Collect data from a Webpage

[bernard]

How can I collect data from a web page (with basic authentication) ?

I have a web page with the temperature of my datacenter. I want to collect this data into Zabbix to have a history and to send alert.

This device only have a web interface, no snmp or ipmi.

I already had a web scenario to check if the page contains "No alarm", which work well. But it's not enough for me

Many thanks for your suggestion.

[Yello]

Hi,
When I need to do this I write a script which reads the page, parses it and then passes the required output to zabbix via zabbix_sender.

Hope that helps.


Regards,
David

[bernard]

also works with user authentication

Hi David,

Thanks for your quick answer. Does your script work with a basic user authentication ?

If so, could you provide me an example of your script please ?

Kind regards,
Bernard

[Yello]

Hi,
You can pass the authentication details as part of the url:

http://user:_pass@host:_port/path

Most programming languages also offer modules which support web authentication.


Regards,
David