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Probation Log-in Program?
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I'm looking for some insight here on how to write a simple program that logs into a website everyday at a certain time.

Here's the problem.

Colorado probation requires everyone on it to log-in to a website everyday, sometimes for years without ever missing a single one, or call a number to see if they have to take a UA that day or not.

It doesn't matter if you are required to test that day or not, if you miss the log-in/call, you violate, and this can add months to years to your sentence.

It's a stressful situation, especially since my work starts bombarding my phone at 7am and its easy to get side-tracked.

The window to call or log-in is 2am-noon everyday. I want to write a program that:

A: opens website address on browser at a certain time.
B: puts in my log-in information and enters it.

And that's it. I've scourged the web and found nothing that seems to accomplish this. Once you've logged in your safe till midnight that day. Ideally, there would be a third objective that would somehow notify me the results either through an email or text, but I know that might over-complicate things.

I guess I'm just curious if this is achievable in Python, and if someone can give me an idea on where to start here. I've done a few months on sololearn and have foundational understanding of the basics.

With millions of people on probation who violate simply because they forget to login on a website, you would think these apps would exist. Any thoughts?
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nerrotix Wrote:I'm just curious if this is achievable in Python
It is probably achievable in Python, because Python can for example open a web page in a web browser and also emulate mouse clicks and keyboard input at given positions on the screen, but if the site uses CAPTCHAS which purpose is precisely to discriminate robots from humans, it may be very difficult to achieve. Also if the site is modified someday or a captcha is added someday, the bot will be unable to login that day.
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While I sympathize, this kinda defeats the purpose. And, if I helped, I could be wanted in Colorado for aiding and abetting....
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