Hi, I'm trying to replicate an internet browser's behavior against the Matchbook.com web site.
On this web site, requests are sent using POST to a server-side engine. Request parameters are "XML-like" values. For example, in order to login, one needs to pre-format a POST request where the parameter name looks like this : <login-request><userID>the user id</userID><password>the password</password><action>login</action></login-request>< I coded my client using Perl, and it works fine. The HTTP request looks like this : ===== START ===== POST http://www.matchbook.com/hindsight/matchbook.com/operation/business/security /login/loginMachine Referer: http://www.matchbook.com/navigation/processorFrame.jsp?mod=23 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Extra-Cmd: login Mb-User-Token: null X-Ajax-Cap-Length: 113|<=- X-Ajax-Reqid: bbgidfagccaaa X-Ajaxhs-Id: p1jEJ-1 <login-request><userID>the user id</userID><password>the password</password><action>login</action></login-request><=- ===== END ===== Using HttpClient, the request fails. Here's the log of the request : ===== START ===== 2007/01/09 08:43:23:640 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "POST /hindsight/matchbook.com/operation/business/security/login/loginMachine HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:640 EST [DEBUG] HttpMethodBase - Adding Host request header 2007/01/09 08:43:23:671 EST [DEBUG] HttpMethodBase - Default charset used: ISO-8859-1 There are now 0 keys in the balances hashmap 2007/01/09 08:43:23:890 EST [DEBUG] HttpMethodBase - Default charset used: ISO-8859-1 2007/01/09 08:43:23:890 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:906 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Referer: http://www.matchbook.com/navigation/processorFrame.jsp?mod=23[\r][\n]"; 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "extra-cmd: login[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "mb-user-token: null[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "x-ajax-reqid: bbgidfacacjie[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "x-ajaxhs-id: h8lFF-1[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "x-ajax-cap-length: 113|<=-[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Host: www.matchbook.com[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:921 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Cookie: $Version=0; JSESSIONID=abcICU7L9LceKcSNsghar; $Path=/[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:953 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Cookie: $Version=0; Coyote-2-d94b088a=ac11010a:0; $Path=/[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:953 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Content-Length: 161[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:953 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:953 EST [DEBUG] header - >> "[\r][\n]" 2007/01/09 08:43:23:953 EST [DEBUG] content - >> "%3Clogin-request%3E%3CuserID%3Ethe user id%3C%2FuserID%3E%3Cpassword%3Ethe password%3C%2Fpassword%3E%3Caction%3Elogin%3C%2Faction%3E%3C%2Flogin-request %3E%3C=-++++++" ===== END ===== The problem seems to be that the POST parameter name is escaped when HttpClient is used. I tried using either setParameter(String, String), or setRequestBody(NameValuePair[]), and the result is the same. My question would thus be : how can I --> NOT <-- escape the post parameter name when creating a request with the PostMethod object ? Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
