bennierounder has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hi guys I am wanting to build a bot place to bets for me at certain times on Betfair, using perl. I will program the bot to do things in certain situations. This is perfectly legal because betfair allow it's site users to make and use bots.
I am wanting to find out how to scan a website and return information into a data structure within perl (scalar,array,hash, etc). I am guessing this will be using CGI.PM, but then again I'm not sure. Does anyone know where I can find some literature I can study to accomplish the above task or tell me things I need to accomplish it. I just need to know what to study. I have been told you can scan a website for data, but have no idea how it's done. any help will be much appreciated. Thank you
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Re: Perl Online Bot
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 28, 2012 at 12:14 UTC | |
by bennierounder (Sexton) on Jun 28, 2012 at 13:13 UTC | |
Re: Perl Online Bot
by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 28, 2012 at 12:13 UTC |