LynxBot README

LynxBot is a bash library to help creating webbot beyond the lynx browser. It parses and analyse the output of the lynx browser and send him commands.

(NB: you need the lynx browser to use LynxBot)

----- Installation -----

$ ./configure && make
# make install      (root right needed)

--------- Use ----------

In a first Terminal launch: $ lynxbot.sh [an url]

In a second Terminal, source the bash library and begin to play with its functions : $ source /usr/local/lib/lynxbot/init_lynxbot $ echo "$LB_Help_startlynxbot" $ LB_startlynxbot ...

IMPORTANT: To properly works, the 2 terminals should run in the same working directory. (removing such condition is a TODO)

Notes:

• The bash completion will help you to list functions and help messages in this API: All function match "LB_" pattern, while all help messages are in variable matching "LB_Help_" pattern.

• If you don't care about lynx output and want to run all in one script, you may use setsid. Example: $ setsid lynxbot.sh -useragent "My Mozilla, etc..." "http://example.com" </dev/null >&0 2>&0 &

• The behaviour may depend on LINES and COLUMNS and change with such variables (which are unset when redirecting lynxbot.sh to /dev/null). A common mistake is to assume that first link is always selected after an LB_go_link, which is not always the case. To prevent this, always use LB_go_firstl to select the first link.