Java Code to scrape a hotmail address book

Question

Hi all... Can anyone help with trying to scrape a hotmail address book based on the user-id and password given with the help of a java program.. I tried using HTML Unit to do this but the process seems too tedious.. and cant really figure out the hidden variables n stuff in the hotmail website.
Please help me out.... !! thanx !!

Answer 1

Yes i did try that though... But it didnt work... I've made use of HTMLUnit to do this .. I've extracted all the hidden variables and tried to re-post them.. But still wasnt able to sign in to Hotmail through Java.. Here's the code that i tried...
String PwdPad="IfYouAreReadingThisYouHaveTooMuchFreeTime";
          final WebClient webClient=new WebClient(BrowserVersion.INTERNET_EXPLORER_6_0);
          webClient.setRedirectEnabled(true);          
          //Get the hotmail page
          final URL url=new URL("http://www.hotmail.com");
          HtmlPage homePage=null;
          homePage=(HtmlPage)webClient.getPage(url);
          Search(homePage);
          final HtmlForm form=homePage.getFormByName("f1");
          final HtmlSubmitInput button=(HtmlSubmitInput) form.getInputByName("SI");
          //Settting the user name and password
          final HtmlTextInput text1=(HtmlTextInput) form.getInputByName("login");
          final HtmlPasswordInput text2=(HtmlPasswordInput) form.getInputByName("passwd");
          //Hidden Variables
          final HtmlHiddenInput ppsx=(HtmlHiddenInput) form.getInputByName("PPSX");
          final HtmlHiddenInput pwdpad=(HtmlHiddenInput) form.getInputByName("PwdPad");
          final HtmlHiddenInput ppft=(HtmlHiddenInput) form.getInputByName("PPFT");
          System.out.println("The Action is:: "+form.getActionAttribute());
          //Re-posting the Entries (PPSX,Login,Password,PwdPad,PPFT)
          int len;
          len=PwdPad.length()-pass.length();
          PwdPad = PwdPad.substring(0, len);
          text1.setValueAttribute(email);
          text2.setValueAttribute(pass);
          //ppsx.setValueAttribute( ppsx.getValueAttribute());
          //pwdpad.setValueAttribute( PwdPad);
          //ppft.setValueAttribute( ppft.getValueAttribute());
          System.out.println("user:"+text1.getValueAttribute() + " password:" + pass+" ppsx:"+ppsx.getValueAttribute()+" PwdPad:"+pwdpad.getValueAttribute()+" ppft:"+ppft.getValueAttribute() + " login opts:");
          //URL postURL = new URL ("https://login.live.com/ppsecure/post.srf?id=2&bk=1185180903") ;
          URL postURL = new URL (form.getActionAttribute()) ;
          WebRequestSettings webRequestSettings = new WebRequestSettings(postURL,SubmitMethod.POST);
          String requestBody = "PPSX="+ ppsx.getValueAttribute() +"&PwdPad="+PwdPad+"&login=email%40hotmail.com&passwd="+pass+
                    "&LoginOptions=2&PPFT=" + ppft.getValueAttribute() ;
          webRequestSettings.setRequestBody(requestBody);
          //HtmlPage page= ( HtmlPage ) webClient.getPage(webRequestSettings);
          HtmlPage page=(HtmlPage)button.click();
          System.out.println(page.asText());