Where do I start with a web bot?

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Published on 2009-10-20T23:18:14Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 20:44 UTC
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I simply want to create an automatic script that can run (preferably) on a web-server, and simply 'clicks' on an object of a web page. I am new to Python or whatever language this would be used for so I thought I would go here to ask where to start! This may seem like I want the script to scam advertisements or do something illegal, but it's simply to interact with another website.

Sorry for asking, I hope you guys can provide me with some ground to start on!

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