Meiguoren
Technical User
- Jun 16, 2008
- 4
Hello everyone,
I am interested in using Perl for a fairly simple task. I want to submit data (nucleotide sequences, for those interested in bioinformatics) to an html form, then make various other form selections and submissions, and ultimately save an image file that the website returns based on my earlier submissions. Because I need to do this 96 times per trial, automating it via Perl would be fantastic.
Unfortunately, I don't know where to go to learn about how to do this. I have a decent grasp of the fundamentals of Perl. I also have begun going over CGI stuff, but it seems my needs are client-side, not server-side. Can someone tell me where to go to learn how to program Perl to control my browser?
As always, thank you all very much for your help.
I am interested in using Perl for a fairly simple task. I want to submit data (nucleotide sequences, for those interested in bioinformatics) to an html form, then make various other form selections and submissions, and ultimately save an image file that the website returns based on my earlier submissions. Because I need to do this 96 times per trial, automating it via Perl would be fantastic.
Unfortunately, I don't know where to go to learn about how to do this. I have a decent grasp of the fundamentals of Perl. I also have begun going over CGI stuff, but it seems my needs are client-side, not server-side. Can someone tell me where to go to learn how to program Perl to control my browser?
As always, thank you all very much for your help.
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