C# communicate with Website from console?

Asked Sep 15 '18 at 11:10

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is it possible to write some application in C#, which can actually do stuff on a website? something like, go to the website google, type a string in the search box and click on "search"-Button. Or log in into Gmail Account. But all in console.

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asked Sep 15 '18 at 11:10

Filthy Frank

Yes, it is possible, and depending on what you're dealing with (old style applications vs javascript web applications which make use of ajax) varies from being simple to complex. – ProgrammingLlama Sep 15 '18 at 11:12
What would you prefer? For dealing with buttons, and other input forms, javascript would be more effective, right? – Filthy Frank Sep 15 '18 at 11:15
I'm not sure of any specific libraries which achieve this, I'm afraid. – ProgrammingLlama Sep 15 '18 at 11:16
Possible duplicate of [Using WebBrowser in a console application](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6324810/using-webbrowser-in-a-console-application) – Pvria Ansari Sep 15 '18 at 11:19
I would suggest reading up on Selenium. – mjwills Sep 15 '18 at 11:22
You might take a look at this question about how to use headless chrome from c#: https://stackoverflow.com/q/45130993/597028 – Volkmar Rigo Sep 16 '18 at 08:12

C# communicate with Website from console?

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