[ale] Ways to script a web browser session

[Jeff Hubbs]

I'm unclear as to how this would work.  I've browsed through the wget
docs and all I'm seeing has to do with Web-content sucking, not
click-this, enter-that-into-form-field-there, save-target-file-as-this. 
Am I missing something?

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 23:10, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> The tool you want is wget. It is a CLI so you can generate the command
> structure and do anything you need. It supports SSl and cookies so you
> can pound on and test/verify nearly any site.
> 
> On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 22:45, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I'm needing to automate some extensive interaction with a Web site.
> > 
> > I need to be able to enter a username and password, hit links. fill in
> > form fields, initiate a file download, and give the downloaded file a
> > name of my choosing.
> > 
> > Is telnet to port 80 and expect the way to go, or is there a better
> > "industrially correct" way?
> > 
> > - Jeff
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