#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use CGI qw(:cgi); use HTML::TreeBuilder; use LWP::UserAgent; use XML::Writer; # The master URLs for the Christchurch planning search our $SearchURL = "http://webapps.christchurch.gov.uk/PlanningApplications/pages/ApplicationSearch.aspx"; our $InfoURL = "http://webapps.chirstchurch.gov.uk/PlanningApplications/pages/ApplicationDetails.aspx?Authority=Christchurch%20Borough%20Council&Application="; # We're a CGI script... my $query = CGI->new(); # Get the date to fetch my $date = $query->param("day") . "/" . $query->param("month") . "/" . $query->param("year"); # Construct an LWP user agent our $UA = LWP::UserAgent->new(env_proxy => 1); # Post the URL to get an initial blank form my $page = do_post(); # Do the search $page = do_post($page, {"DetailedSearch:TextBox_DateRaisedFrom" => $date, "DetailedSearch:TextBox_DateRaisedTo" => $date, "QuickSearchApplicationNumber:Button_SearchApplicationNumber" => "Search"}); # Output an HTTP response header print $query->header(-type => "text/xml"); # Create an XML output stream my $Writer = XML::Writer->new(DATA_MODE => 1); # Output the XML header data $Writer->xmlDecl("UTF-8"); $Writer->startTag("planning"); $Writer->dataElement("authority_name", "Christchurch Council"); $Writer->dataElement("authority_short_name", "Christchurch"); $Writer->startTag("applications"); # Output any applications on the first page output_applications($page); # Loop over any additional results pages while (my $link = $page->look_down("_tag" => "a", "id" => "MatchingApplications_ResultsNavigationTop_LinkButton_Next")) { # Fetch this page... $page = do_post_back($page, 'MatchingApplications$ResultsNavigationTop$LinkButton_Next', ''); # ...and output the applications from it output_applications($page); } # Finish off XML output $Writer->endTag("applications"); $Writer->endTag("planning"); $Writer->end(); exit 0; # Fake up what the doPostBack javascript function in the page does... sub do_post_back { my $previous = shift; my $target = shift; my $argument = shift; $target =~ s/\$/:/g; my $args = { "__EVENTTARGET" => $target, "__EVENTARGUMENT" => $argument, }; return do_post($previous, $args); } # Make a POST request sub do_post { my $previous = shift; my $args = shift || {}; if (defined($previous)) { my $viewstate = $previous->look_down("_tag" => "input", "name" => "__VIEWSTATE"); # my $eventvalidation = $previous->look_down("_tag" => "input", "name" => "__EVENTVALIDATION"); $args->{"__VIEWSTATE"} = $viewstate->attr("value"); # $args->{"__EVENTVALIDATION"} = $eventvalidation->attr("value"); } my $response = $UA->post($SearchURL, $args); die $response->status_line unless $response->is_success; return HTML::TreeBuilder->new_from_content($response->content); } # Output applications from a results page sub output_applications { my $page = shift; # Find the result table my $table = $page->look_down("_tag" => "table", "class" => "searchresults"); # No results means no results table if (defined($table)) { # Process each row of the results foreach my $row ($table->look_down("_tag" => "tr")) { my $class = $row->attr("class") || ""; next if $class eq "searchresultsheader"; my @cells = $row->look_down("_tag" => "td"); my $reference = $cells[0]->as_trimmed_text; my $date = $cells[1]->as_trimmed_text; my $address = $cells[2]->as_trimmed_text; my $description = $cells[3]->as_trimmed_text; my $postcode; if ($address =~ /\s+([A-Z]+\d+\s+\d+[A-Z]+)$/) { $postcode = $1; } $Writer->startTag("application"); $Writer->dataElement("council_reference", $reference); $Writer->dataElement("address", $address); $Writer->dataElement("postcode", $postcode); $Writer->dataElement("description", $description); $Writer->dataElement("info_url", $InfoURL . $reference); $Writer->dataElement("date_received", $date); $Writer->endTag("application"); } } return; }