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Re^4: In-browser mech-like thing?

by dgaramond2 (Monk)
on Nov 03, 2010 at 03:14 UTC ( [id://869132]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: In-browser mech-like thing?
in thread In-browser mech-like thing?

If we implement the scraper as a browser plugin/addon, the browser will provide the HTTPS content (and even the DOM) for us. IIRC, Chrome permits an addon/extension to insert some script to any page and do cross-domain AJAX request (after the user allows it).

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