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How can I write an automated script to log into, navigate, and save a website from a headless server?

Currently, I have a script that calls Firefox and runs a macro, but this is very buggy and rarely works the way I want it to.

+2  A: 

I do not know of any PHP modules that do this, but it sounds like the Perl module WWW::Mechanize is particularily suited for this task.

Powertieke  2010-09-27 20:07:31
Thank you so much! You're awesome! This is exactly what I was looking for!
 2010-09-29 13:23:47
Glad I could help :)
Powertieke  2010-09-29 13:29:27
+1  A: 

Depending on how you log into the website wget might be your friend.

Matt Taylor  2010-09-27 20:09:27
Sorry, I'm also making changes to an account -- not just grabbing data -- so wget wouldn't work here. Thanks though.
 2010-09-29 13:25:39
+2  A: 

you can use curl

helle  2010-09-27 20:10:06
It would be a little complicated for what I'm doing, but possibly if WWW::Mechanize doesn't end up working out. Thanks.
 2010-09-29 13:24:57

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