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Re: Handling HTTP communications using Euphoria

• Posted by John Dutcher <jfdutcher1958 at yahoo.com> Oct 18, 2004
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Andy Serpa wrote:
> 
> irv mullins wrote:
> > 
> > John Dutcher wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just looking for input on trying to use Euphoria (as opposed to
> > > Python or Rebol) to handle a task at my employers'. We need to
> > > programatically simulate a desktop operator keying input into a web page,
> > > sending the page via HTTPS, receiving the returned HTTP response and 
> > > taking action (if the response is good we read another input record from
> > > a file and repeat). I have several web pages up using Python, CGI and 
> > > various HTTP web servers...... but here there is no browser involved, no
> > > HTTP server just a program running that can do HTTP interactions. Don't 
> > > want to suggest this is doable in Euphoria (with enough included ".e" 
> > > files (?) if it's really not likely to be reasonably possible.
> > 
> > It's certainly possible, but not practical. You could do it much more 
> > quickly using Rebol or Python, depending on which one you are 
> > most familiar with. This sounds like the type of thing that Kat does, 
> > perhaps you could hire her to do the job.
> > 
> > Irv
> > 
> 
> I do all my HTTP stuff (including HTTPS) with the .dll version of CURL.  I
> made my
> own specialized Eu wrapper for it -- it was fairly easy...
> 

I gather this means you used the Windows platform...which is what I am
 working with. That's impressive...I downloaded the CURL.exe file with
which to give this a try....for some reason the 'libcurl' didn't seem to
suggest a Windows download site but maybe I will have gotten it as part
of the CURL install ( a 'possibility' the site suggests).
Thanks much.....John D.