From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-08-20T12:19:19+09:00
Subject: Re: grabbing html from pages that require login

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Rob Biedenharn
<Rob@agileconsultingllc.com> wrote:
> You might be able to use httpclient for this.  It manages a session much
> like a browser might and can track cookies that the site might send.  I was
> able to use this for doing some pretty ugly manipulation of some pop-up
> windows that was clearly intended to be used only by a human with a browser.
>
>  gem install httpclient

You may also wish to look at: mechanize, scrubyt, firewatir, etc.