How to automate login and download from website?

[rsdivekar]

Hi all,

My C++ program needs to send a username and password to a website, then search for a file in that website and also download it.
(Instead of manually logging in and downloading through a browser,
I'm trying to make a program do it for me).

I'm not sure what package / libraries to use.

What would be the simplest way? My platform is Ubuntu 11.10.

Regards,
Ravindra

[modoran]

libcurl is perfect for your needs (or maybe even wget).

[rsdivekar]

thanks.. your tip was very useful!

ravindra