Headless Browser in Corona?

Hi there,

I have an idea for an app in my mind which needs the following features to work:

  1. Go to Url.

  2. Type a random Word from a libary.

  3. Click a specific button on the current website.

Is this possible?

Example: Go to google.com -> type “crossover applications” click on “news” switch to page “5”

If not possible, is there a way to include PhantomJS?

Thank you very much in advance I hope you can understand my english.

What you’re describing is called a web crawler or spider. You may be able to build something with the network library but is gonna be a bit complicated. If what you want is pull web search results from google you’ll may be violating their Terms of services which reads:

Don’t misuse our Services. For example, don’t interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide.

Thanks for your reply hectots.

Ill try to be more specific: The idea of my application is to create a surprise effect for the user. 

The user should be able to see the last step of the search but not “the search” itself.

Its wont br necessary to use any “google services” or a search engine.

I just choosed this kind of example to be more detailed in my description.

Also the idea behind it and the application itself will be completley legal and useable for the public.

What you’re describing is called a web crawler or spider. You may be able to build something with the network library but is gonna be a bit complicated. If what you want is pull web search results from google you’ll may be violating their Terms of services which reads:

Don’t misuse our Services. For example, don’t interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide.

Thanks for your reply hectots.

Ill try to be more specific: The idea of my application is to create a surprise effect for the user. 

The user should be able to see the last step of the search but not “the search” itself.

Its wont br necessary to use any “google services” or a search engine.

I just choosed this kind of example to be more detailed in my description.

Also the idea behind it and the application itself will be completley legal and useable for the public.