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Calling a url from a script

 
Jason_309
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‎03-06-2007 10:46 AM

‎03-06-2007 10:46 AM

Calling a url from a script

I need to be able to call a url from a script. Can some one point me in the correct direction please?
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James R. Ferguson
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‎03-06-2007 11:04 AM

‎03-06-2007 11:04 AM

Re: Calling a url from a script

Hi Jason:

You need to provide a bit more about what it is you want to achieve.

If by "script" you mean a shell script, I'd suggest 'wget' as one choice. 'wget' will download files for you.

If by "script" you mean Perl code and a Perl script, then there are a multitude of modules available to do your bidding --- collect and parse information. You might begin with the 'LWP::Simple' module from CPAN, for example.

Regards!

...JRF...

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Jason_309
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‎03-07-2007 03:30 AM

‎03-07-2007 03:30 AM

Re: Calling a url from a script

What i am trying to do is call a url in a script on unix. The url is a oracle form.
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Court Campbell
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‎03-07-2007 03:37 AM

‎03-07-2007 03:37 AM

Re: Calling a url from a script

jason,

as already stated look into perl and the lwp package. here is a link to a good book on using perl and lwp:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perllwp/

you might google some example scripts to get an idea of how to use the package.
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