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Automating the Amazon "manage your kindle" page

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boyd

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Jun 18, 2013, 6:35:25 PM6/18/13
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I am rusty in using Perl - not much programming since I retired in 2007.

But when I find something that is tedious in computer use, I wish I were still on top of using perl. Is it even feasible to try to program a script/module to automate the "manage your kindle" page? I use the library e-book service a lot, but it is a real pain to "return" and "delete from library" a series of books, since there is no "mark" and "take action" type service.

If it is feasible, in which direction should start?

Thanks.
Boyd

Ben Morrow

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Jun 19, 2013, 10:08:38 AM6/19/13
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Quoth boyd <texboy...@gmail.com>:
WWW::Mechanize would be a good start, unless the page relies on
JavaScript. In that case you could try WWW::Scripter or WWW::Selenium:
Scripter has its own JS and DOM implementation in Perl; Selenium
actually runs a remote-controlled instance of a real browser, but
requires the Selenium server to be installed.

Ben

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