Level 18
You could use curl to post the form. That then can be done within a task, job, or browser action (really anywhere).
Aug 30, 2018
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Level 5
Is it possible to download a file from a url using php (curl, file_get_contents, etc. etc.) that has a button that triggers a js onclick event to start download?
Using laravel/php I am trying to automatically do a daily download of a publically available file at a us gov website. The site has no direct url for the file (that I can find). Instead it has a js onclick event on a button that triggers a webform query which produces the file download request. Is there a way to get this file automatically with php (or any other method that i can put on a laravel scheduler)? Here is the link - thanks!
Link to the button: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/InvestmentAdviserData.aspx/#ctl00_cphMain_lnkSECReport
Level 75
I usually use fread.
Level 67
That will be tricky. In firefox, I clicked the "State Investor Advisor Report" button and downloaded the file. Then, in Firefox, I right clicked the downloaded file and chose "copy download link", which provided
That link will download the actual file. It doesn't look like it would change, so you might try using those. Here are the other links:
SEC Investment Advisor Report: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/BulkFeed/CompilationDownload.aspx?FeedPK=41187&FeedType=IA_FIRM_SEC
Firm XML Schema Definition: https://www.iard.com/sites/default/files/standalonefiles/firm_compilation.zip
Investment Advisor Representative Report: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/BulkFeed/CompilationDownload.aspx?FeedPK=41189&FeedType=IA_INDVL
Rep XML Schema Definition: https://www.iard.com/sites/default/files/standalonefiles/iarcompilation_0.zip
Level 24
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get the page html source code
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strip_tags($htmlCode, '<a>')and save to array -
loop array
preg_matchwrite the pattern get the matches
IAPD/Content/BulkFeed/CompilationDownload.aspx?FeedPK=41187&FeedType=IA_FIRM_SEC
- urldecode the matches
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