> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giridhar nandikotkur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:04 PM
> To: Perl Gurus
> Subject: feasibility check allowed?
>
>
> Hi anyone
>
> I had a question about feasibility. I am not sure if
> such questions are allowed but any answer will be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> problem.
> Some archival data is to be retrieved from a
> partly-perl based (rest HT??) website passing through
> a set of 5-6 screens clicking 3-4 options on each
> screen.
> after the selection is done a tar file is stored at an
> ftp site whose name is mentioned in the final screen.
I assume you are talking about making a "robot" to harvest data from this
site via HTTP requests.
>
> Question
> 1. Is this feasible?
Yes.
> 2. If so, what perl/CGI modules should I be looking
> at?
LWP::UserAgent and related modules for HTTP client stuff
Archive::Tar (?) for writing the tar file (I haven't used this module)
> 3. would things change if one of the screens is java
> based?
Yes, AFAIK, perl can't manipulate Java applets. You may have to write the
robot in Java; I really don't know. Even then, you may not be able to scrape
output written by an applet.
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