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def GenContent(address,what):
    return urllib.urlopen("http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc="+what+"&#find_loc="+address).read()

I am using python to do this.
It works prefectly in my browser.

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I posted this in two fourms, python and webdev

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What is your question ?

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Is there a way to make it not be like this?
It works perfectly in my browser.

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I did it the hard way, I used this:

import win32api
import win32con
import win32com
import ctypes
import webbrowser
import time
import os
import shutil
SendInput = ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput

# C struct redefinitions 
PUL = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ulong)
class KeyBdInput(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("wVk", ctypes.c_ushort),
                ("wScan", ctypes.c_ushort),
                ("dwFlags", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("time", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("dwExtraInfo", PUL)]

class HardwareInput(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("uMsg", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("wParamL", ctypes.c_short),
                ("wParamH", ctypes.c_ushort)]

class MouseInput(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("dx", ctypes.c_long),
                ("dy", ctypes.c_long),
                ("mouseData", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("dwFlags", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("time",ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("dwExtraInfo", PUL)]

class Input_I(ctypes.Union):
    _fields_ = [("ki", KeyBdInput),
                 ("mi", MouseInput),
                 ("hi", HardwareInput)]

class Input(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("type", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("ii", Input_I)]

# Actuals Functions

def PressKey(hexKeyCode):

    extra = ctypes.c_ulong(0)
    ii_ = Input_I()
    ii_.ki = KeyBdInput( hexKeyCode, 0x48, 0, 0, ctypes.pointer(extra) )
    x = Input( ctypes.c_ulong(1), ii_ )
    ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput(1, ctypes.pointer(x), ctypes.sizeof(x))

def ReleaseKey(hexKeyCode):

    extra = ctypes.c_ulong(0)
    ii_ = Input_I()
    ii_.ki = KeyBdInput( hexKeyCode, 0x48, 0x0002, 0, ctypes.pointer(extra) )
    x = Input( ctypes.c_ulong(1), ii_ )
    ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput(1, ctypes.pointer(x), ctypes.sizeof(x))
def PressEnter():
    PressKey(0xD)
    ReleaseKey(0x0D)
def GetContent(l,googlechrome=True):
    webbrowser.open(l)
    time.sleep(1.5)
    def click(x,y):
        win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))
        win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN,x,y,0,0)
        win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP,x,y,0,0)
    def rightclick(x,y):
        win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))
        win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN,x,y,0,0)
        win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP,x,y,0,0)
    rightclick(100,100)
    time.sleep(.5)
    click(220, 191)
    time.sleep(2.5)
    PressEnter()
    time.sleep(3.5)
    for i in os.listdir("C:/Users/James/Desktop/"):
        if i.endswith(".htm") or i.endswith(".html"):
            url = i
            break
    r = open(url).read()
    os.remove(url)
    if googlechrome:
        try:
            shutil.rmtree(url+"_files")
        except:
                pass
    return r

you need pywin32

  1. It uses webbrowser to open a webbrowser
  2. wait
  3. teleports to a position
  4. wait
  5. right clicks
  6. wait
  7. clicks "Save as"
  8. wait
  9. presses enter
  10. wait
  11. reads file
  12. deletes html file
  13. deleted folder with all the files if using googlechrome
Edited by james.lu.75491856
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What was the original problem? Your method reminds me of Visual Basic's "SendKey()". If downloading and writing an html page to disk was the problem, it can be easily solved in python.

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