Mechanize users - Mar 2009 - Get a list of users, and for each user, visit a URL

Hey,

I got this smalltime social network here with about 200 users. In the
beginning we didn''t have the "make all users friends of the
admin" function
that we do now, so I have to manually add these 200 users as friends of the
admin.

My friend coded this thing in PHP and I ain''t got much insight into its
underpinnings (but I know that it''s a mess, and that the design is
horrible,
but anyway), I figured this''d be a great way to learn Mechanize.
Basically I
need to create a script that:

1) Goes to http://members.clebration.com
2) Gets a list of all the users on that page, each user looking like
http://my.clebration.com/some_user
3) Do the same for http://members.clebration.com/?page=2 and all the way up
to infinite
4) Then, for each user, simply go to
http://my.clebration.com/some_user/friendship/add_request
5) The system should respond with a blank page saying "Friend request to
<strong>some_user</strong> is sent"

But where do I start? What tutorials do I need to read? Are there any sample
scripts?

Regards,
Frank
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Hey,

I got this smalltime social network here with about 200 users. In the
beginning we didn''t have the "make all users friends of the
admin"
function that we do now, so I have to manually add these 200 users as
friends of the admin.

My friend coded this thing in PHP and I ain''t got much insight into
its underpinnings (but it''s a mess), so I figured this''d be a
great
way to learn Mechanize. Basically I need to create a script that:

1) Goes to http://members.clebration.com
2) Gets a list of all the users on that page, each user looking like
http://my.clebration.com/some_user
3) Do the same for http://members.clebration.com/?page=2 and all the
way up to infinite
4) Then, for each user, simply go to
http://my.clebration.com/some_user/friendship/add_request
5) The system should respond with a blank page saying "Friend request
to <strong>some_user</strong> is sent"

But where do I start? What tutorials do I need to read?

Regards,
Frank

Here''s a good place to start:

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ruby+mechanize+tutorial




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From: Frank Gjildberg <therapshow at gmail.com>
To: mechanize-users at rubyforge.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:42:27 AM
Subject: [Mechanize-users] Get a list of users, and for each user, visit a URL

Hey,

I got this smalltime social network here with about 200 users. In the beginning
we didn''t have the "make all users friends of the admin"
function that we do now, so I have to manually add these 200 users as friends of
the admin.

My friend coded this thing in PHP and I ain''t got much insight into its
underpinnings (but I know that it''s a mess, and that the design is
horrible, but anyway), I figured this''d be a great way to learn
Mechanize. Basically I need to create a script that:

1) Goes to http://members.clebration.com
2) Gets a list of all the users on that page, each user looking like
http://my.clebration.com/some_user
3) Do the same for http://members.clebration.com/?page=2 and all the way up to
infinite
4) Then, for each user, simply go to
http://my.clebration.com/some_user/friendship/add_request
5) The system should respond with a blank page saying "Friend request to
<strong>some_user</strong> is sent"

But where do I start? What tutorials do I need to read? Are there any sample
scripts?

Regards,
Frank



      
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2009/3/17 Matt White <whitethunder922 at
yahoo.com>:
> Here''s a good place to start:
>
> http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ruby+mechanize+tutorial
>
Right. Well, thanks a lot, I''ll report back ASAP.