Re:Show HN: Python script to automate filling out Google for...
by adpirz on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:42PM
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Looks good! One of the best reasons to learn python: automating the boring stuff. If you like to write these scripts, definitely check out this book (free online):
https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
With all that said, I'm baffled as to why this automation script for a particular Google form --a protected one, no less -- is on the front page...
Re:Show HN: Python script to automate filling out Google for...
by vedipen on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:56PM
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Thanks for the reply. Surely this can be more generic, where the script itself asks for the required input for once, fetching questions from any form (instead of hard-coding them in the script) and using those inputs to submit it n times!
Re:Show HN: Python script to automate filling out Google for...
by dplgk on Sunday January 13, 2019 @04:11PM
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I've found selenium to be very heavy and unreliable but perhaps it's needed to deal with whatever barrage of cookies and verification Google implements? Did you find it easy to use? I use either mechanize (works like a headless browser, handles cookies, forms, etc) or beautiful soup for scraping.
With all that said, I'm baffled as to why this automation script for a particular Google form --a protected one, no less -- is on the front page...