halifax.rb

#! /usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

# Enter your username and password
login = ''
password = ''

# Enter your sortcode and account number.
# this appears on the first page when you login, it should be a link and should look like this:
# 11-08-99 00601234
sortcode_and_account_number = ''

if login == ""
  puts "# Please enter your username"
  login = gets.chop
end
if password == ''
  puts "# Please enter your password"
  password = gets.chop
end

agent = WWW::Mechanize.new

#get the login page
login_page = agent.get('https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/Formslogin.asp')

#get the question
question = login_page.search('/html/body/div[2]/form/div[3]/div[2]/fieldset[2]/div/div[2]/div[4]/div').first.children.text

# Fill out these questions/answers if you don't want to enter them everytime
# if question == ""
#   answer = ""
# elsif question == ""
#   answer = ""
# elsif question == ""
#   answer = ""
# elsif question == ""
#   answer = ""
# else
  puts "# " + question
  answer = gets.chop
# end

#get the login form
login_form = login_page.form('frmFormsLogin')
login_form.Username = login
login_form.password = password
login_form.answer = answer

#submit the form
account_page = agent.submit(login_form, login_form.buttons.first)

#get the link to the next page (balance)
balance_page = agent.click account_page.link_with(:text => sortcode_and_account_number)

#get the balance from the page
tds = balance_page.search('table.bankingSummaryContainer td.summaryBoxesValues')

current_balance = tds[3].children.text
current_available = tds[5].children.text

puts "##############################################"
puts "# Current balance"
pp current_balance.gsub(/\302\226/, '-').gsub(/\302\243/, '').gsub(' ', '').strip
puts "# Current available balance"
pp current_available.gsub(/\302\243/, '').strip