------------------------------------------------ On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:07:50 -0700 (PDT), wendy soros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am a new perl user. I have a question of obtaining > web page contents with perl. Hope you can help me. > > Here is my question: how can I use perl to access a > webpage, fill in some search parameters, pull out > parts of the search results returned that I really > need and save them in a file? > > For example, a web site has some information about a > bunch of companies for various years. After one puts > in the company name and the relevant years, one would > be directed to another page that has the text contents > needed. > > I have the file containing the company names and the > years I want. Since the number of companies I have is > large, it would be really nice to have perl pull out > the contents for me. Could it do this? How? What if I > need to access the web page through a proxy server? > > Once again, I am new to the perl community and I am > sorry if the question is too simple. But I do need you > help. Thanks a lot. > "No job is to small, no fee is to small!" -Ghostbusters You should check out the LWP set of modules from CPAN. It makes this kind of task bearable and should provide all of the functionality you need. http://search.cpan.org/author/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.69/lib/LWP.pm In particular you may want to start with the lwp-cook documentation as it provides good working examples. Have a read through the docs, give it a stab and come back with questions when you get stuck... http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
