================================= Using testbrowser On the Internet ================================= The ``zope.testbrowser`` module exposes a ``Browser`` class that simulates a web browser similar to Mozilla Firefox or IE. >>> from zope.testbrowser.browser import Browser >>> browser = Browser() It can send arbitrary headers; this is helpful for setting the language value, so that your tests format values the way you expect in your tests, if you rely on zope.i18n locale-based formatting or a similar approach. >>> browser.addHeader('Accept-Language', 'en-US') The browser can `open` web pages: >>> # This is tricky, since in Germany I am forwarded to google.de usually; >>> # The `ncr` forces to really go to google.com. >>> browser.open('http://google.com/ncr') >>> browser.url 'http://www.google.com/' >>> 'html' in browser.contents.lower() True We'll put some text in the query box... >>> browser.getControl(name='q').value = 'zope.testbrowser' ...and then click the search button. >>> browser.getControl('Google Search').click() Traceback (most recent call last): ... RobotExclusionError: HTTP Error 403: request disallowed by robots.txt Oops! Google doesn't let robots use their search engine. Oh well.