I’m trying to create a script with PHP and cURL that extracts the emails that are showed in this page.
I’m having problems to get them, because the list of hotels is loaded through an ajax call..
Well, my question: what are the alternatives to a PHP/cURL script? Maybe some tool like Selenium, Sahi or Watir (these are indicated for tests) that allow to open a browser???
Linux user.
EDIT:
After the answer of Pastor, I want to paste here my code with which I’m getting an xml file with the data of the hotels of the first page, but I want to access to the pages where the rest of the hotels are..how to do that?
<?php
//extract data from the post
extract($_POST);
//set POST variables
$url = 'http://www.turismovenezia.it/index.php';
$fields1 = array(
'ajax'=>'searchEngineTopdata',
'next_pair'=>'Dove Allogiare|*',
'lang'=>'it');
$fields2 = array(
'ajax'=>'xmlSearchEngineResponder',
'xml' => "%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%3F%3E%3CSearchRequest%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liberologico.com%2Fdbsite%2Fjolly-search%22%20xmlns%3Axsi%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2001%2FXMLSchema-instance%22%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5B%2A%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3CFilters%3E%3CFilters%20xsi%3Atype%3D%22FilterSpecType%22%3E%3CField%3Eaptve_territorio%3C%2FField%3E%3CValue%3E%3CSingleValue%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5B%2A%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FSingleValue%3E%3C%2FValue%3E%3CMode%3ETHESAURUS%3C%2FMode%3E%3COperation%3ELIKE%3C%2FOperation%3E%3C%2FFilters%3E%3CFilters%20xsi%3Atype%3D%22FilterSpecType%22%3E%3CField%3Efull_text_search%3C%2FField%3E%3CValue%3E%3CSingleValue%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5B%2A%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FSingleValue%3E%3C%2FValue%3E%3CMode%3EFREE_TEXT%3C%2FMode%3E%3COperation%3ELIKE%3C%2FOperation%3E%3C%2FFilters%3E%3CFilters%20xsi%3Atype%3D%22FilterSpecType%22%3E%3CField%3Elang%3C%2FField%3E%3CValue%3E%3CSingleValue%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5Bit%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FSingleValue%3E%3C%2FValue%3E%3CMode%3EFREE_TEXT%3C%2FMode%3E%3COperation%3EEQUAL%3C%2FOperation%3E%3C%2FFilters%3E%3C%2FFilters%3E%3CSubSearches%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BEventi%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BArte%20%26%20Cultura%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BMare%20%26%20Natura%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BPiatti%20%26%20Prodotti%20tipici%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BRelax%20%26%20Divertimento%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BDove%20Alloggiare%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BDove%20Mangiare%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CSearch%3E%3CScope%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BInformazioni%20Utili%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FScope%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3C%2FSubSearches%3E%3C%2FSearch%3E%3CActiveResultSet%3E%3CTab%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BDove%20Alloggiare%5D%5D%3E%3C%2FTab%3E%3CFirstItem%3E0%3C%2FFirstItem%3E%3CPagerSize%3E10%3C%2FPagerSize%3E%3C%2FActiveResultSet%3E%3C%2FSearchRequest%3E",
'force' => 'false');
//open connection
$ch = curl_init();
//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields1);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields2);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
//execute post
$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;
//close connection
curl_close($ch);
The list is an XML list being pulled by a POST request from http://www.turismovenezia.it/index.php. cURL is, IMO, your best tool for this action. Use your developer’s console. Follow how the website initiates and fulfills the request and then mimic it.
RAW POST using cURL in PHP