[109276] in Cypherpunks
Perl & forms (was RE: teach me how to hack)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Richards)
Tue Mar 16 01:24:43 1999
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:12:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Josh Richards <jrichard@freedom.gen.ca.us>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <19990315180636.GGDG11681@alaptop.hotwired.com>
Reply-To: Josh Richards <jrichard@freedom.gen.ca.us>
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Here's an actual serious question:
Perhaps not for Cypherpunks. :)
>
> Using perl, how can I fill out a form on a web site and download the
> resulting page? I certainly know how to download a web page, but there's no
> obvious way to fill out forms.
Hmm..
open("|/usr/local/bin/lynx --post_date $my_url");
(or)
open("|/usr/local/bin/lynx --get_date $my_url");
GET or POST via stdin into Lynx. Not purely Perl, but no reason it should
have to be either.
-jr
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