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need some help with specific task

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:30 am
by ferrarihead
Hi,
I am trying to download files from the web, here are the details.
I log onto a site, usually this works :http://username:password@thesite.com gets me in.
Once here i see in html a whole bunch of links to csv files.
these files are posted daily, the name of the file is always todays date less 3 days ex: 1015200410152004.csv ( the date repeats twice)
I need to log on automatically and download these files daily or even montly..
 
Can someone help me get started?
Ferrarihead

need some help with specific task

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:58 pm
by Oleg
You can form the file name using RoboTask's macrofunctions, like this:
{MonthNo}{Day}{Year}{MonthNo}{Day}{Year}.csv

i.e. in your case you should download the file
http://username:password@thesite.com/{M ... }{Year}{Mo nthNo}{Day}{Year}.csv