From: Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>
Date: 2008-04-27T06:28:52+09:00
Subject: Re: help re recording/replaying (i.e. automating) HTTP interactions to a web-site???

PS. 4th question Peter I forgot:
• does it support downloading a file (eg csv file, account transactions)

On 4/27/08, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com> wrote:
> sounds good, it support:
> • https?
> • cookies?
> • building in some intelligence? (say when the link for step N will
> change over time but you can write an algorithm for it)
>
> thanks
>
> On 4/26/08, Peter Szinek <peter@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > Have you  looked into (Fire)Watir?
> >
> > I am just releasing a new version of scRUBYt!  (a web scraping
> > framework) where it will be possible to use FireWatir as the agent for
> > navigation/scraping, so you can write a simple but powerful DSL (stuff
> > like 'click_link', 'fill_textfield' etc) which is executed through
> > Firefox and is very well suited for scenarios you just described. Drop
> > me a line if you are interested.
> >
> > But of course plain (Fire)Watir would do, too.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> > ___
> > http://www.rubyrailways.com
> > http://scrubyt.org
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Actually can anyone recommend a good technique / software / plugin
> > > that would assist if I wanted to effectively (a) record my interaction
> > > with my bank at the HTTP level, then (b) use this to automate that
> > > behavior in my RoR application to automate pulling down daily account
> > > details?
> > >
> > > The best I can think of at the moment is: (a) Firefox Live HTTP
> > > Headers plugin then (b) manually write Ruby code that sends these out
> > > and waits for the response & check it before proceeding to the next
> > > http request.  I'm thinking someone probably has a better way, or
> > > plugin, to handle at least part (b)?
> > >
> > > Tks
> > >
> >
> >
>