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Not in Perl but ... we do web automation to fill in forms on other sites. That is if the site wount cooperate and accept the data (job offers) in a XML/CSV/plaintext/... file, we just fake a user clicking buttons, filling in fields, selecting pulldowns and radios, clicking links, ... We do this by creating an Internet Explorer object and controling it. It's a big can of worms, but it seems to be working fine most of the time. I agree WWW::Mechanize would be easier most of the time, the thing is the sites that do not accept the files are usualy the same ones that use crazy JavaScript (if not something worse) on their pages so we do need the browser object to allow the JavaScript to run. This way is slow, but works with almost any site. Jenda The sites do know we are doing this (I believe). We (or our clients) pay for the job ads so they have no reason to complain. Edit by castaway: Closed small tag in signature In reply to Re: "Web Automation" -- your input is greatly desired!
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