filepro: automating a process to log in to a web site

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010, Dennis Malen wrote:
>We currently do processing through filePro that will FTP a file on the unix 
>box and transfer it to a server so it appears on a desktop. In conjunction 
>with that we also simultaneously email the file to a client.
>
>QUESTION: Can filepro be programmed to open a website, answer some questions 
>(password etc.) and either upload or download a file?
>
>Can it be programmed or is there a program that can be purchased that 
>performs those functions?

There are standard libraries for python and perl that handle this
sort of thing quite nicely.  I use the python urllib frequently,
or, better yet, the python xml-rpc is very easy to use (perl's
isn't :-) if the web site supports it.

Bill
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