I want to automate using some web sites and integrate their usage to my own applications. Particulary I would like to automate queries and sending forms to the web service and store data from received web pages to a SQL database. Sometimes I need semi-automatic usage, so that I want to see things on a browser and use simplified macro commands and SQL storing, other times there is no GUI needed.
What are best tools to achieve this?
Can I integrate my own java/vb/c code with IE or some other browser throug some API?
Maybe I should set up my own web server with php/asp/java support and compose a web page which gets the data from original source and adds my own functionality. I could access this modified web service with my standard browser.
Should I get Mozilla with source code, and add my own functionality directly to the browser application?
Maybe some intelligent programmable proxy can also be used between my standard browser and the web site to add SQL storing and maybe also macro queries?
Is .NET something for this?
Should I make vb-application with browser control:
There seems to be many alternatives, what is the easiest, where to start?
What are best tools to achieve this?
Can I integrate my own java/vb/c code with IE or some other browser throug some API?
Maybe I should set up my own web server with php/asp/java support and compose a web page which gets the data from original source and adds my own functionality. I could access this modified web service with my standard browser.
Should I get Mozilla with source code, and add my own functionality directly to the browser application?
Maybe some intelligent programmable proxy can also be used between my standard browser and the web site to add SQL storing and maybe also macro queries?
Is .NET something for this?
Should I make vb-application with browser control:
There seems to be many alternatives, what is the easiest, where to start?
