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Re: curl equivalence
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Re: curl equivalence


  • Subject: Re: curl equivalence
  • From: "John R." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:35:21 -0400


On Oct 28, 2005, Martin Orpen wrote:
It is simple if you've got lynx:
    do shell script "/sw/bin/lynx -source http://www.apple.com/index.html"

I assume I have lynx, and I'd love it if it works. I tried curl and perl's LWP modules. It seems to me that Lynx would hang me up for the same reason: the need for precise emulation of the http parameters needed for my proprietary databases, as I said the prior postings. I could not even get access to the site with what I thought were correct password authentication and user-agent info. Clearly the problem is my own lack of experience reverse engineering http protocol exchanges. Is there a tool for debugging and/or listening to the data transfers that you guys use to figure out what is going on?

I guess the other problem is my own naive faith in what Applescript can be as an application scripting language: If I can do it manually in Safari, why shouldn't it be easy for me to script Safari to do the same thing? 


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