Project Title

helium — Lighter web automation with Python

Overview

Helium is a Python library designed to simplify browser automation, particularly for Chrome and Firefox. It offers a high-level API that abstracts away the complexities of HTML IDs, XPaths, and CSS selectors, allowing developers to interact with web elements using user-visible labels. This results in scripts that are typically 30-50% shorter and more readable compared to those written with Selenium.

Key Features

High-level API for browser automation
Abstraction of HTML IDs, XPaths, and CSS selectors
Easier handling of iFrames and window management
Implicit waits for elements to appear
Simplified explicit waits for conditions on the web page

Use Cases

Web developers looking to automate browser tasks without deep knowledge of web scraping techniques
QA engineers needing to write automated tests that are resilient to changes in web page structure
Data scientists automating data collection from websites for analysis

Advantages

Reduces script length and increases readability
Easier maintenance due to less brittle scripts
Mixes seamlessly with Selenium for advanced use cases

Limitations / Considerations

The project's maintenance is limited due to the maintainer's time constraints
Users may need to handle complex scenarios or contribute to the project for additional features

Selenium: A comprehensive tool for browser automation, which Helium wraps for a higher-level API.
Pyppeteer: A Python port of Puppeteer, offering a high-level API for controlling headless Chrome or Chromium browsers.
Playwright: A library for automating Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers with a single API.

Basic Information

GitHub: https://github.com/mherrmann/helium
Stars: 8,045
License: Unknown
Last Commit: 2025-10-06

📊 Project Information

Project Name: helium
GitHub URL: https://github.com/mherrmann/helium
Programming Language: Python
⭐ Stars: 8,045
🍴 Forks: 501
📅 Created: 2019-11-26
🔄 Last Updated: 2025-10-06

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