topical media & game development

topical media & game development

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alt-bot-lib-http.php / php


  <?php
  /*

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Copyright 2007, Michael Schrenk This software is designed for use with the book, "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scarpers", Michael Schrenk, 2007 No Starch Press, San Francisco CA W3C� SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE This work (and included software, documentation such as READMEs, or other related items) is being provided by the copyright holders under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this work, you (the licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions. Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies of the software and documentation or portions thereof, including modifications: 1. The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to users of the redistributed or derivative work. 2. Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers, notices, or terms and conditions. If none exist, the W3C Software Short Notice should be included (hypertext is preferred, text is permitted) within the body of any redistributed or derivative code. 3. Notice of any changes or modifications to the files, including the date changes were made. (We recommend you provide URIs to the location from which the code is derived.) THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION. The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the software without specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this software and any associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright holders.
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  */
  
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # LIB_http                                                              
  #                                                                       
  # F U N C T I O N S                                                     
  #                                                                       
  # http_get()                                                            
  #    Fetches a file from the Internet with the HTTP protocol            
  # http_header()                                                         
  #    Same as http_get(), but only returns HTTP header instead of        
  #    the normal file contents                                           
  # http_get_form()                                                       
  #    Submits a form with the GET method                                 
  # http_get_form_withheader()                                            
  #    Same as http_get_form(), but only returns HTTP header instead of   
  #    the normal file contents                                           
  # http_post_form()                                                      
  #    Submits a form with the POST method                                
  # http_post_withheader()                                                
  #    Same as http_post_form(), but only returns HTTP header instead of  
  #    the normal file contents                                           
  # http_header()                                                         
  #                                                                       
  # http()                                                                
  #   A common routine called by all of the previously described          
  #   functions. You should always use one of the other wrappers for this 
  #   routine and not call it directly.                                   
  #                                                                       
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # R E T U R N E D   D A T A                                             
  # All of these routines return a three dimensional array defined as     
  # follows:                                                                                                                    
  #     $return_array['FILE']   = Contents of fetched file, will also      
  #                              include the HTTP header if requested    
  #$ return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer        
  #     $return_array['ERROR']  = CURL generated error status$

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********************************************************************* Webbot defaults (scope = global) ----------------------------------------------------------------------


  
  # Define how your webbot will appear in server logs
  define("WEBBOT_NAME", "Test Webbot");
  
  # Length of time cURL will wait for a response (seconds)
  define("CURL_TIMEOUT", 25);
  
  # Location of your cookie file. (Must be fully resolved local address)
  define("COOKIE_FILE", "c:\cookie.txt");
  
  # DEFINE METHOD CONSTANTS
  define("HEAD", "HEAD");
  define("GET",  "GET");
  define("POST", "POST");
  
  # DEFINE HEADER INCLUSION
  define("EXCL_HEAD", FALSE);
  define("INCL_HEAD", TRUE);

********************************************************************* User interfaces -------------------------------------------------------------

********************************************************************* function http_get(target, $ref)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Downloads an ASCII file without the http header
INPUT:$ target The target file (to download) $ref The server referer variable
OUTPUT:$ return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also include the HTTP header if requested $return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer$ return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status *********************************************************************


  
  function http_get( $target,$ ref)
      {
      return http( $target,$ ref,  $method="GET",$ data_array="", EXCL_HEAD);
      }

********************************************************************* http_get_withheader( $target,$ ref) ------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: Downloads an ASCII file with the http header INPUT: $target The target file (to download)$ ref The server referer variable OUTPUT: $return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested$ return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer $return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
*********************************************************************$


  
  function http_get_withheader(target,  $ref)
      {
      return http($ target,  $ref,$ method="GET",  $data_array="", INCL_HEAD);
      }$

********************************************************************* http_get_form(target, $ref,$ data_array) ------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: Submits a form with the GET method and downloads the page (without a http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable INPUT: $target The target file (to download)$ ref The server referer variable $data_array An array that defines the form variables
(See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for
more information about$ data_array) OUTPUT: $return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested$ return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer $return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
*********************************************************************$


  
  function http_get_form(target,  $ref,$ data_array)
      {
      return http( $target,$ ref,  $method="GET",$ data_array, EXCL_HEAD);
      }

