Is it possible to automate button clicks and text input in a web browser or a frame. Maybe even using a desktop tool if necessary?

Question

I've been tasked with building a screen scraping application, and I'm looking for information on the best way to cope with web pages that would normally require user input and interaction.

Can this be done via standard web / javascript coding. Is there any API that would allow a desktop application to achieve the same effect?

Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

Selenium RC can do this: http://seleniumhq.org/