From: Andrea Dallera <andrea@...>
Date: 2010-09-13T06:02:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Mechanize file save on generated link

  Hi Dan,

     try with

File.open('myfile', 'w+') do |file|
     file << agent.get_file(link['href'])
  end

  where agent is the mechanize agent you used to log in and get the link.

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Andrea Dallera
http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
http://usingimho.wordpress.com



Il 12/09/2010 22:53, Dan Mansfield ha scritto:
> Hi there,
> I'm working on a project to automate retrieval of content and the
> download of a pdf bill from an ISPs website. I have 30 connections with
> this ISP and each has its own username and password. So far I have been
> able to get the content I need that is actually stored within the page.
>
> You have to login and go to a specific page to be able to click on the
> link.
> The link itself isn't the pdf as its generated on the fly:
> source code of the link:
> <a href="/be-portal/downloadPdf"
> onclick="cmCreatePageElementTag('Download PDF', 'Member Centre');"
> class="btn_Link">Download PDF</a>
>
> I'm selecting it with:
> link = invoice_page.links_with(:href =>  "/be-portal/downloadPdf")
>
> how can I click this link to download the pdf and store it to the
> filesystem?
>
> btw, I only started with Ruby and Mechanize less than 24 hours ago.
> TIA
> Regards,
> Dan