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Trying to make a script to scan a webpage - Slim - Oct 26, 2015
I have no idea where to start as i'm new to python. (I know the basics though.)
Here is some psuedo-code to help understand what I want to do.
Go to [webpage]
Refresh [webpage] every 10 seconds
if a certain number value is found, email me (repeatedly) [meaning for each unique value it finds, email me]
else, keep refreshing
* - SIM-1866423 - Oct 26, 2015
psuedo-code
PHP Code
<?php
import urllib
import time
import re
import smtplib
def gmail( info):
/*SEND INFO*/
while True:
data = urllib.open("URL").read()
unique = re.findall("REGEXFORVALUE", data)
for x in unique:
gmail( x)
time.sleep(10)
* - Slim - Oct 26, 2015
(Oct 26, 2015 10:57 AM)b3mb4m Wrote: psuedo-code
PHP Code
<?php
import urllib
import time
import re
import smtplib
def gmail( info):
/*SEND INFO*/
while True:
data = urllib.open("URL").read()
unique = re.findall("REGEXFORVALUE", data)
for x in unique:
gmail( x)
time.sleep(10)
Thank you so much! Question, under "SEND INFO" I don't exactly know what to put. Say my email was [email protected], how would I go about it?
* - SIM-1866423 - Oct 26, 2015
check smtplib lib on google, you will understand
* - h0lyl337 - Oct 26, 2015
Hey maybe my example code here will point you in the right direction.
PHP Code
<?php
import urllib2
import re
def getreddit():
url = "REDDITDOTCOMHERE/"
request = urllib2.Request(url)
handle = urllib2.urlopen(request)
readhandle = handle.read()
readhandlestr = str(readhandle)
# Look for any characters in between " <p class="title"><a class="title may-blank ""
# and " a>' " , that match the regular expression pattern, which is " .+? ".
parse1 = re.findall(r'<p class="title"><a class="title may-blank "(.+?)a>', readhandlestr)
parse1string = str(parse1)
parse2 = re.findall(r'\s>(.+?)</', parse1string)
for text in parse2:
print text
getreddit()