Coldfusion - Screenscrape Congressional Voting Data

#### Coldfusion ??" Screenscrape component from US Senate Requirements: Create a coldfusion function which will be called from an existing application. Input parameters: URL: The component should take an incoming URL. The following URL will be used initially: <[login to view URL]> Output: VOID (don’t return anything) The component should initially screenscrape the list of votes, then do the following procedure: 1. Check tblRolls to find out if there is an existing vote listed. If not, the vote should be inserted 2. Check tblRollVotes to find out if there is existing roll call vote for this vote **If the vote is not currently in the database,** the process must grab the link for the vote, follow it, and record the details of the vote in the database. **If the vote IS in the database, check to ensure that we have the roll call data (in tblrollvotes) for the vote. If present, go on to the next vote.** **If the vote is present in tblrolls, but we do not have rollcall data, then pull the rollcall data and insert into tblrollvotes.** ****I will provide a testing environment where you can test against our live data, as well as sql script for the tables you'll be working with.**** **Additional details in the attached zip file.** ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional source code for a ColdFusion function 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables): a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform ColdFusion MX 6.1 SQL Server 2000 Windows Server 2003