Learning to create bots..

I started pushing myself to learn php/mysql. I know the language decently but not great. I am looking for tutorials sites that help with bot building.

Example: auto log in to youtube and log out

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

You might want to look into learning cURL for PHP.
This should let you grab sites and log in to them using PHP.

Here's an example from php.net that shows you how to grab a website:

Code:

hxxp://php.net/manual/en/curl.examples.php

And here's a few sites I found off the big G. They don't log into You*tube specifically, but you might be able to modify them or get a general idea of how to go about doing it:

Code:

hxxp://w-shadow.c0m/blog/2007/07/07/logging-in-with-curl-and-php/
hxxp://www.trap17.c0m/index.php/automatic-login-using-curl_t38162.html

 

There is also a book from michael schrenk that is just about bot creation .... i have read it and it is the best bot creating book there is on the market.

He also gives a lot of examples and wrapper classes to make bot creation a lot simpler. Especially for the beginner this is a great book.

cheers

P.S. That is the guys website:

Code:

http://www.schrenk.com/nostarch/webbots/

If you have more questions ... feel free to pm me.

 

i have to learn php/mysql blackhat seo with php knowledge is much easier

 

That book will be with me next week - looks really good and thanks for posting it up

 

no problem ... i am happy to help.

 

Book arrived today - some good reading ahead me thinks!

 

That is a good book! i'm in the middle of developing a directory auto submitter, i bought this book which is a must if you want to master curl:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/167727580/curl_php_book_v2.1.pdf

Graham

 

thanks for the share graham ... it looks like an interesting book too.

@fatboy ... cool! Yes it is indeed a great read this michael is an awesome guy ... he knows his stuff, knows how to motivate his readers and he is cool. michael is also a speaker at defcon. I have learned so much from him.

 

Was he in Vegas this year - I didn't see him if he was

 

No i think he did not attend this year ... unfortunately.
But he did last year at defcon 15.

 

Here's the book catman was talking about, for anyone who's interested.
I didn't upload it, but I've looked through it, looks pretty good! =)

WebBots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers:

Code:

hxxp://rs311.rapidshare.c0m/files/137563422/w.e.b.bots.spirs.n.scr.scrapers-virTuAlZin.rar

enjoy!

 

thankyou soo much man im going to learn how to code my own backlink building tool

 

Were you in Vegas this year then - first time I have gone to BH in Vegas and loved the place!

Defcon was an eye opener to say the least!