Running a script command remotely using Python

Question

I have a Python program that uses BeautifulSoup to extract some data from a website.

In Google Chrome, there is this option called the Developers Console; it is used to execute javascript commands live right on the webpage.

Is there a way, or a work-around-of-a-way to execute javascript commands remotely using Python? Like casting a webpage to an object and running a javascript command in the background (without launching a new Chrome window)?

Answer 1

You can use Native Messaging API to communicate between a shell script and the browser.

You can also launch Chrome or Chromium with --headless flag set. See also puppeteer .