Web Programming Languages

[bheron]

Hi all, first post here...

I have limited knowledge of a few basic programming languages, but nothing as far as internet/web programming past basic HMTL.

I'm trying to figure out what types of programming or packages would be used to create software to:

- scan a web page, scrub or pull data from it, and then parse the data down into single fragments to be used elsewhere.

- access a pre-dermined web page and automatically execute an automated script of steps like enter data into a field, click a button to submit a form, etc.

Sorry if this sounds way off here :0

Thanks in advance!

 

[CrazeD]

Sounds to me like you're trying to make some sort of bot.

Clarify your intentions and you might get some where.

 

[bheron]

thanks. good point. let me be more specific:

The idea is around fantasy football leagues run by Yahoo Fantasy Sports or CBS Sportsline. I am in three different leagues. All of them are accessed by logging into the website with my user ID and password. Once Im logged in, I follow a navigatin path to access my team. I would like to automate that process of accessing the URL, loggin in with the supplied credentials, and accessing the roster page. Then, once on that page, I would like to copy/get/grab all of the data on that page and store it in a local database. I would like to do this for all 3 of my leagues, one on CBS Sportsline, two on Yahoo. Then, once i have the data, I would like to re-display it on a different website that I host myself.

Let me know if this makes sense. I design systems for a living, but dont know much about the programming behind it. This would be a side project where I might teach myself the programming.

Thanks!

 

[CrazeD]

Hmm.

Possibly a combination of PHP and cURL. If they offered some sort of API or something, that would make life easier.

I would check out cURL though, see if it will work for your situation.

 

[bheron]

cool. i'll check it out and post back. thanks!