Catch result from an external web page

From: Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:16:16 +0000
Subject: Catch result from an external web page
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Ave, Basically I¹m throwing an account number to a webpage on an external website ­ And I want to catch the result in some sort ­ to find out if the account number exists. Let¹s say I have this form: <FORM ACTION="http://www.somewhere.com/acc.asp" METHOD="post" NAME="frm"> <input TYPE="TEXT" NAME="ACCTNUM" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="15"> <input TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="GOOD" VALUE="0"> <INPUT NAME="frmSubmit" TYPE="submit" VALUE="Let's Go!"> </FORM> Now when I click submit ­ the browser goes to www.somewhere.com ­ if the account number is good, it¹ll bring up further option ­ if not ­ it redirects to an error page. www.somewhere.com is an external site ­ I don¹t have access to it¹s codes or variables. I want to be able to determine if that form succeeded in getting to the Account Page, i.e., the Account Number was good ­ or if it failed and redirected to the error page. Is there any way to do this? Is there perhaps a way to read the output of that page and store it in a text file? Thanks. PS: Anyone with an inquisitive mind ­ NO! I¹m not trying to hack someone¹s website. ³Somewhere.Com² is our client and we need to hit their website to determine if the account is good or not for a service we¹re providing them. Right now we¹re trying to avoid requesting them for their source/code or help for that matter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rahul Sitaram Johari CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely²

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