********************************************************************* http_get_form_withheader( $target,$ ref, $data_array)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Submits a form with the GET method and downloads the page
(with http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable
INPUT:$ target The target file (to download) $ref The server referer variable$ data_array An array that defines the form variables (See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for more information about $data_array)
OUTPUT:$ return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also include the HTTP header if requested $return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer$ return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status *********************************************************************


  
  function http_get_form_withheader( $target,$ ref,  $data_array)
      {
      return http($ target,  $ref,$ method="GET",  $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
      }$

********************************************************************* http_post_form(target, $ref,$ data_array) ------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: Submits a form with the POST method and downloads the page (without http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable INPUT: $target The target file (to download)$ ref The server referer variable $data_array An array that defines the form variables
(See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for
more information about$ data_array) OUTPUT: $return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested$ return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer $return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
*********************************************************************$


  
  function http_post_form(target,  $ref,$ data_array)
      {
      return http( $target,$ ref,  $method="POST",$ data_array, EXCL_HEAD);
      }
  
  function http_post_withheader( $target,$ ref,  $data_array)
      {
      return http($ target,  $ref,$ method="POST",  $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
      }
  
  function http_header($ target,  $ref)
      {
      return http($ target,  $ref,$ method="HEAD",  $data_array="", INCL_HEAD);
      }$

********************************************************************* http(url, $ref,$ method, $data_array,$ incl_head) ------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: This function returns a web page (HTML only) for a web page through the execution of a simple HTTP GET request. All HTTP redirects are automatically followed. IT IS BEST TO USE ONE THE EARLIER DEFINED USER INTERFACES FOR THIS FUNCTION INPUTS: $target Address of the target web site$ ref Address of the target web site's referrer $method Defines request HTTP method; HEAD, GET or POST$ data_array A keyed array, containing query string $incl_head TRUE = include http header
FALSE = don't include http header

RETURNS:$ return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also include the HTTP header if requested $return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer$ return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status *********************************************************************


  
  function http( $target,$ ref,  $method,$ data_array,  $incl_head)
          {
      # Initialize PHP/CURL handle$ ch = curl_init();
  
      # Prcess data, if presented
      if(is_array( $data_array))
          {
              # Convert data array into a query string (ie animal=dog&sport=baseball)
          foreach ($ data_array as  $key =>$ value) 
              {
              if(strlen(trim( $value))>0)$ temp_string[] =  $key . "=" . urlencode($ value);
              else
                   $temp_string[] =$ key;
              }
           $query_string = join('&',$ temp_string);
          }
          
      # HEAD method configuration
      if( $method == HEAD)
          {
              curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, TRUE);                // No http head
              curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, TRUE);                // Return body
          }
      else
          {
          # GET method configuration
          if($ method == GET)
              {
              if(isset( $query_string))$ target =  $target . "?" .$ query_string;
              curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, TRUE); 
              curl_setopt ($ ch, CURLOPT_POST, FALSE); 
              }
          # POST method configuration
          if( $method == POST)
              {
              if(isset($ query_string))
                  curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$ query_string);
              curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE); 
              curl_setopt ($ ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, FALSE); 
              }
              curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER,$ incl_head);   // Include head as needed
              curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, FALSE);        // Return body
          }
          
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, COOKIE_FILE);   // Cookie management.
          curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, COOKIE_FILE);
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, CURL_TIMEOUT);    // Timeout
          curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, WEBBOT_NAME);   // Webbot name
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_URL,  $target);             // Target site
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_REFERER,  $ref);            // Referer value
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, FALSE);           // Minimize logs
          curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);    // No certificate
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);     // Follow redirects
          curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 4);             // Limit redirections to four
          curl_setopt($ ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);     // Return in string
      
      # Create return array
       $return_array['FILE']   = curl_exec($ ch); 
       $return_array['STATUS'] = curl_getinfo($ ch);
       $return_array['ERROR']  = curl_error($ ch);
      
      # Close PHP/CURL handle
            curl_close( $ch);
      
      # Return results
            return$ return_array;
      }
  ?>

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