generation

This article introduces Playwright‑Python, a powerful cross‑platform browser automation library, explains how to install it with pip, describes its support for Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, and shows how to use the codegen command to record actions and generate scripts with various options.

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Getting Started with Playwright for Python: Installation and Code Generation

FunTester

Sep 29, 2024 · Frontend Development

Chrome Extension Tabs API: Introduction, Basic Operations, Querying, Listening, and Best Practices

This article introduces the Chrome Extension Tabs API, explains how to create, update, and remove tabs, demonstrates querying and listening to tab changes, covers batch and cross‑window operations, and offers best‑practice tips for performance and integration with other Chrome APIs.

Chrome ExtensionFrontend DevelopmentJavaScript

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Chrome Extension Tabs API: Introduction, Basic Operations, Querying, Listening, and Best Practices

FunTester

Aug 6, 2024 · Frontend Development

Reviving the lastTab Chrome Extension: Manifest Configuration and Core Logic

This article details the revival of the lastTab Chrome extension, explaining the manifest v3 setup, background scripts, and event listeners that ensure each window retains at least two tabs, while providing full source code snippets and implementation notes.

Chrome ExtensionJavaScriptManifest V3

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Reviving the lastTab Chrome Extension: Manifest Configuration and Core Logic

Python Programming Learning Circle

Jul 30, 2024 · Backend Development

Introducing DrissionPage: A Python Library for Fast Browser Automation and Requests Integration

DrissionPage is a Python web‑automation library that merges browser control with high‑speed request handling, offering features like driver‑free operation, iframe support, multi‑tab management, full‑page screenshots, and an easy‑to‑use API demonstrated with a concise code example for web scraping tasks.

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Introducing DrissionPage: A Python Library for Fast Browser Automation and Requests Integration

Test Development Learning Exchange

Feb 6, 2024 · Frontend Development

Using Playwright for Browser Automation: Form Submission, File Upload, Screenshots, Navigation, and Page Title Manipulation in Python

This article demonstrates how to use the Playwright Python library to automate browser actions such as submitting forms with file uploads, capturing screenshots, navigating between pages, and retrieving or setting the page title, providing complete code examples for each task.

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Using Playwright for Browser Automation: Form Submission, File Upload, Screenshots, Navigation, and Page Title Manipulation in Python

Test Development Learning Exchange

Feb 2, 2024 · Frontend Development

Playwright Overview: Features, Installation, Basic Concepts, and Sample Tests

This article introduces Playwright, a powerful cross‑browser automation tool, outlines its key features and advantages, provides step‑by‑step installation instructions for Python, explains core concepts, demonstrates locating invisible elements, and offers practical code examples for common web operations and testing best practices.

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Playwright Overview: Features, Installation, Basic Concepts, and Sample Tests

Tencent Cloud Developer

Nov 23, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Calling Your Private GPTs from ChatGPT with 50 Lines of Python Code

This tutorial shows how, with about 50 lines of Python using Playwright and pyperclip, you can automate a persistent Firefox session to log into ChatGPT Plus, navigate to your private GPT URL, send prompts and retrieve responses via the clipboard, all without incurring extra API fees.

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Calling Your Private GPTs from ChatGPT with 50 Lines of Python Code

Test Development Learning Exchange

Nov 22, 2023 · Frontend Development

How to Retrieve Browser Cookies Using Python: Selenium, Requests, and HAR Parsing

This article explains several Python techniques for extracting browser cookies—including Selenium automation, direct HTTP requests, driver‑based retrieval, and HAR file parsing—providing clear code examples and guidance on when to use each method.

SeleniumWeb Scrapingbrowser-automation

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How to Retrieve Browser Cookies Using Python: Selenium, Requests, and HAR Parsing

Test Development Learning Exchange

Aug 28, 2023 · Frontend Development

Python Playwright UI Automation Tutorial

This article provides a comprehensive guide to learning Python Playwright for UI automation, covering installation, basic concepts, script writing, page interactions, element handling, multi-page management, browser contexts, waiting strategies, testing, and advanced practices.

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Python Playwright UI Automation Tutorial

vivo Internet Technology

Nov 17, 2021 · Frontend Development

Understanding Chrome Extensions: Architecture, Core Mechanisms, and Practical Use Cases

The article explains Chrome extensions’ architecture—including manifest files, background, popup, and content scripts—and how the extension, render, and browser processes communicate, then showcases practical use cases such as page overrides, cookie control, tab management, request interception, DOM automation, and a multilingual management tool for a global e‑commerce platform.

