html - getting information from a website in processing? -
i making processing program, part of acess information @ website. website html file, information stored, need acess , parse. know how open html file, problem is supposed acess list, generated after login on website. how do that?
this website, right after loading html file: http://i.imgur.com/kgikyle.png
after login, website begin spit out data every 2 seconds. wanna acess data in ordered list, , wanna acess every 2 seconds in processing program. how do that?
this website, after login, after moment. http://i.imgur.com/o743fnj.png
when use web browser submit login, you're interacting server. web browser submits post
request containing login information (like username , password), , server responds next webpage load.
the details of going depend on website you're interacting with. websites might use ajax submit data , trigger javascript run.
the point is, you're going have understand how underlying web server , webpage works. you're going have use rules of interactions issue appropriate requests processing code.
it might simple submitting login credentials in url , scraping information webpage.
more likely, you're going have interact kind of web api , requests yourself. google "java post request" more info.
of course, of assumes website open people using it. if website isn't yours, locked down , unavailable you.