Automated web browser

Dan Aldrich plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:41:55 -0400


Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Found a few references on the net for java based wget classes. I'll probably go that route.

-d

At 04:05 PM 10/14/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, after taking alook at the site, it seems they're using the GET method
>of parameter passing. As such, you can just instruct wget to pull down the
>webpage you want with the parameters listed in the URL. Ex:
>
>	wget http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?Loc=Phoenix&Lat=33.448&Lng=-112.073&TZ=Arizona
>
>Then you can use whatever script/program you want to dissect that page.