How to get a webpage with Lua Socket ?

Subject: How to get a webpage with Lua Socket ?
From: Geoff Smith &lt;spammealot1@ ... &gt;
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:47:37 +0000

I have used Lua ocket to get a few web pages downloaded in the past without a problem, but have hit a snag with a specific webpage I am trying to download.

I am trying to extract some data from the Betfair homepage.

local webText = http.request([[https://www.betfair.com/exchange/]])

I get back a small chunk of html which contains the text "The document you requested has moved to a new location. The new location is "https://www.betfair.com/exchange/"

This is the exact url link I passed to the function, so cant understand why the problem is occurring. If I view that site in any browser it displays the full web page without needing me to register or login or anything like that.

So the Server is detecting I am not using a browser and not giving me the page I require. I have tried tinkering with the headers sent by LuaSocket to make it look more like a Firefox request but to no avail.

Could anyone offer a suggestion as to what I need to do to fix this problem please.

Thanks for any assistance.

Regards Geoff