Best way to integrate web browser with local databases and scripts?
I have several applications where I (at the moment: manually) either copy and paste the URL or the page source to a local (PostgreSQL) database or script for further processing (screenscraping, etc.).
What is the best current practice with Fedora 16 for automating these? I use Konqueror, Firefox and Chrome and all can interact with the web sites. I'd like to add buttons to a toolbar or something similar that when pressed execute a program or put some text in the primary selection.
One example would be to visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383126/epcast as a logged-in user, parse the data and pipe it into my PostgreSQL database.
I see that Firefox has a rather advanced add-on system which also looks very complicated :-). Is there an easier solution with Konqueror or Chrome? I have used Konqueror's "mini programs" (don't know if this is the correct term) in the past but I'm looking for something more powerful.
I don't want to use a local webserver and XSS.
Please elaborate.
I'm curious: Your question says "what is the best way on Fedora to do this". How do you do it on any other OS?
@FranciscoD_: I don't :-). I just wanted to avoid answers like: "Install Debian and do X." I wouldn't want to stray away from Fedora for this.