Automated Posting Question
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Automated Posting Question
I would like to create a bot that scans a certain thread or threads on an hourly basis to post updates based on the posts it finds in that thread. It would run client side on my computer (via a Firefox plugin script).
I've been digging in the page source and I find that, quite understandably, there are several JavaScript scripts in there skewing what's going on in order to prevent spam bots from posting. However, due to the scripts, I'm having a very hard time seeing what's actually going on in there, myself.
How would I code said bot to log in and post; or can someone give me a cleaned up version of the source code these forums use?
Alternative options would be allowing the bot to update a certain page and linking to that in the thread, but that seems just about as troublesome as just getting it to post, if not more so. Help!
I've been digging in the page source and I find that, quite understandably, there are several JavaScript scripts in there skewing what's going on in order to prevent spam bots from posting. However, due to the scripts, I'm having a very hard time seeing what's actually going on in there, myself.
How would I code said bot to log in and post; or can someone give me a cleaned up version of the source code these forums use?
Alternative options would be allowing the bot to update a certain page and linking to that in the thread, but that seems just about as troublesome as just getting it to post, if not more so. Help!
Re: Automated Posting Question
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Re: Automated Posting Question
I'm actually getting quite close on this one.
Only thing I have left is calling the onsubmit validation function before submitting the form, which is being amazingly irritating atm. Where there is a will, there is a way!
Anyone know how to call the onsubmit function from JavaScript?
Only thing I have left is calling the onsubmit validation function before submitting the form, which is being amazingly irritating atm. Where there is a will, there is a way!
Anyone know how to call the onsubmit function from JavaScript?
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