VBS going to a URL in the background

Question

I would like to have my VB script go to a URL in the background. It can open a browser in the background and close it afterwards. The more \"silent\" the better. I had 2 impl

Answer 1

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
Return = WshShell.Run("iexplore.exe " &  myURL, 1) 
WScript.Sleep 10000
WshShell.SendKeys "{F6}"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "y"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "o"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "u"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "t"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "u"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "b"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "e"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
WScript.Sleep 500

Answer 2

If you're looking for a silent approach I'd suggest to drop the Internet Explorer COM object entirely and go for an XMLHttpRequest object:

myURL = "http://www.google.com/"

Set req = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0")
req.Open "GET", myURL, False
req.Send

WScript.Echo req.ResponseText