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Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by tomp on Thursday April 13, 2017 @07:03AM (#14105789)
I wrote a PhantomJS script to download data from my bank accounts. They offer no API and disfunctional text-based exports, their websites are ridden with "good" (=terrible) web & security practices, like 3-characters-of-the-whole-password authentication, single-tab sessions, frames, etc. that makes it pretty much impossible to scrape with Python but relatively easy with a fully-fledged browser (although that still requires a lot of bank-specific boilerplate code).
Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by slig on Thursday April 13, 2017 @09:02AM (#14106431)
If your bank has a mobile app, it might be easier to MITM and figure out their API and use it directly.
Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by cr0sh on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:32PM (#14108499)
That actually sounds like it could run you into legal issues (or worse), depending on your location (ie - access to a computer system without permission; they give you permission to use the app on the phone, but maybe not to use the API directly). YMMV.
Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by sjtgraham on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:15AM (#14107080)
Who do you bank with?
Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by tomp on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:01AM (#14107517)
NatWest, Halifax and AMEX (not a bank, but I want my account data from there as well).
Re:PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer by sjtgraham on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:06PM (#14108194)
I can't help you with Halifax or AMEX (yet), but my company (https://teller.io/) has a Natwest API in production (private beta). If you would like access, please ping me. sg -at- teller.io