automate periodical activities in a website (client side)

Eey · 01-12-2011, 04:50 AM

Hi,

I had an idea about automate daily routines in a website.
The things what I should do is to:
- log in
- click on HTML objects (I think I have to trigger the JavaScript onclick event)

Code:

<a href="http://www.xtremetop100.com/in.php?site=11111111" target="_blank" class="account_links">
<img src="/resource/bla/bla/vote/xtop100.gif" border="0"/>
</a>

(This is an image what I have to click on, after it I will receive a reward, then I have to wait 12 hours to benefit from it again.)

My first idea was that to code it in C++, and I have searched the internet for the appropriate C++ headers, but I did not find any.
So as you can see its not a concrete programming question, my main question is that, in what way could I do the above mentioned things.

(I can code at C, C++, Java, and I understand JavaScript slightly.)

Any advice appreciated,
Eey

kbp · 01-12-2011, 05:45 AM

Have a look at twill (http://twill.idyll.org/ .. it can perform automated website tests

Eey · 01-12-2011, 07:06 AM

Ty man, its perfect!

("Please be aware that automated searching of Google violates their Terms of Service." Did you know?

)

Eey · 01-12-2011, 10:55 AM

I have done with the script. Now I want to run it on my university's server(because I have no 0/24 server at home), but unfortunately there is no twill installed there.

Do I have to ask the admin to install it, or can I make the uploaded and uninstalled package work without installation?
(I'm not a Python expert)

Eey · 01-12-2011, 04:02 PM

Okay, I solved that too.