Is there a simple way to 'save as' using python? Ideally I'd prefer an answer using selenium since selenium makes the crawling part so straightforward, but I'm open to using another library if there's a better tool for this job. I've also found this question/answer on SO, but the accepted answer just brings up the 'save as' box, and does not provide a way to click it (as two commenters point out) The code to save the page below just saves html, and does not leave me with a local file that looks like it does in the web browser, with images, etc. I assumed there would be a simple way to mimic this 'save as' function in python/selenium but haven't found one. Seq_query_field = driver.find_element_by_id('seq')īlast_button = driver.find_element_by_id('b1')Īt that point I have a page that I can manually click 'save as,' and get a local file (with a corresponding folder of image/js assets) that lets me view the whole returned page locally (minus content which is generated dynamically from scrolling down the page, which is fine). # enter sequence into the query field and hit 'blast' button to search # (first need to download Chrome webdriver, or a firefox webdriver, etc)ĭriver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=CHROME_WEBDRIVER_LOCATION)

SEQUENCE = 'CCTAAACTATAGAAGGACAGCTCAAACACAAAGTTACCTAAACTATAGAAGGACAGCTCAAACACAAAGTTACCTAAACTATAGAAGGACAGCTCAAACACAAAGTTACCTAAACTATAGAAGGACAGCTCAAACACAAAGTTACCTAAACTATAGAAGGACA' #'GAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGA'ĬHROME_WEBDRIVER_LOCATION = '/home/max/Downloads/chromedriver' # update this for your machine Below is the code that gets me to the results I want: from selenium import webdriver I am using Python/Selenium to submit genetic sequences to an online database, and want to save the full page of results I get back.

Save complete websites for mac