how to get data from webpage

[yy]

hi~~

I wanna write a java program that can get data from a webpage...
There are some figures frequently updated on the web...
I want to get the latest data and do some calculation, but I have no
ideas on how to get the data and how to know there is update on the
web

please help~~

thanks a lot!

[Hal Rosser]

try looking at the URL class

"yy" <pi********@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:71************************@posting.google.com ...

hi~~

I wanna write a java program that can get data from a webpage...
There are some figures frequently updated on the web...
I want to get the latest data and do some calculation, but I have no
ideas on how to get the data and how to know there is update on the
web

please help~~

thanks a lot!

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 7/29/2004

[Giridhar Nandigam]

hi,

This can be done in perl

use LWP::Simple;
$htmlpage = get($url);

In java

URL url = new URL("$url");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader
(conn.getInputStreamReader());

String line;
while(line=rd.readLine() != null) {
response += line;
}
The html page will be now available in the response String. This
String can then be used with the regex to solve according to our
requirement.

Hope that helps you.

Giridhar Nandigam.

pi********@yahoo.com.hk (yy) wrote in message news:<71************************@posting.google.co m>...

hi~~

I wanna write a java program that can get data from a webpage...
There are some figures frequently updated on the web...
I want to get the latest data and do some calculation, but I have no
ideas on how to get the data and how to know there is update on the
web

please help~~

thanks a lot!

[KrOoSh]

- Have a look at HttpClient :
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient

- The response header 'last-modified' will give you the last
modification date of the page.

pi********@yahoo.com.hk (yy) wrote in message news:<71************************@posting.google.co m>...

hi~~

I wanna write a java program that can get data from a webpage...
There are some figures frequently updated on the web...
I want to get the latest data and do some calculation, but I have no
ideas on how to get the data and how to know there is update on the
web

please help~~

thanks a lot!