Re^2: Webbot with Perl for Factiva data collection

That's what I thought I was trying to do, but I guess I am not sure how to fill in the variable names...

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Re^3: Webbot with Perl for Factiva data collection by roboticus (Chancellor) on Apr 06, 2007 at 13:38 UTC
greenjr: Use a tool (ethereal, etc.) to capture the POST (or whatever) using a web browser. Then you can simply generate a similar POST, filling in the blanks with your new values. Then parse the resulting page for the information you desire. (Insert standard warning about the unsuitability of regular expressions for parsing HTML here.) ...roboticus	[reply]
Re^4: Webbot with Perl for Factiva data collection by greenjr (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2007 at 15:18 UTC
I'll work on that and see where I get, Thanks	[reply]