The opposite of page scraping - what's it called

[ssg31415926]

I'm familiar with the idea of page-scraping - getting data from
websites where there's no nice feed to use.

Is there a name for the opposite i.e. when your program simulates a
human inputting data to a site? I need to do this and I don't know
what to search for. So far, my searches have been fruitless.

The supplier of our IPT system won't support direct updates to their
directory or config database. I'm trying to implement an Identity
Management solution and the only way I can think that we can provision
users into the IPT system is to have a program access the IPT system's
web-based user management system. It's going to be nasty but
otherwise the IM stuff will be half-a-job.

Regards

SSG

[Ben Voigt]

"ssg3141592 6" <ne**********@g mail.comwrote in message
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I'm familiar with the idea of page-scraping - getting data from
websites where there's no nice feed to use.

Is there a name for the opposite i.e. when your program simulates a
human inputting data to a site? I need to do this and I don't know

web crawling?
spidering?
automated web testing?
programmatic access to a website?

what to search for. So far, my searches have been fruitless.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...eststream.aspx
http://twill.idyll.org/examples.html

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The supplier of our IPT system won't support direct updates to their
directory or config database. I'm trying to implement an Identity
Management solution and the only way I can think that we can provision
users into the IPT system is to have a program access the IPT system's
web-based user management system. It's going to be nasty but
otherwise the IM stuff will be half-a-job.

Regards

SSG

[alex_f_il]

On Mar 31, 12:16 pm, "ssg3141592 6" <newsjunkm...@g mail.comwrote:

I'm familiar with the idea of page-scraping- getting data from
websites where there's no nice feed to use.

Is there a name for the opposite i.e. when your program simulates a
human inputting data to a site? I need to do this and I don't know
what to search for. So far, my searches have been fruitless.

The supplier of our IPT system won't support direct updates to their
directory or config database. I'm trying to implement an Identity
Management solution and the only way I can think that we can provision
users into the IPT system is to have a program access the IPT system'sweb-based user management system. It's going to be nasty but
otherwise the IM stuff will be half-a-job.

Regards

SSG

You can try SWExplorerAutom ation (SWEA) from http://webiussoft.com.
SWEA records Web automation scripts and gnerates c# or VB.NET code for
them.

[FrancisHeaney2]

On Mar 31, 6:16 pm, "ssg3141592 6" <newsjunkm...@g mail.comwrote:

I'm familiar with the idea of page-scraping - getting data from
websites where there's no nice feed to use. Is there a name for the opposite i.e. when your program simulates a

human inputting data to a site?

You need automated web form filling. Try the free iMacros for Firefox
tool at http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/

If you need to control this application from within your program (VBS,
VBA. C#,...), you can use the Scripting Edition from the same website.

Francis

[ssg31415926]

On 5 Apr, 09:29, FrancisHean...@ googlemail.com wrote:

On Mar 31, 6:16 pm, "ssg3141592 6" <newsjunkm...@g mail.comwrote:I 'm familiar with the idea of page-scraping - getting data from

websites where there's no nice feed to use. Is there a name for the opposite i.e. when your program simulates a

human inputting data to a site?

You need automated web form filling. Try the free iMacros for Firefox
tool athttp://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/

If you need to control this application from within your program (VBS,
VBA. C#,...), you can use the Scripting Edition from the same website.

Francis

Thank you all for your help.