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Need help! I want a simple program but don't know what language?

by Toreador09
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Hi Warriors!
I want a program where I enter a number on my laptop the program will go to a website and gather data and return that data to my screen. This is a repetitive process that I do over and over and I'm getting tired.
Could Java do this? Or what language?

Thanks for any help!

Tim
#language #program #simple
  • Profile picture of the author robomedia
    Seems like you need data scraper or web browser automation .
    Java is good for everything, so yes you can use Java ( or practically any programming language .., looks like you don't know any at the moment so probably Python could be better option for you )
    For web browser automation Google Selenium or Helium
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  • Profile picture of the author Toreador09
    Thank you - that info is most helpful!
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Ray
    Originally Posted by Toreador09 View Post

    Could Java do this? Or what language?
    Programming languages don't do anything. Only programmers do things, using programming languages.
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  • Profile picture of the author laywind
    You might want to look into compiled languages vs scripting languages as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author bgrubber
    this should be quite an easy task. if you have no programming/scripting knowledge and wish to do it yourself, i would recommend either:

    1) iMacro (imacros.net) - a browser extension. it can record your actions to formulate a script, then execute the script on demand. syntax is very simple, very short learning curve.

    2) AutoIt (autoitscript.com) - a general-purpose scripting language, very powerful yet very easy to learn. much more powerful than iMacro, becomes useful when you "push the envelope" for iMacro.

    i've done web scraping with both, i can testify first-hand both are potent and easy to learn.

    do feel free to ask if you need more info.
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    • Profile picture of the author jessicacyrus1
      @bgrubber This is very Useful..I also Don't know about such extension. thank you for sharing this.
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  • Profile picture of the author clickbutt
    If you don't mind spending a bit of cash - go to UpWork and find a developer that can do it for less than $30.
    Or consider uBotstudio
    Expensive but good.
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