From: Peter Szinek <peter@...>
Date: 2008-04-28T15:32:29+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)
>>

Yes, scRUBYt! supports all these things... In the current  
implementation WWW::Mechanize is used as the agent, but it doesn't  
support JavaScript and (more often than not)  e-banking sites have  
some JS... so that's why I suggested the FireWatir based solution.

A browser-agnostic solution doesn't exist (Mechanize is a browser too)  
- the nature of the task requires a browser. Call it as you like, but  
if something is able to GET/POST requests, store cookies, use https,  
sessions, .... then it is a browser in my vocabulary.

Besides FireWatir is platform-independent (unlike Watir which is win32  
only).

Cheers,
Peter