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Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions
I played around with selenium. If you don't need to emulate a browser (or use the browser on your computer) I would just use scrapers with PHP or Python.
If you just want to scrape with a browser use phantomjs, even better use casperjs which uses phantomjs.
Dependencies and increasing layers of abstraction!!!!
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Correct, selenium is mainly if you need to test various browser behavior, for classic automation it can be either PHP Curl or phantomjs.
Selenium can be used for stuff like this:
Check Browser Compatibility, Cross Platform Browser Test - Browsershots