Snoopy PHP Net Client
This PHP class simulates being a web browser. It can post forms, read links, spoof referrers (helpful for accessing hotlink protected content), and a hell of alot more.
Some features:
- easily fetch the contents of a web page
- easily fetch the text from a web page (strip html tags)
- easily fetch the the links from a web page
- supports proxy hosts
- supports basic user/pass authentication
- supports setting user_agent, referer, cookies and header content
- supports browser redirects, and controlled depth of redirects
- expands fetched links to fully qualified URLs (default)
- easily submit form data and retrieve the results
- supports following html frames (added v0.92)
- supports passing cookies on redirects (added v0.92)
Insert First (Initialize):
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<?
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// creates the snoopy class object
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// http://thedevnet.com/php/classes/snoopy-php-net-client/
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include "Snoopy.class.php";
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$snoopy = new Snoopy;
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?>
Example (fetch a web page and display the return headers and content):
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<?
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// remember to already have the class included and object created
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$snoopy->user = "joe";
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$snoopy->pass = "bloe";
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if($snoopy->fetch("http://www.slashdot.org/"))
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{
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echo "response code: ".$snoopy->response_code."<br>\n";
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while(list($key,$val) = each($snoopy->headers))
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echo $key.": ".$val."<br>\n";
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echo "<p>\n";
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results)."</PRE>\n";
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}
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else
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echo "error fetching document: ".$snoopy->error."\n";
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?>
Example (submit a form and print out the result headers and content):
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<?
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// remember to already have the class included and object created
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$submit_url = "http://lnk.ispi.net/texis/scripts/msearch/netsearch.html";
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$submit_vars["q"] = "amiga";
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$submit_vars["submit"] = "Search!";
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$submit_vars["searchhost"] = "Altavista";
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if($snoopy->submit($submit_url,$submit_vars))
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{
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while(list($key,$val) = each($snoopy->headers))
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echo $key.": ".$val."<br>\n";
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echo "<p>\n";
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results)."</PRE>\n";
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}
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else
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echo "error fetching document: ".$snoopy->error."\n";
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?>
Example (functionality):
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<?
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// remember to already have the class included and object created
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$snoopy->proxy_host = "my.proxy.host";
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$snoopy->proxy_port = "8080";
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$snoopy->agent = "(compatible; MSIE 4.01; MSN 2.5; AOL 4.0; Windows 98)";
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$snoopy->referer = "http://www.microsnot.com/";
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$snoopy->cookies["SessionID"] = 238472834723489l;
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$snoopy->cookies["favoriteColor"] = "RED";
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$snoopy->rawheaders["Pragma"] = "no-cache";
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$snoopy->maxredirs = 2;
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$snoopy->offsiteok = false;
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$snoopy->expandlinks = false;
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$snoopy->user = "joe";
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$snoopy->pass = "bloe";
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if($snoopy->fetchtext("http://www.phpbuilder.com"))
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{
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while(list($key,$val) = each($snoopy->headers))
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echo $key.": ".$val."<br>\n";
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echo "<p>\n";
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results)."</PRE>\n";
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}
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else
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echo "error fetching document: ".$snoopy->error."\n";
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?>
Example (framed content):
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<?
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// remember to already have the class included and object created
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$snoopy->maxframes = 5;
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if($snoopy->fetch("http://www.ispi.net/"))
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{
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results[0])."</PRE>\n";
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results[1])."</PRE>\n";
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echo "<PRE>".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->results[2])."</PRE>\n";
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}
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else
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echo "error fetching document: ".$snoopy->error."\n";
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?>
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