Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

Is it possible to have a script to interact with webpages. I want to create a script that logs a user into a specific site, and is able to get/post information.

Would anyone give me instructions on how it's should be done, and where I can find information on starting it out.

I know how to create scripts on a website, and get them to accept all sorts of information, just wondering how I can do it with other sites.

Thanks

Depends entirely on the website. Logging into some is straightforward. Logging into others involves the right user agent strings, javascript, and cookies.

See the manual page for wget, and --post-data in particular.

Maybe this link: cURL - Tutorial helps you.

It uses another unix command called: cURL

I used it once to do something similar to what you want, but I cannot find it!

Hope it helps.