miniclient 0.0.8

A minimal python http client that runs real JS/DOM (htmx and friends) without a browser

miniclient

A minimal python http client that runs JavaScript, without a browser. Meant to be used as a lightweight test client to simulate browser interactions. Embeds a V8 Runtime, DOM, and is designed to run htmx especially well.

Install

uv add miniclient

Example

The snippet below opens a page, submits a search form, clicks a "load more" button and reads the results back. All against a real in-memory DOM running JavaScript (htmx, for example). No browser involved.

from miniclient.browser import Browser

with Browser() as browser:
    browser.goto("http://localhost:8000/")
    browser.find("input[name=q]").fill("htmx")
    browser.find("form").requestSubmit()
    browser.find("#load-more").click()
    print(len(browser.find_all("#results li")), "results")
    print(browser.find("#results li:first-child").text)

Check the full documentation: https://marciomazza.github.io/miniclient/