I want to use PhantomJS in Python. I googled this problem but couldn't find proper solutions.
I find os.popen()
may be a good choice. But I couldn't pass some arguments to it.
Using subprocess.Popen()
may be a proper solution for now. I want to know whether there's a better solution or not.
Is there a way to use PhantomJS in Python?
The easiest way to use PhantomJS in python is via Selenium. The simplest installation method is
npm -g install phantomjs-prebuilt
After installation, you may use phantom as simple as:
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS() # or add to your PATH
driver.set_window_size(1024, 768) # optional
driver.get('https://google.com/')
driver.save_screenshot('screen.png') # save a screenshot to disk
sbtn = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('button.gbqfba')
sbtn.click()
If your system path environment variable isn't set correctly, you'll need to specify the exact path as an argument to webdriver.PhantomJS()
. Replace this:
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS() # or add to your PATH
... with the following:
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path='/usr/local/lib/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs')
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