st1ng81 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I want to design a bot which accepts url and id of the user and goes to the specified url and searches for the user's exam result and emails or messages to his cellphone when his exam results are announced.Is it possible to create such a bot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 That's not called a bot, its called an web based application. And yes, its possible to create one. I have created on for my own school. I would say its a rather crazy project. I had to work with the vendor who created the sms server/gateway which is installed in my school server system. Coding the php & mysql side is not a problem. Remember, you have to secure the students data no matter what. you would need to some vb.net language as you would be dealing with the systems which send out the sms. emailing would be an easy way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st1ng81 Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 no this is not for my school..Imagine you have written xxx exam and waiting for results and you dont no when the results are going to be announced. So if a bot or a program can monitor the site where the results are going to be announced and messages to your cellphone or email when it is announced along with your results.So you dont have to keep visiting that site everyday.A bot does it for u..So is it possible to create such a bot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 anything is possible. yes, that is very well possible. Use cron jobs. you would need to have access/written permission to the site which is holding the result, else it will be deem as illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st1ng81 Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 I have read that we can create stealth bots which can work like human.If i develop such bot is it still necessary to take permission?will the site admin come to know when it crawls through the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 if you are requesting the info from a govt site, there are still chances you will get caught as they are monitored every hour. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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