automation of web form queries

[Ian Morton]

Hi, I'm brand new to Perl so please forgive me if this question appears
simple (also I have tried to subscribe to the beginners news server 5
times so I apologise if this is the wrong place for this question).

I have written a Perl programme that strips data from a file,
this data is then placed into the correct boxes on a organisations web
form (by the user currently) and then the form submitted, the returned
result is then used for a further programme to parse (once again cut and
pasted by the user).

Could you tell me what howto's to read or where to go for examples that
allow you to automatically insert data into a url and submitt the form
(without user intervention).


Then retrieve the result for another programme to use.

any help would be great.

thanks Ian.

 

[Tad McClellan]

Hi, I'm brand new to Perl so please forgive me if this question appears
simple

Your Question is Asked Frequently.

Could you tell me what howto's to read or where to go for examples that
allow you to automatically insert data into a url and submitt the form

^^^^
^^^^
perldoc -q form

How do I automate an HTML form submission?