Include tools useful for processing HTML

Along with shameless plug of my project clixpath
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# curlfire # curlfire
Run curl with the current [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) cookies. Run curl with the current [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) cookies.
This is useful for interacting with logged in websites from the shell, without having to manually deal with the login process. This is useful for interacting with logged in websites from the shell, without having to manually deal with the login process.
The executable `cookiefire` included in this package can be used to extract the cookies from Firefox. The executable `cookiefire` included in this package can be used to extract the cookies from Firefox.
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[Prior to Firefox 57](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/frequently-asked-questions-firefox-addon), the [remote control extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remote-control/) could be used to interact with the page currently viewed in Firefox from the shell (including outputting the current [document object model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model) as HTML). [Prior to Firefox 57](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/frequently-asked-questions-firefox-addon), the [remote control extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remote-control/) could be used to interact with the page currently viewed in Firefox from the shell (including outputting the current [document object model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model) as HTML).
# Similar projects (and shameless advertising)
Users of this project might also be interested in:
* [clixpath](https://github.com/talwrii/clixpath) (by author) - an open-source tool for extracting information out of HTML documents in machine-readable JSON using [Xpath](https://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116/).
* [PhantomJs](http://phantomjs.org/) - a scriptable command-line only browser than can be used to [render the document object model in Javascript based-websites](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9978162) and output more easily processed HTML.
# Copyright # Copyright
This code is distributed under [an MIT license](LICENSE). This code is distributed under [an MIT license](LICENSE).
It contains code adapted from a code snippet in the aforementioned Stack Exchange answer which is also distributed under [an MIT license](SNIPPET-LICENSE) as [stipulated by the Stack Exchange terms and conditions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272956/a-new-code-license-the-mit-this-time-with-attribution-required). It contains code adapted from a code snippet in the aforementioned Stack Exchange answer which is also distributed under [an MIT license](SNIPPET-LICENSE) as [stipulated by the Stack Exchange terms and conditions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272956/a-new-code-license-the-mit-this-time-with-attribution-required).