[Tutor] queries from the web & random number

Kent Johnson kent37 at tds.net
Fri Apr 11 14:30:04 CEST 2008


linuxian iandsd wrote:

> well, i can assure you i am not. simply because i have a 
> username/password for this site, plus, I have thier agreement to 
> automate the process of utilizing thier database all i want from 
> midnight to 6 am.

Perhaps the supplier would give you an interface that doesn't have the 
captcha? Maybe even provide you with a dump of the database rather than 
having to screen-scrape it every night?

Otherwise you will just have to simulate what the browser is doing.

Kent


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