• Http Collector Plugin
• Introduction
• Installation
• XML configuration parameters
• Author

Http Collector Plugin

Introduction

This plugin adds the http collector type. It can get and parse web pages using the GET method.

Installation

Unpack RRFW main distribution and the plugin in some directories. From RRFW distribution directory, run

  ./configure --with-plugins=../rrfw-plugin-http-0.0.1
  make install

After RRFW installation has finished, add the following lines to your rrfw-siteconfig.pl file:

  push( @RRFW::Collector::loadModules, 'RRFW::Collector::Http' );
  push( @RRFW::Validator::loadLeafValidators, 'RRFW::Collector::Http' );

That is all, now you can use the parameters described below in your XML configuration.

XML configuration parameters

• collector-type
  
New value http is supported by this plugin.
• http-url
  
Mandatory when collector-type=http.
• http-timeout
  
Mandatory when collector-type=http.
• http-object
  
Mandatory when collector-type=http. Specifies an object to look for in the web page.The object is an RPN expression containing search-items. A search-item takes the following form:

        lineNumber:/pattern/

LineNumber my be a number or *, * means treat the whole web page as one single line. The pattern is a regular expression and must contain a (). The value between () will be replaced in the RPN before it is evaluated.

Author

Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Christian Schnidrig <christian.schnidrig@bluewin.ch>