I’m beginner in Python and I don’t know this yet. But if you use javascript you can use this:

To put value in field:
document.getElementById(‘’).value=‘’; (javascript)
$(“#”).val(‘’); (jQuery)

To submit
document.getElementById(‘’).submit(); (javascript)
$(“#”).submit(); (jQuery)

If you want to have it do that in the browser, you’d have to search for “automation” (things like pywinauto and swapy should pop up). It’s a lot easier to do this with JavaScript directly in your browser.

To do it without the browser, you might want to look at the “requests” module. This does mean you either have to copy the cookies from your browser or have the program log into HT itself.

I would also advise you to read up on HTTP and HTML, so you understand what’s going on behind the scenes.

B.t.w.: if you mean this question in a general sense and not related to the Coding Level 1 challenge, you posted it in the wrong place.

According to @dloser using javascript you can do this directly in your brownser. I think that js in this case is the faster way, because few characters can resolve it, if you want do this with python I think that your work will be bigger, but should be a good way to learn.

As @dloser said it is possible to automate this process… actually there are tons of ways.

[quote=RoonilWazlib]put the text in the field and press submit w/ a program[/quote]

There is a nice module called Mechanize for Python, which is based on the WWW:Mechanize perl module if I remember correctly, that allows you to do exactly this.
It is very, very powerful, however it can be almost overkill for that challenge.

I also suggest to use “requests”, you can log in to the site with just 2 lines of code and then concentrate on the main part of the program.

If you don’t know how to parse the HTML code of the page you can take a look at BeautifulSoup, it is easy to use and also allows you to use lxml’s HTML parser.

[quote=MrCyph3r]If you don’t know how to parse the HTML code of the page you can take a look at BeautifulSoup, it is easy to use and also allows you to use lxml’s HTML parser.[/quote]
Or just use ‘split’ if you are a lazy bum like me. :)

Haha yeah, absolutely lol :D

Hey guys Thanks so much for the replies, they’ve been very helpful.

You are wellcome.

[quote=RoonilWazlib]Hey guys Thanks so much for the replies, they’ve been very helpful.[/quote]

That’s a good thing, glad to be helpful :)

sorry was posting my solution to much

As of now, Mechanize is only for older Python versions, afaik.
You should try the Selenium module for python. I got it to work like that. Also: IMO some of its usage resembles the corresponding javascript methods a lot.