javascript execution from Python script

[Gerhard Häring]

* Justin Guerin <jguerin at cso.atmel.com> [2002-08-26 11:19 -0600]:
> Hello everyone,
> 	Does anyone know if there is a way to execute javascript from within a Python 
> script?

I'm pretty sure there is none. Your best bet is to expose an existing
JavaScript implementation to Python.

> I'm trying to write a script to browse a web site that makes use of 
> javascript rather liberally.
> 	I checked http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html, where Guido 
> wrote that "a Python implementation written in Java is under development, 
> which allows calling Python code from Java and vice versa."  If he's 
> referring to Jython, then maybe I need to check the Jython web site more 
> carefully, but from what I saw, it allows you to run Python code from within 
> Java, but not Java code from within Python.

Jython can call to Java code, too: they're both executed in the same
Virtual Machine.

> And actually, since I'm more interested in javascript, I'm not sure it
> matters, anyway.

It probably doesn't. The only connection is that many browsers have
techniques to script Java applets via JavaScript. Sometimes, it also
works the other way round, I hear. So you could _perhaps_ write a Jython
applet that has access to the JavaScript engine in the same browser. If
I were a project manager, I'd say RISK FACTOR: HIGH.

> (I'm afraid I'm quite unfamiliar with Java and javascript.)

"Java is not JavaScript", that's even the subtitle of the
de.comp.lang.java FAQ ;-) All they share are the first four letters.

Gerhard
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