How to interact with webpage button

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Brian Parme
Brian Parme on 21 May 2020
Edited: Anudeep Kumar on 26 Jun 2025
I am trying to grab data from a webpage, but when I go to the url, the first screen requires me to click one of two buttons. After clicking one of them, it then proceeds to the desired page. My question is how can I use webwrite or something else to tell MATLAB to click on one of the buttons.
If I use web(), I can click on the button but I need to do it programically. I can look at the page source of that button page but I'm not familiar enough with what I'm looking at.
Some more info:
When I go to the first url and click the button, this is what the web developer tool returns:
Request URL: https://www......... <url here>
Request Method: POST
Request URL: https://www......... <url here>
Request Method: GET
I think I can use webwrite to pass the HTTP requests, but do I use the POST or GET and do I use those urls in my matlab function?
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Aldo Sandoval
Aldo Sandoval on 20 Dec 2022
did you guys solve this issue, I am also trying to navigate a website by clicking some buttons.

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