expedient.common.tests.client.Browser

Class Browser

Instance Methods

__init__(self)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

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get_form_inputs(self, doc)

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get_select_choices(self, doc, select_name)
parse the doc (a string), and return a dictionary of all options and their values

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get_checkbox_choices(self, doc)
parse the doc (a string), and return a dictionary of name->text.

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file-like object (see urllib2.urlopen)

get_form(self, url)
Get the form at 'url'

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file-like object (see urllib2.urlopen)

get_and_post_form(self, url, params, del_params=[], post_url=None)
Get the form at 'url', modify named parameters by those in 'params', then submit at 'post_url' or 'url' if 'post_url' is unspecified. source code

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

init(self)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

get_checkbox_choices(self, doc)

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parse the doc (a string), and return a dictionary of name->text. The checkboxes should be of the following format: <input type="checkbox" name="something">text</input>

get_form(self, url)

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Get the form at 'url'

Parameters:

url (string) - URL to get the form from.

Returns: file-like object (see urllib2.urlopen)

response from urllib2.urlopen

get_and_post_form(self, url, params, del_params=`[]`, post_url=None)

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Get the form at 'url', modify named parameters by those in 'params', then submit at 'post_url' or 'url' if 'post_url' is unspecified. Return response.

Parameters:

url (string) - URL to get the form from.
params (dict) - parameters to update the form with.
post_url (str or None) - (optional) URL to post the form to. If None then port to url instead.
del_params (list of str) - list of parameter names to delete from form. These parameters are not submitted.

Returns: file-like object (see urllib2.urlopen)

response from urllib2.urlopen

login(self, url, username, password)

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Parameters:

url (str) - url of the login page.
username (str) - username to use for login.
password (str) - password to use for login

Returns:

True on success, False otherwise.

Class Browser

__init__(self) (Constructor)

get_checkbox_choices(self, doc)

get_form(self, url)

get_and_post_form(self, url, params, del_params=[], post_url=None)

login(self, url, username, password)

init(self)
(Constructor)

get_and_post_form(self, url, params, del_params=`[]`, post_url=None)