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Parsing a secure page for data

Here is the scenario:

The data that needs to parsed is on an asp page secured by a login
form. I have access to the site, but I was wondering how one would go
about writing a script that would automatically access the page and
grab the HTML.

Garbing the HTML then parsing the information I understand. I just
don't know if its possible to access the data through an external
script (run from another server) even though we have access rights to
the page requiring login that is situated on another server.

The reason for this is because we don't have direct access to the
database.

Thanks,
Stiki

Aug 23 '07 #1
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la******@gmail.com wrote:
The data that needs to parsed is on an asp page secured by a login
form. I have access to the site, but I was wondering how one would go
about writing a script that would automatically access the page and
grab the HTML.
You would need to fulfill all of the following conditions to do it
client-side from within the sandbox:

- use the same protocol
- be on the same second-level domain
- use the same port
- have (I)XMLHttpRequest support
PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml

-- Bjoern Hoehrmann
Aug 23 '07 #2

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