HTTP Scripting Made Really Easy

Jul 4, 2009 | Tags: HTTP, PHP, Projects | del.icio.us | Digg

Last week I released my recent project about HTTP scripting with PHP. It is an advanced HTTP client that simulates a web browser, only that you use it with lines of code rather than with mouse and keyboard. Using pure PHP, no Curl or other dependencies needed.

There are cases where you find HTTP scripting is useful. Consider this: you need to send 50 different emails to 50 different groups *everyday*. Work smarter, not harder: let's hire a staff write a script that do the task for us.

Here are some sample scripts that makes use the tool:

• GMail Contacts Grabber - Login to GMail and extract email addresses from the 'Contacts' page. I used GMail as an example, but you can grab contacts from other mail providers too once you know how.
• Send emails using GMail's web application - This is the basic of the more sophisticated newsletter system.
• Access Del.icio.us web service API - Fetch your recent posts at del.icio.us.
• Bulk image downloader - Download images & videos with one single script.
• Upload images to TinyPic.com and retrieve the URLs - This answers one of the most asked questions on the net.
• Download FLV videos from YouTube - and play it on your desktop!

More examples are about to come. Links related to the project:

• HTTP Scripting with PHP - Main site
• Documentation - Learn how to use the class
• Examples - Some cool things for you to try
• Download - Happy HTTP scripting!

Check it out and tell me what you think.

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