Chas. Owens wrote:
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 18:50, bft <b...@bft1.org> wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to interface with a work timesite server, and the site uses
javascript. I am first presented with a login page (username, password) and
then my current weeks timecard after successful login.
My question is do you think I should try to brute force through the page
using mechanize or use something like javascript-spiderMonkey? I've never
used spider before and I'm not sure I am on the right path in using it. I
have been trying, unsuccessfully, for a long time to automate my access to
this site.
Has anyone used spiderMonkey to interact with a javascript page?
Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
snip
When we talk about JavaScript in relation to web pages we really mean
two things: the Document Object Model (DOM) and a JavaScript
interpreter that has access to the DOM as well as the code provided on
the page (or linked to). The JavaScript::SpiderMonkey module only
provides one half of what you need. There is a project
(WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::JavaScript) to bring the DOM and JavaScript
together inside of WWW::Mechanize, but it looks like it has a long way
to go before it is ready for anything but experimental stuff (it
relies on an experimental version of WWW::Mechanize and is not easy to
install).
While we wait for that module to become more robust the only options
left are Mozilla::Mechanize** (if you are on Linux) and
Win32::IE::Mechanize*** or Win32::IEAutomation**** (if you are on
Win32).
*
http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize-Plugin-JavaScript/lib/WWW/Mechanize/Plugin/DOM.pm
** http://search.cpan.org/~slanning/Mozilla-Mechanize/lib/Mozilla/Mechanize.pm
*** http://search.cpan.org/dist/Win32-IE-Mechanize/lib/Win32/IE/Mechanize.pm
**** http://search.cpan.org/dist/Win32-IEAutomation/lib/Win32/IEAutomation.pm
Chas,
That looks like it might be the ticket. Thank you very much for the
information. Happy New Year!
Eric
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