navigating web sits without displaying them

[dinodod]

I'm not quite understanding his as my head is in a funk BUT what I am wanting t6o do is say navigate to google.com and put in a query then submit the query and read the results.

I am currently using _IENavigate functions and the like but displaying the actions in a GUI (_IECreateEmbedded ). I'm trying to understand if TCPConnect is what I want to use, using TCPSends & Receive or something else?

If I use TCPSend & Receive, it looks like I really need to know how to format a HTML string to properly send out the request / get commands???

I'm using lots of functions like _IEImgClick() to click on the buttons and such so is this possible using TCPConnect functions or do I HAVE to use a GUI to display the page?

Thanks!

-Karl

[dbzfanatic]

Why not just open a hidden IE window?

[dinodod]

Well, I was thinking of the performance of not having to render anything, just read the raw text in a data stream, process it, then send out the commands back to the server.

With the app I have now, I can sit back and watch as the pages go by, automated of course. I was hoping to just have my script process the HTM code itself and not deal with the page rendering aspect. Sure would make automating the web a whole lot easier, no?

[BrettF]

Have you looked at HTTP.au3? It should be able to get you there quicker than using straight TCP functions...

[dinodod]

Bret,

Nope since I haven't heard about that one yet. I'll look around and find it as I don't have it in my Include folder yet

[goldenix]

Im using this, but there is this $oHTTP.Send() error im getting all the time, but give it a try it works most of the time.

$oHTTP = ObjCreate("winhttp.winhttprequest.5.1")

    $oHTTP.Open("GET",'http://css.setti.info/servers/list-tf2.php') ; navigate to page
    $oHTTP.Send()
    $HTMLSource = $oHTTP.Responsetext
    ConsoleWrite($HTMLSource & @CRLF)

    $oHTTP.Open("GET",'http://www.autoitscript.com') ; navigate to page
    $oHTTP.Send()
    $HTMLSource = $oHTTP.Responsetext
    ConsoleWrite($HTMLSource & @CRLF)

Edited October 15, 2008 by goldenix

[BrettF]

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77503

Cheers,

Brett

[dinodod]

Um, Are you referring me to use these commands instead of the following? I'm starting to get a bit lost as to what would be recommended then. Please advise.

HTTP UDF by OverloadUT

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77503

Cheers,

Brett