How to automatically post on a forum after a random interval?

Question

I am a regular user of the forum: http://forums.vr-zone.com/

Currently, I am selling a laptop on the marketplace. As it gets very crowded in there, I have to manually bump my post every few minutes to keep it on the front page. Bumping is allowed on that forum but is very tedious.

Is there any way I can automate this? I know some JavaScript and Java, if it helps.

This is the operation that I want to execute:

1. Go to the web page of my post.
2. Enter the word "bump" into the quick reply box.
3. Click "Post Quick Reply" button.
4. Repeat after a random interval of every hour or so.

Answer 1

You could try this

• Using developer tools (F12) on chrome or ie, or tamper data addon on firefox find out the post request sent when you click the button.
  • Open the page
  • Press F12
  • Click on network capture tab
  • Click on start capturing
  • Fill the text field and press the button
  • You will find http post request in captured traffic
  • See the source
• Now you can write a script that sends the post request every hour

I have not done that on Java script or Java (Ref: JQuery.post()). Have done similar stuff using python and C++. You could search for mechanize library in python. For C++ https://stackoverflow.com/a/1112084

Answer 2

You could just use a macro software that moves the mouse and clicks the appropriate button at specified time intervals. (Autohotkeys?).

In order to continue using your computer while this happens, use a virtual machine.