Matlab for auto logging into websites, populating web fields etc or go with Python

Hello all

I know that Matlab is suited for many engineering uses however i wanted the opinion of the community of using Matlab to run automated reports by extracting data from web sites as well as autologging into websites and populating data fields.

An idea i have is to use a Matlab GUI for a user to enter data, this data then opens a browser and populates various web fields.

I have been told that i should abandon the idea of using Matlab and go with Python.

Just wondering what the thoughts of the commuinty was?

Thank you.

[Rik]

Neither sounds terribly well suited for this task. I would assume the runtime (either Matlab or python) will have to send key strokes, or send a POST request. I don't see a reason why python would outperform Matlab in either case.

[Simon]

I have the same need of automating login. Have you found out how to achieve this in Matlab? Python has a selenium package that seems to do the job (with key strokes?) But I prefer Matlab doing it.