yusy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I have a question. I want to fetch some information from a website The website is using java and I have to login in "https" website. Which module do you suggest? I hope it works like WWW::Mechanize, and also support java. Thanks! ==================================== Erez and marto, Thank you guys very much! Even though my question was dumb and not clear, you guys were being very helpful:) Best.
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Re: Which module support java and works like WWW::Mechanize
by Erez (Priest) on Mar 13, 2008 at 19:05 UTC

    Any answer of value requires actual information on what type of information you require. A site may be generated by a Java-based server, but at the client side, the browser parses html+JavaScript+CSS, nothing more, and for that you can use any of the relevant LWP:: or WWW:: modules

    If the information is generated via Java applet, you need to access the Java Bytecode that the user agent downloads, and then work with it. An actual Java tool would be better than a Perl one in this case.

    Software speaks in tongues of man.
    Stop saying 'script'. Stop saying 'line-noise'.
    We have nothing to lose but our metaphors.

Re: Which module support java and works like WWW::Mechanize
by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2008 at 09:33 UTC