I need to retrieve all the TÜV certificate numbers, and the models for which those certificates apply for a certain company. the website I've found is
http://tuvamerica.com/tools/clientlists/certs.cfm and I was wondering if the following thought process is a
logical possible one:
My software connects to the website
It enters the company name in the search field (e.g. "ABC") and clicks search
For each search result it gives back, it spawns a thread which follows the link to details and enters each model number into a hashmap which it then returns and terminates the thread...
Parent thread amalgamates the hashmaps (no problems here, all model numbers are unique)
I know I can grab the page render programmatically, but is what I'm thinking of possible?
I could build the hashmap by hand, I know (even as an XML/excel file which can be edited later), but I would like a way to do it programmatically as once I release this software I want it, basically, to be, as much as is possible, a black box (though I have taken into account URL changes, website layout changes etc)
Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Attached are a few screen shots I've taken from the website (note this was just the first company which came up on the list, not the one I'm working for...)
