Gustavo, I see your point. Live Headers did show me the full POST and that is why I think I may already be on the right track. Since you answered the real question, regarding and API for Form interaction, this thread is finished. Thanks for your help, Jeremy
On 9/8/05, Gustavo Hexsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand. That particular page has a reasonably large > set of hidden "input" tags which probably should be posted along with > username and password. > > I don't believe there is an API with forms and inputs. It wouldn't make > that much sense IMHO, as the abstraction is a little different in > HTTPClient. > > Also, I don't know if Live Headers displays the POSTed data. It helps a > lot if you see exactly which fields are sent on any request. If you're > using Win, you can get MS Stress Tool for free. It's crappy, doesn't work > with SSL, and only integrates to IE, but it does the job for 90% of the > cases. > > []s Gus > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Whitlock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: September 8, 2005 12:46 PM > To: HttpClient User Discussion > Subject: Re: Submit Form > > > Gustavo, > I'm learning more about it now. I've used Mozilla's Live Headers to trace > the request/response so that I could have a better handle of what I was > doing wrong and I *may* have it. I guess my question was vague but is > there > a way to create a form object or something, fill in it's inputs then > submit > instead of doing a POST/GET to do this? That was more along the lines of > the > > question I meant to ask. Take care, Jeremy > > On 9/8/05, Gustavo Hexsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Have you tried it? What happened? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeremy Whitlock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: September 8, 2005 11:54 AM > > To: HttpClient-User > > Subject: Submit Form > > > > > > Hey all, > > I've googled for my specific need and come up empty so here I am. I need > a > > way to login to this page: > > > > https://www.projects.dev2dev.bea.com/servlets/StartPage > > > > and retrieve the page after logging in. What I'd like to do is fill in > the > > two text boxes and submit. Since this is done via Page Flows, I'm not > sure > > if the usual approach via NameValuePairs will help. Is this possible? > Take > > care, Jeremy > > > > -- > > He who listens well, speaks well. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > He who listens well, speaks well. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- He who listens well, speaks well.
