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ZurdoDev2-Sep-20 8:39

2-Sep-20 8:39

raddevus wrote:
Do you mean something like the following?

Sort of. I have done that before; however, what I need is a website that has multiple steps which means I have to somehow check the response after simulating the next button and figure out how it all works. I think I also have to include any cookies the site wants to include.

I feel like it's way more work than it's worth, unless I am missing something.

And then of course, if they ever change their site then my code would break.

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F-ES Sitecore2-Sep-20 8:54

F-ES Sitecore

2-Sep-20 8:54

raddevus wrote:
So ridiculous!! For all those people who don't understand OOP. This is what OOP was for.

That's actually just the preferred deployment method these days. The source code is indeed OOP. The code will be and it will rely on various plug-ins that will be OOP too. When it comes to deploying the site a process like webpack is used which takes all of the code in all of the linked js files, so both your code and also all the plug-ins you use, it then minifies the code and puts it all in a single file. So the file itself might be large, but it's the amalgamation of all the source js files stuck together. webpack does other shenanigans too which protects your plug-ins from each other and enforces a far more granular and modular way of coding.

raddevus2-Sep-20 9:20

raddevus

2-Sep-20 9:20

F-ES Sitecore wrote:
a process like webpack is used which takes all of the code in all of the linked js files, so both your code and also all the plug-ins you use, it then minifies the code and puts it all in a single file

That's a very good point. That probably is what is happening. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Matthew Dennis2-Sep-20 8:43

Matthew Dennis

2-Sep-20 8:43

There are probably only 200 lines of unique code and a lot of cut and paste. Frown | :(

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OriginalGriff2-Sep-20 8:59

OriginalGriff

2-Sep-20 8:59

Matthew Dennis wrote:
There are probably only 200 lines of ~~unique~~ code copied from SO and ~~a lot of cut and paste~~ 128,000 lines of desperation to get that working.

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F-ES Sitecore2-Sep-20 8:46

F-ES Sitecore

2-Sep-20 8:46

Automating a site in "steps" is no different from automating a single page. The only trick you might be missing is that you need to implement a cookie container so that subsequent requests send any sessionesque cookies to the ongoing pages.

HttpWebRequest.CookieContainer Property (System.Net) | Microsoft Docs[^]

Other than that you just need to worry about things that require javascript, if you need js you'll want to use some kind of headless browser.

edit: any redirects the site issues can be implemented by looking at the response headers, one will be a "location" header and you just request that url next. That's if the web client you use doesn't auto-process redirects.

ZurdoDev2-Sep-20 9:07

2-Sep-20 9:07

F-ES Sitecore wrote:
the web client you use doesn't auto-process redirects.

It would be all C#. No web client.

Thanks. Good info.

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W∴ Balboos, GHB2-Sep-20 8:57

W∴ Balboos, GHB

2-Sep-20 8:57

ZurdoDev wrote:
Of course it is a government website from Communist California, so that explains some of it.

You betcha!

Why not goose-step your code over to non-communist Alabama - where the governor realizes that the money they make from keeping their university open far outweighs the spread of COVID and the cost of bodybags. He's no commie! There's money at stake!

Hell - looking for communist states? Look no further than most of the Southern US, Littlehands Country, where they get more aid from the federal government than they pay in taxes - or as it's also known, REDISTRIBUTION OF THE WEALTH . . . money collected from states like New York, California - much of the Blue northeast. Hey - even Moscow Mitch comes from a communist stronghold when it comes to collecting welfare from the REAL STATES.

But don't you worry about it. "D" will tell you it ain't so and then that makes everything better.

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ZurdoDev2-Sep-20 9:11

2-Sep-20 9:11

You smoke a lot don't you. Laugh | :laugh:

W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
that the money they make from keeping their university open far outweighs the spread of COVID and the cost of bodybags.

Nope. Lots of universities are 100% online and charge the same amount so opening for face to face has nothing to do with money.

I guess you missed the announcement that only 6% of the COVID deaths can be 100% attributed to covid. The rest had other factors. D'Oh! | :doh:

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W∴ Balboos, GHB2-Sep-20 9:32

W∴ Balboos, GHB

2-Sep-20 9:32

ZurdoDev wrote:

I guess you missed the announcement that only 6% of the COVID deaths can be 100% attributed to covid. The rest had other factors

I guess you keep listening to the lying jackass.

That other factors concept? It doesn't change the fact that they'd not have died without having gotten COVID. Your (and his) reasoning is like blaming underlying illness to a person killed when hit by a car.

He says stuff like that because he knows his audience will never spit - always swallows.

And the two billion dollar? Not tuition and fees but the dependent business and other such economic impact. Hell - it's obvious there's not worried about tuition: the students are already considered expendable by this governor's reasoning. On the other hand . . . WTF do I care - the survivors will grow up to be Louisiana red-necks, anyway!

And here's a table of the most federal-welfare-dependent states. It doesn't take into account how much was taken from the - can be found elsewhere on the page. https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/[^]

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ZurdoDev2-Sep-20 9:53

2-Sep-20 9:53

W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
I guess you keep listening to the lying jackass.

The CDC made the statement. Your emotions are getting the better of you. Just stick to facts and leave the whiny emotions for the soapbox.

W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
that they'd not have died without having gotten COVID.

Not true. You never hear of anyone dying from the flu. They die from pneumonia or other complications.

Someone with heart failure that gets covid because they are in the hospital did not die from covid and would have died anyway.

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Gerry Schmitz2-Sep-20 9:15

Gerry Schmitz

2-Sep-20 9:15

It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
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ZurdoDev2-Sep-20 9:20

2-Sep-20 9:20

This would be a .Net core app service running on Azure so I don't think that applies. Thank you though.

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OriginalGriff2-Sep-20 5:11

OriginalGriff

2-Sep-20 5:11

Do magicians dump their assistants because they think it's time they saw other people?

Matthew Dennis2-Sep-20 5:14

Matthew Dennis

2-Sep-20 5:14

Or, ".. more people saw them" Smile | :)

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Mike Hankey2-Sep-20 5:18

Mike Hankey

2-Sep-20 5:18

Such levity

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megaadam2-Sep-20 5:27

megaadam

2-Sep-20 5:27

How many puns have you got up your sleeve, Griff?

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obermd3-Sep-20 4:14

obermd

3-Sep-20 4:14

Griff's an incorrigible punster. Don't incorrage him. Big Grin | :-D

jgakenhe2-Sep-20 5:28

jgakenhe

2-Sep-20 5:28

Magicians cannot fully devote themselves to one person so they have their assistants split.

Johnny J.2-Sep-20 5:37

Johnny J.

2-Sep-20 5:37

Do magicians assistants tend to have a split personality? Confused | :confused:

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jeron12-Sep-20 5:38

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2-Sep-20 5:38

If they got a hold of a rotten piece of fruit, would they disappear?

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Daniel Pfeffer2-Sep-20 6:05

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2-Sep-20 6:05

A magician never needs to dump anyone. He just does a disappearing act!

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Johnny J.2-Sep-20 6:54

Johnny J.

2-Sep-20 6:54

Like the Mexican magician who said "Uno", "Dos"... and then he disappeared without a tres... Big Grin | :-D

W∴ Balboos, GHB2-Sep-20 8:37

W∴ Balboos, GHB

2-Sep-20 8:37

I was wand-ering about that, too.

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