Internet Tools Question

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

Hello Perl Monks,

Are there any tools out there that would allow me to attach the IE or Firefox and search for a particular keyword and then enter data in the field next to it, similar to a tool I used at IBM call Rexx. For example, a program might attached to a Firefox window and scan for the "userid:" keyword, where it then enter a userid in the text field next to it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Internet Tools Question by marto (Cardinal) on Sep 12, 2010 at 06:32 UTC
If your pages don't require JavaScript you could use the WWW::Mechanize module to interact with the page (see WWW::Mechanize::Examples and WWW::Mechanize::FAQ). If you do want to automate Firefox or IE use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox or Win32::IE::Mechanize respectively. If you are familiar with the Selenium suite of tools see Using WWW::Selenium To Test Or Automate An Ajax Website from the tutorials section of this site, which also contains tutorials for Installing Modules should you need help with that.	[reply]
Re^2: Internet Tools Question by Anonymous Monk on Sep 12, 2010 at 19:48 UTC
Thank you Mr. Perl Monk, I will give it a try.	[reply]