Randal Schwartz just wrote an excellent article titled "Screen Scraping for Fun and Profit" in Linux Magazine. His code is available at http://www.linuxmagazine.com/downloads/2003-04/perl, although I recommend reading the article (April 2003 edition), because he walks the code line by line and gives you an in depth understanding about what is going on.
The module WWW:Mechanize lets you do things like fill out forms, "click" on links, etc. The module HTML::Parser might also help you extract the information you need in a relatively painless way. Despite the plug, I am not associated with Randal or Linux Magazine in any way, other than being a subscriber. :) Pete Mar 20, 2003 at 10:38am from Larry Wissink: LW> been able to do comes from reading "Perl & LWP" by Sean M. Burke (O'Reilly LW> Press). LW> I include what I have managed to write, drawn heavily from the Burke book, LW> for the edification (or amusement) of others. Again, any insight will be LW> greatly appreciated. -- http://emerson.wss.yale.edu/perl Pete Emerson WSS AM&T Yale University -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
