web scrapping - POST and auto-login
james <at> hal-pc.org
james <at> hal-pc.org
Mon Sep 19 23:42:50 EDT 2005
Jonathan Ellis wrote:
> "james <at> hal-pc.org" wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to update the WEP key on a wireless router via script and
>>email the results to myself. this will be run once a week.
>
>
> Look up Mechanize (http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/) or the
> more low-level ClientForm by the same author. This will be _much_
> easier than doing it by hand.
>
> -Jonathan
>
what's the fun in that though? :)
actually, i was just looking at that site, which is where i came across
ClientForm. i think it's getting confused.. picks up "save_button", but lists
it as "<IgnoreControl(save_button"=<None>)>"
the stray " is from:
<script>document.write("<input type=button name=save_button" + " value=\".....
if i can just get it to see that correctly, then i think i can make it work from
there. any ideas on that?
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