automating http requests

Murdock1979 · 12-02-2007, 01:40 PM

Hello!

I have a few devices that are updated through a web GUI. I am wondering what the best approach is to this automatically (instead of needing to manually open up a web browser and edit the configurations).

Thank you!
Murdock

95se · 12-02-2007, 01:51 PM

Does wget & cron suit your needs?

Murdock1979 · 12-02-2007, 02:06 PM

Thanks!

It seems I can only connect to the devices http requests through port 80. I could probably connect with telneting at 80, but how do I automate telneted http sessions?

thanks again!
Murdock

chrism01 · 12-02-2007, 07:48 PM

You could use Perl and the WWW::Mechanize module; it's what it's designed for.

ghostdog74 · 12-03-2007, 08:16 AM

Code:

awk 'BEGIN {
  RS = ORS = "\r\n\r\n"
  http = "/inet/tcp/0/www.yoursite.com/80"
  print "GET http://www.yoursite.com HTTP/1.0"     |& http
  while ((http |& getline) > 0)
     print $0
  close(http)
}

nx5000 · 12-03-2007, 09:14 AM

Nice awk script