Cron job to download a file that is the response of a form submit

Asked Dec 28 '16 at 21:34

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I need to implement a cron job on my nodejs backend that does the following tasks:

Go to a specific url
Click on a button to download a ZIP-File. This download is the response of a form submit (POST).
Store the file somewhere on the server.

I know how to implement cron jobs. My problem is that download. Unfortunately there is no direct download link... So as far as I understand the only way around this is to "simulate" the click on the form button somehow... Maybe using a headless browser?

Has anyone ever done this before? I'd be glad about some inputs.

Cheers Michael

asked Dec 28 '16 at 21:34

Michael Hunziker

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are you able to make the same post request the form makes to the same script? – Matt Altepeter Dec 28 '16 at 21:39
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15739263/phantomjs-click-an-element might be helpful – Maxwelll Dec 28 '16 at 23:22

Cron job to download a file that is the response of a form submit

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