How to programmatically perform actions online?
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Does there exist a sample project which will perform actions online? For example, lets say there is a webpage with a login and passcode. How could I programmatically have the software enter that data and hit Enter? I get to another page that has Next. How can I programmatically click that Next button. Eventually what I want to do is programmatically upload a file. If there exists any type of sample project that anyone can point me to, that would be great. Sincerely, Danielle Brina (an overworked graduate student)
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Does there exist a sample project which will perform actions online? For example, lets say there is a webpage with a login and passcode. How could I programmatically have the software enter that data and hit Enter? I get to another page that has Next. How can I programmatically click that Next button. Eventually what I want to do is programmatically upload a file. If there exists any type of sample project that anyone can point me to, that would be great. Sincerely, Danielle Brina (an overworked graduate student)
Something like that might require a high level of machine intelligence, unless you are creating it to interact with only a small set of pre-defined pages. Instead of interacting with the web page like that, why not think about interacting with the web server as if you are the browser? For instance, have your program connect to the web server, and issue its own POST request.
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Something like that might require a high level of machine intelligence, unless you are creating it to interact with only a small set of pre-defined pages. Instead of interacting with the web page like that, why not think about interacting with the web server as if you are the browser? For instance, have your program connect to the web server, and issue its own POST request.
I want it to interact with a small set of pre-defined pages. And I know what those pages are. In fact, all the program has to do is get past a login page, click Next, Next and then upload a file. Is there any sample project you know of that would do something like this? For example, if I could programatically log into yahoo, maybe that would be the first step. If I could do that, I might be able to do the same for this project.
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I want it to interact with a small set of pre-defined pages. And I know what those pages are. In fact, all the program has to do is get past a login page, click Next, Next and then upload a file. Is there any sample project you know of that would do something like this? For example, if I could programatically log into yahoo, maybe that would be the first step. If I could do that, I might be able to do the same for this project.
I don't know of anything that already exists that you could coopt for your purposes. However, people on this website can help you a great deal if you are very specific about what it is that you don't know how to do. What is your current level of competency with writing Windows programs in C++? Doing what you require is a multistep process; which step is giving you trouble: 1. Downloading the page 2. Parsing the HTML to find the link(s) you are looking for 3. Performing a virtual click on the link ?
