Posted by Ben C on 11/08/06 07:37

On 2006-11-08, duzhidian@gmail.com <duzhidian@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I need a program, which I can provide it many keywords, and then fill
> it with a URL and let it automatically fill the form and then let itr
> click the "submit" button.
>
> Now if I use web browser, I will get the second page. I need the
> program find the related line and download that link.
>
> Since I need to fill the form thousands time, it's impossible to do it
> manually.
>
> What's kind of program can do that?

There's one called "curl" which does most of it. You will also need to
use a scripting language of some sort to get the link out of the second
page, which can then call curl again to download that.

You might like to look at "twill" as well, although I've never tried
that one.

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