Chrome ExtensionFrontend DevelopmentJavaScript

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Understanding Chrome Extensions: Architecture, Core Mechanisms, and Practical Use Cases

Python Programming Learning Circle

Sep 19, 2021 · Frontend Development

Introduction to Playwright-Python: Installation, Usage, and Automation Examples

This article introduces Microsoft’s open‑source Playwright‑Python library, explains how to install it, demonstrates recording and code generation, provides synchronous and asynchronous usage examples—including mobile device emulation—and discusses its advantages and current limitations for web automation testing.

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Introduction to Playwright-Python: Installation, Usage, and Automation Examples

Python Programming Learning Circle

Mar 24, 2021 · Backend Development

Using Selenium for Web Scraping: Browser Automation, Element Interaction, and Waiting Strategies

This tutorial explains how Selenium can be used to simulate browsers for scraping JavaScript‑rendered pages, covering browser selection, page navigation, element locating methods, interaction techniques, action chains, JavaScript execution, frame handling, waiting mechanisms, navigation controls, cookie management, and tab management.

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Using Selenium for Web Scraping: Browser Automation, Element Interaction, and Waiting Strategies

vivo Internet Technology

Aug 5, 2020 · Frontend Development

Using Puppeteer for Emoji Scraping, Headless Chrome, and Front‑End Automation Testing

The article demonstrates how to use Puppeteer—a Node.js API built on the Chrome DevTools Protocol—to run headless Chrome for tasks such as scraping Google emoji images, generating screenshots or PDFs, and automating front‑end tests by launching a browser, navigating pages, handling cookies, simulating user input, capturing responses, and saving results.

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Using Puppeteer for Emoji Scraping, Headless Chrome, and Front‑End Automation Testing

DevOps Cloud Academy

Feb 2, 2020 · Frontend Development

Introduction to Automated Testing with Selenium

Automated testing transforms manual, human‑driven test procedures into machine‑executed processes, and Selenium—a comprehensive suite of tools for web browser automation—enables remote control of browsers to simulate user actions such as typing, clicking, selecting, and executing JavaScript, primarily supporting front‑end testing.

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Introduction to Automated Testing with Selenium

360 Tech Engineering

May 31, 2019 · Information Security

Dynamic Web Crawling Techniques for Vulnerability Scanning with Pyppeteer

This article details the practical implementation of a dynamic web crawler for vulnerability scanning, covering Chrome headless setup, browser initialization, JavaScript hook injection for DOM events, navigation locking, form handling, link collection, deduplication, and task scheduling using pyppeteer.

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Dynamic Web Crawling Techniques for Vulnerability Scanning with Pyppeteer

360 Tech Engineering

Apr 26, 2019 · Frontend Development

Bypassing Slide Captcha with Puppeteer: A Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article explains how to use the Node.js‑based Puppeteer library to automate the solving of slide‑captcha challenges by opening the target page, extracting canvas data, calculating the missing piece position, simulating a human‑like drag motion, and verifying the result, while comparing Puppeteer with Selenium/WebDriver.

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Bypassing Slide Captcha with Puppeteer: A Step‑by‑Step Guide

System Architect Go

Mar 22, 2019 · Frontend Development

End-to-End Testing with Puppeteer: Automating User Interactions Across Frontend and Backend

End‑to‑end testing treats the application as a black box, using Puppeteer to programmatically control a Chromium browser and simulate real user actions—such as navigating pages, typing, mouse movements, solving slide captchas, and uploading files—to verify the complete front‑end to back‑end workflow.

End-to-End TestingFrontend TestingNode.js

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End-to-End Testing with Puppeteer: Automating User Interactions Across Frontend and Backend

Beike Product & Technology

Oct 12, 2018 · Fundamentals

Headless Browser Automation: Selenium vs Puppeteer

This article explores headless browser automation technologies including Selenium, PhantomJS, Puppeteer, and Headless Chrome, comparing their architectures, use cases, and implementation differences.

Automated TestingChrome DevTools ProtocolPhantomJS

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Headless Browser Automation: Selenium vs Puppeteer

JD Tech

Sep 6, 2018 · Frontend Development

Using Tampermonkey for Browser Automation and Testing

This article explains how to use the Tampermonkey browser extension to interact with web pages, retrieve performance data, manipulate DOM elements, and automate testing tasks such as sign‑in assistance, event inspection, and cross‑origin requests, thereby improving testing efficiency and coverage.

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Using Tampermonkey for Browser Automation and Testing