I've tried the following with no avail
- Mechanize/Twill. No Javascript support
- Selenium. Not headless
- Ghost. No Windows support
Anyone got any suggestions?
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There's also [PhantomJS](http://phantomjs.org/) (not really Python-related) and [Spynner](https://github.com/makinacorpus/spynner). – Blender Oct 08 '12 at 07:47
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Did you read http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6025082/headless-browser-for-python-javascript-support-required – halex Oct 08 '12 at 07:49
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You should be able to run Selenium headless, what did you try? – root Oct 08 '12 at 07:51
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Using Linux with Xfvb installed you can use selenium webdriver inside a virtual frame buffer. Essentially headless. But I know of nothing similar for windows. – aychedee Oct 08 '12 at 07:51
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I'm surprised Ghost doesn't work on Windows. What's the stumbling block? – Zarkonnen Oct 08 '12 at 11:21
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Ghost also requires Xfvb, which requires linux. – Display Name Oct 09 '12 at 16:42
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I've had good success using Phantom JS by having Python generate the Javascript for Phantom to execute. It now also has an interactive REPL, so you should be able to use Python to drive the REPL.
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Spynner is based on PyQt and claims to support all of Webkit's functionality.
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Spynner unfortunately requires X11, and while there are workarounds, the workarounds just add a layer of complexity. – kylex Jul 30 '13 at 23:44