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Gzza80 Lost but trying Posts: 19 Reg: Apr 26, 2012 Wa 1,940	confirm \| cancel 05/01/12 10:36 AM (13 years ago) Can this be done... I am sure, but how? I am wanting to develop a plugin that can go to a website, automatically enter a username and password, then locate and return a line of data and display it. The end-user would only be able to see the data and not all of the steps to get it. I have a password protected website that has sales numbers, etc that update in realtime and I need to display some of the stats on a screen that can be refreshed- without having to log in every time and to multiple sites for numerous locations via a browser. Thoughts? Title Comments I am wanting to develop a plugin that can go to a website, automatically enter a username and password, then locate and return a line of data and display it. The end-user would only be able to see the data and not all of the steps to get it. I have a password protected website that has sales numbers, etc that update in realtime and I need to display some of the stats on a screen that can be refreshed- without having to log in every time and to multiple sites for numerous locations via a browser. Thoughts?

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	05/01/12 03:13 PM (13 years ago) Hi Gilbert, One way I could see attacking this is to create an HTML screen, and in that screen, you have a PHP call to the website that queries the sales numbers and then returns the info in an HTML page. Since there is no way that I'm aware of for a user in an app to see the HTML source behind the page/screen, it would not expose any sensitive information (like logins, etc). That would not require a plugin, and would just need a plain old HTML page to work. Mark Comments Hi Gilbert, One way I could see attacking this is to create an HTML screen, and in that screen, you have a PHP call to the website that queries the sales numbers and then returns the info in an HTML page. Since there is no way that I'm aware of for a user in an app to see the HTML source behind the page/screen, it would not expose any sensitive information (like logins, etc). That would not require a plugin, and would just need a plain old HTML page to work. Mark

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