# Automating online banking login & checking for new transactions - what's best approach? (e.g. which

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**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-online-banking-login-checking-for-new-transactions-whats-best-approach-e-g-which/174490 "2009-08-27T13:52:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-online-banking-login-checking-for-new-transactions-whats-best-approach-e-g-which/174490/1 "2009-08-27T13:52:51Z")

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Hi,

I’m interested in automating online banking login & checking for new  
transactions - what’s best approach? (e.g. which gems/libraries etc)  
Anyone already built something that does this?

For example login each hour and check for any new credit card  
transactions and then email them to myself if there are new ones.

I’ve seen Mechanize, which seems quite good as I want to deploy to a  
linux box ultimately and not have to have a browser instance  
physically running (i.e. want the ruby library to be self contained,  
and not work via controller a browser)…

Thanks