Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:39:35 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: software recommendation Message-ID: <4432E797.4010308@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEBDHEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEBDHEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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fbsd_user wrote: > I am looking for am application that will simulate a browser and > allow me to program responses to filling in forms from the internet > application the browser is accessing. > > I have read about this type of thing before and even seen it > mentioned on this list but at the time I had no interest in it. I > don't even know what this type of function is called so I can not do > a successful web search or ports search. I tried the words scraping, > session capture, and browser session simulation all with no luck. > > Does anyone know what this is called or the port name if there is > one? If you like Perl at all, take a look at WWW::Mechanize and its companion modules, e.g.: ./devel/p5-Test-WWW-Mechanize ./devel/p5-Test-WWW-Mechanize-Catalyst ./www/p5-WWW-Mechanize ./www/p5-WWW-Mechanize-FormFiller ./www/p5-WWW-Mechanize-Shell There are probably (many) other Perl modules that would be of tremendous usefulness, but WWW-Mechanize is specifically designed for what you are asking. http://search.cpan.org/~PETDANCE/WWW-Mechanize-1.18/lib/WWW/Mechanize.pm -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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