There are some extended HTTP tasks (get, post, head) which I should put into the ant1.5 tree, which will do some of what you want, such as -let you specify one cookie (or any other header items). The limit of one cookie is an artifact of the java.net package which can cause problems. -build up request parameters or post data -save the output into a property
However, I dont think anyone has given much thought to what you are looking at, which seems to be either scraping or testing web pages. Yes? Scraping could be possible, the scrape taglib (under jakarta.apache.org/taglibs) shows it is possible to have a simple scrapes in XML, or with the web page in a property there are other possible means to extract regions. If it for web page testing, consider using HttpUnit to have Junit tests which scrape and test a page, calling these tests from ant is pretty simple. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gurdev S Parmar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:38 Subject: HTTP calls Hi, I am new to the list and don't know if this has been discussed before. Have you given a thought on supporting HTTP calls as Ant tasks complete with (automatic) cookie handling. With features like parsing the resultant HTML page and look for tags of interest? If someone has worked with Web Language by Compaq or the LGPLed HTTPClient(java) package you'll know what I am talking of. Is something of this nature is on cards? Thanks, Gurdev.
