is this possible

[Guest]

hey all,

i goto to this vendor's website each month and put in a from and to date and
hit the export button and I have my data.

is there anyway to automate this process in code like using the WebRequest
class or is this asking too much?

thanks,
rodchar

 

[Joshua Flanagan]

It depends. The trickiest part would probably be getting through
whatever authentication is on the website, though that should be
possible as well.

Look at the source of the page where you enter the dates - you should be
able to get the NAME of the INPUT controls. Those values are either sent
as a GET request (if the values show up in the query string of the URL),
or as a POST request. Whatever it is, you can then create the same type
of request with the WebRequest class. The URL for your request would be
the page that the form targets (action attribute on the form tag), not
the actual page where you enter data. Just make sure to pass any other
form values that the target page is expecting.

 

[prabhupr]

Sorry if my answer is dumb
Here is a possible solution, can you RECORD the whole event (people
these days record/track mouse+keyboard events and use it for automating
testing) and then execute it on a need basis

I know it is not that simple, may be you will have to do some trial and
error

 

[Guest]

thanks everyone i'll give these suggestions a "look see".