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Author: kitepilot@kitepilot.com
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
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Subject: Browsers, dumps and javascript.
Hello geeky World...

I have a bunch of Senao CB3 radios in my network which will only take a WEB
interface for configuration, and such interface uses javascript to parse a
binary record of unknown structure at load time to display the content of
the configuration parameters.

You can see a dump as:
wget --recursive --page-requisites --convert-links --debug --user=XXXXXXXX
--password=XXXXXXXX 172.28.0.52
at:
http://www.kitepilot.com/radio.tar.bz2

Now, this is the challenge:
I want to extract information from the page without human intervention.

Before the page is displayed, my information is in the binary record, and
other than reverse engineering the format, it can only be extracted using
javascript.

This is what I have tried:
I dumped the page with lynx, which doesn't work cuz lynx ignores javascript.
I dumped the page with wget, which leaves me with all I need, but then I
can't find a browser that extracts my info and I am still in the same
boat...
Neither lynx, w3b or links will work, for different reasons each one.

Sooo...
I decided to write a perl script, but because my perl skills are rusted
beyond WD40 hope, it's becoming a stinking project... :(

What I am trying to do is simple:
There is a WEB site that requires authorization, that uses javascript to
extract the information I need, and I want to parse it out.
There's got to be a simple way. :(
I ran out of ideas...
Any one?
Thanks!
Enrique
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