It's relatively easy to write a program to do this, although you might need to scroung around for routines to do the "URL Encoding" of the post data. However:
Perl is your friend. look at the LWP module. If you can get it, O'Reilly has a "Web Client Programs with Perl" book that covers this topic. Chris writes: > Hi all, > > This is off the topic, but I figured I could ask anyhow. > > I have to periodically access an post type form on a web page, and I would > like to do this automatically (ie. write a script/program to do it, rather > than having to load up netscape and do it by hand). I've played with > programs like snarf for downloading pages, but I need to actually post > some data to a server. > > Anyone have any information on ways to do this? I must admit that I don't > know too much about http - expecially cgi stuff. > > Thanks for any help, > > > Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
