Expert: Ashley Brazier - 4/16/2009

Question
Ashley:

I am not sure who to ask, so I thought I might try you.

Can you give me an idea of where to start?

How would one go about submitting data and retrieving data on the internet without the use of a browser?

I am required to log on to a secure web site, enter an ID and retrieve the information and repeat hundreds of times. While I have written a macro to automate the process, it is very slow. It takes days to retrieve the information. I thought it might speed things considerably if there was a way to bypass the browser pages having to load.

Any ideas?

Rodney


Answer
Hi,

The only way I can think of doing this is accessing the database directly, this would be the best way to do it. Other than that you would have to access it through a browser.

Have you tried looking at using ASP.NET screen scrapping? Again all depends on what data you want and how much.

Hope this helps.

Ashley