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[lozhazie]

Hi All I have used Neocodex for a number of years but never really conversed on the forums.

 

The reason I am here today is, I want to make a program that interacts with a webpage in much the same way some of the Neocodex programs do with the Neopets site. 

 

What I want my program to do is:

1. Load a Specific Web page
2. Search for specific text within that page.
3. If text exists then click a certain part of the page and then repeat from step one. If not, then repeat from step one.

and that's it. I have no idea where to start. If anyone can point me in the right direction of what the program should be written in and maybe a beginners guide I would be greatly appreciative. 

 

Thanks all in advance

[KaibaSama]

We've got a guide on python.

http://www.neocodex....uide-to-python/

 

And one on wxpython. 

http://www.neocodex....de-to-wxpython/

 

I'm not sure how helpful they'll be to you, but it's a start. I don't know much about programming or I'd help more, sorry. 

[Adam]

I know this isn't what you wanted exactly, but it'll point you in the right direction. Credits to cx323 I think.

public string NeoLogin(string user, string pass, ref bool loggedIn)
        {
            string strHTML = null;
            Request("GET", "http://neopets.com/loginpage.phtml", "http://google.com");
            Pause(1);
            Request("POST", "http://www.neopets.com/hi.phtml?destination=%2Fpetcentral.phtml&username=" + user, "http://neopets.com/loginpage.phtml");
            Pause(1);
            strHTML = Request("POST", "http://www.neopets.com/login.phtml?username=" + user + "&password=" + pass + "&destination=%2Fpetcentral.phtml", "http://neopets.com/hi.phtml");
            if (strHTML.Contains("Set-Cookie: neologin="))
            {
                loggedIn = true;
                return "Logged In";
            }
            else if (strHTML.Contains("too many times"))
            {
                loggedIn = false;
                return "To Many Login Attempts";
            }
            else if (strHTML.Contains("badpassword"))
            {
                loggedIn = false;
                return "Wrong Password";
            }
            else if (strHTML.Contains("frozen"))
            {
                loggedIn = false;
                return "Account Frozen";
            }
            else if (strHTML.Contains("just a technical problem"))
            {
                loggedIn = false;
                return "Neopets is down for maintenance.";
            }
            else
            {
                loggedIn = false;
                return strHTML;
            }
        }

Oh yeah, and then there's this.

if (strHTML.Contains("HTMLPHRASE"))
                {
                    log.Items.Add(CurrentTime() + ": Logged in as " + user.Text);
                    stop.Enabled = true;
                }

If the phrase "htmlphrase" is found in the HTML page that is loaded, then whatever is between the brackets will happen. 

[koutei]

@Adam, is that in C#? Are most Codex programs written in languages like C# / Python, or is it just a general "if it works and is deemed safe, we don't care what it's written in"?

[Adam]

What I posted was written in C#. I don't know how to write anything in python. The 'offical' coding language of codex is indeed Python. That's what the Program Manager is made from.