Click a html button via pimatic
Hi,
is there any possibility to use pimatic to click a button on a website.
I use a wifi-cam which needs a reboot after some time. The webgui of the cam has a button to do this.
I found no suitable plugin. Any idea?
Otherwise the shell plugin could be used to start a script (bash or perl, …). Anybody with a suitable script?
I think the Button on the Webside will send an html-command to the cam. If so you can du this in pimatic with a rule and the curl command.
@V1per indeed.
However, if there is a login portal, you need to script it.
Google Chrome can help you out. Chrome “records” what you do and it also allows you to copy as cURL command, command line and bash script.
Non the less it would neet modification.
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yes it is possible, but it will require some knowledge of HTML webservers and scripting.
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Here is an example for you to get you started.
My situation, our provider Ziggo ships crappy modems to their customers.
In order to prevent wifi drops etc i made this script to reboot it at night.
The router has a login page, i then have to navigate to advanced, then click reboot.
Modem_Adres="192.168.x.x"
Modem_Gebruiker="mylogin"
Modem_Wachtwoord="mypass"
curl -s -L -c /var/tmp/modem_reboot_cookie.txt --referer http://$Modem_Adres/login_zig.asp -d "Zigloginnaam=$Modem_Gebruiker" "Zigpassword=$Modem_Wachtwoord" -d "login=Log+In" http://$Modem_Adres/goform/login_zig > /dev/null
curl -s --cookie /var/tmp/modem_reboot_cookie.txt --referer http://$Modem_Adres/Devicerestart.asp -d "mtenRestore=Device+Restart" -d "devicerestart=1" http://$Modem_Adres/goform/Devicerestart > /dev/null
Zigloginnaam and Zigpassword are the field ID’s of the login form and can be found in the source code (for google chrome simply add view-source:YOURURL to the address bar). Same goes for any other buttons you need to press.
It is hard for us to guide you as we have no access to your page. However, if you have tried everything and cant solve it, you can always PM and well see if we get this to work for you 
Thank you very much for your help.
I used the Chrome record function to get the curl commando. At the moment it seems to be ok. Detailed test will follow…