scraping / library
MechanicalSoup
Capability: MechanicalSoup
Use it when
- automate form login and multi-page HTML flows without a full browser
- stateful HTTP scraping with cookie jar like a lightweight browser
What it solves
Install
pip install MechanicalSoup
Invoke
import mechanicalsoup; browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser(); browser.open(url); browser.select_form('form')Alternatives
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