Re: A better way to get web data?
Re: A better way to get web data?
- Subject: Re: A better way to get web data?
- From: Rob Stott <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 15:56:42 +0100
On 4 May 2006, at 15:34, Monte Babington wrote: I've got a script that retrieves text from a webpage’s HTML. I need to loop this function many times. I have two problems:
Lucky you! I have thousands of problems!
I'd be tempted to look at using 'do shell script' and 'curl' like this...
Some of the data will have to be looked up by submitting info to a cgi form on a website. How on earth do I go about that? You can probably do that using curl's -d option, like this...
...I've not used the -d option much so I suggest you read the man page for curl for more details. There's a few m ore bits and bobs in there that might be more appropriate for what you're trying to do.
Hope that helps!
Rob |
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