With Python, the following modules may be helpful: urllib, urllib2, urlparse, mechanize, and BeautifulSoup. The last 2 are not included but you can install them with the easy_install utility or via the Python package index at python.org. Jamal On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:48:18 -0700 > From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: parsing:retrieving data from websites > > Hello list, > I've seen a few scripts that will connect to a site, (weather for example), > send the zip and somehow parse the weather out of the data returned. > Any pointers on where to get started? I'm totally lost here. > > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > http://tysdomain.com > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind