script to log into a webpage and wget and parse content

[RabbieBurns]

I'm looking for a script that will log into a page (simple form on a http page) and then wget or somehow other parse the page that is displayed, and if the Status changes, send an email.

 

I really dont know how to even start going about it.. I tried going to EduGeek.net

 

but its not a http server user / password its just a simple webform..

 

Any language is fine on and OS

[keithu]

There's a perl module called 'mechanize' that can do this. There are also versions for other languages including python and ruby.

[powdarrmonkey]

You could start with urlwatch and adapt it to send post data to do your login.

 

Feed your changes back upstream though please

[RabbieBurns]

You could start with urlwatch and adapt it to send post data to do your login.

 

Feed your changes back upstream though please

 

Thanks, shall give it a look

[browolf]

php has wget functionality built into one of its commands, I've used it before, can't remember the name tho....

 

fetch the contents of the page into a string and then use regular expressions to extract what you need and act accordingly.