Scripting for Benefit

automate.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'mail'

url      = ###/tracktest.php
refnum   = # my application reference number.
passport = # my passport number
uri = URI.parse(url)

response = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, {"apptype" => "passport", "refno" => refnum, "passport_no" => passport, "submit" => "Submit"})
page = Nokogiri::HTML(response.body)

if response.code == "200"
  mail = Mail.new do
    from     '[email protected]' # don't spam here - email doesn't exist :)
    to       '[email protected]'
    subject  'PCC Application Status'

    html_part do
      content_type 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
      body page.css('table')
    end
  end

  mail.delivery_method :sendmail
  mail.deliver
end