open-webdriver vs ftfy

open-webdriver

Yet another web driver wrapper for python. But this one has cross platform tests! (by zackees)

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ftfy

Fixes mojibake and other glitches in Unicode text, after the fact. (by rspeer)

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open-webdriver		ftfy
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7	Mentions	2
8	Stars	3,715
-	Growth	0.8%
7.6	Activity	5.5
12 days ago	Latest Commit	25 days ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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open-webdriver

Posts with mentions or reviews of open-webdriver. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-25.

Introducing automated-selenium: Simplify Your Web Automation & Testing with a Simple Yet Powerful Selenium Automation Library
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Python-Selenium-Action: Run Selenium with Python via Github Actions!
2 projects | /r/github | 25 Mar 2023

Also check out my package https://github.com/zackees/open-webdriver which auto setups all the selenium stuff.
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4 projects | /r/Python | 23 Nov 2022

* [open_webdriver](https://github.com/zackees/open-webdriver)
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7 projects | /r/Python | 30 Jul 2022

Here is an example where I've used it to compile a semi-complex app: https://github.com/zackees/open-webdriver/blob/main/open_webdriver/tests/nuitka/test_binary_build.py
how can I create a automation bot?
1 project | /r/Python | 12 Jun 2022
Easist and most stable way to run selenium driver for production applications.
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1 project | /r/Python | 2 May 2022

ftfy

Posts with mentions or reviews of ftfy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-29.

You can't just assume UTF-8
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2024

If you’re actually in a position where you need to guess the encoding, something like “ftfy” <https://github.com/rspeer/python-ftfy> (webapp: <https://ftfy.vercel.app/>) is a perfectly reasonable choice.
But, you should always do your absolute utmost not to be put in a situation where guessing is your only choice.
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4 projects | /r/Python | 23 Nov 2022

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing open-webdriver and ftfy you can also consider the following projects:

RPyC - RPyC (Remote Python Call) - A transparent and symmetric RPC library for python

fuzzywuzzy - Fuzzy String Matching in Python

tk-radio-buttons - Test code for a tk radio button Windows scaling bug

chardet - Python character encoding detector

java-exe-example - Example of taking an arbitrary java program and making an exe

xpinyin - Translate Chinese hanzi to pinyin (拼音) by Python, 汉字转拼音

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pyfiglet - An implementation of figlet written in Python

EDMarketConnector - Downloads commodity market and other station data from the game Elite: Dangerous for use with all popular online and offline trading tools.

Charset Normalizer - Truly universal encoding detector in pure Python

schedule - Python job scheduling for humans.

pangu.py - Paranoid text spacing in Python