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Freshmeat download themes

by nathanvit (Beadle)
on May 01, 2003 at 20:00 UTC ( [id://254794]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

nathanvit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, i downloaded WindowMaker's themes from freshmeat.
They are in alphabetical order but if you want them in 'last update format' you have to login. I'd like to make a script which connect me to themes.freshmeat.net/ with my username and password and it send me an email if there are new themes. Is it possible?
Any suggestions?
Which module may i use to connect with my account?
Thanks

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Re: Freshmeat download themes
by jaldhar (Vicar) on May 01, 2003 at 20:12 UTC
    WWW::Mechanize is good for that. You would need to keep track of which themes you've already seen. Storable is good for that. Mail::Sendmail is just one of several modules you can use to actually compose and send yourself the mail.

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Re: Freshmeat download themes
by defyance (Curate) on May 01, 2003 at 20:13 UTC
    Yep, its possible, check out:

    LWP::UserAgent
    HTTP::Request

    If you want some sample code, I'm sure we can cook something up for ya.

    UPDATE:jaldhar's is a better suggestion, WWW::Mechanize slipped my mind, somehow.

    -- Can't never could do anything, so give me and inch, I'll make it a mile.

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Re: Freshmeat download themes
by Anonymous Monk on May 01, 2003 at 20:13 UTC
    Take a look at the libwww-packages. It has all you need. http://search.cpan.org/author/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.69/lwpcook.pod
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