MechanicalSoup
JSON →Python library for automating website interaction — form submission, cookie handling, link following. Built on requests + BeautifulSoup. Current version is 1.4.0 (2023). Install name is MechanicalSoup (capital M and S), import is mechanicalsoup (all lowercase). Does NOT execute JavaScript — use Playwright or Selenium for JS-rendered pages. Maintenance status: low activity since 2023.
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Resources
homepagemechanicalsoup.readthedocs.io/ ↗
API endpoints
full doc /v1/registry/MechanicalSoup
compatibility /v1/registry/MechanicalSoup/compatibility