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Need a simple "Hello World" example using the Webkit library in Python

Does anyone know of a simple "Hello World" example for using the Webkit library in Python? I have a GTK window, and inside I want to put Webkit.

With Python/mozembed (Mozilla/Gecko), this is simple:

mozembed = gtkmozembed.MozEmbed()
mozembed.load_url('http://google.com/')

..and I have already created my browser, how do I do this with WebKit?

Solution

  • Did you check the Python bindings for the WebKit GTK+ port. In one of the directory there are demos on how to use it, including a browser: python demos/tabbed_browser.py

    You could check also the slides of a FOSDEM by Alp Toker on WebKit GTK+ (pdf) Developing hybrid Web/GTK+ rich internet applications.

    import gtk 
import webkit 

view = webkit.WebView() 

sw = gtk.ScrolledWindow() 
sw.add(view) 

win = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL) 
win.add(sw) 
win.show_all() 

view.open("http://w3.org/") 
gtk.main()

    That should give you good hints for starting.