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desc "Import Service Provider Location"
task :fetch_serviceproviderlocation => :environment do

    # Logs into service provider and retrieved latitude and longitude.
    require 'rubygems'
    require 'mechanize'
    require 'logger'
    require 'nokogiri'
    
    # Create a new mechanize object
    agent = Mechanize.new

    # Load the Peoplesafe website
    page = agent.get("http://serviceprovider.co.uk")

    # Select the first form
    form = agent.page.forms.first
    form.username = 'USERNAME'
    form.password = 'PASSWORD'

    # Submit the form
    page = form.submit form.buttons.first
  
    script = page.at('/html/head/script[not(@src)]')

    # Find the first <script> in the head that does not have src="..."
    #script = html.at_xpath('/html/head/script[not(@src)]')

    # Use a regex to find the correct code parts in the JS, using named captures
    parts = script.text.match(/new GLatLng\(\s*(?<lat>.+?)\s*,\s*(?<long>.+?)\s*\)/)

    p parts[:lat], parts[:long]
 
end