Java client app's communication with https server

[munish]

Java socket help needed !!?
how to communicate with https server via sockets.
if i want to automate interaction with a website...
like authenticating then clicking links, parsing info presented by
html etc

for example to communicate with https://icicidirect.com
i want my application to automatically login and retieve data
so that i can use it in my own way.

also later it should submit requests ( like clicking buttons) and
enter other data which normally is done by human using keyboard and
mouse on the website.

i need my application to do this.

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4 minutes ago
how to communicate with https server via sockets.
if i want to automate interaction with a website...
like authenticating then clicking links, parsing info presented by
html etc delete

rocky Mar 18(17 hours ago):
java very well provides u the SSL things to make
secure connection..............
It is a threeway handshaking kind of stuff involves
mutual sharing of certificates.............
java gives X.509 certificates...........
i dont think u can have access to yahoo mail, hot mail...........which
needs https connection..........
You authentication will fail as it is not certificated
by VeriSign(certificate issuing authority)only certified browsers like
I-Explore,firefox can have access.....................

munish :
but then if i have to create an application making https connection,
then do i have to parse the source code of the html page received from
the server (like yahoo) and then find o be submitted and send response
as GET/POST request for logging

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Java socket help needed !!?

In future, please cross-post rather
than multi-post (or re-post).
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.html#xpost>

Note that I have x-posted this to
c.l.j.porgrammer and help, but directed
any follow-ups to c.l.j.programmer only.

As an aside, if that was a question,
the two '!' were not needed, if an
exclamation, the trailing '!?' was
not needed.

Andrew T.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

for example to communicate with https://icicidirect.com

BTW - I get a 404 on that.

Andrew T.