On 03/03/2008, Tom Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Monday, 3. March 2008, sebb wrote: > > On 03/03/2008, Tom Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > is it possible to turn a GET string into a POST? We have dynamic forms > > > and extracting names and values with the Regex Extractor has been quite > > > tricky. > > > > > > Now we will insert a GET string as a comment into the page-source our > > > application which we will use make the POST HTTP Request. > > > > > > the GET string will look like the following: > > > > > > > > > /foo/bar/bookFood.php?fork=&spoon=2&arrival=walking&flightnumber=&airline > > >= > > > > > > I don't know on forehand how many name-value-pairs the form will have - > > > so the easiest to me seems to "just" POST this URL (e.g. use HTTP > > > Request, set Method to POST and insert this URL into the Path field). > > > Is this possible? > > > > Depends on the application. It may work. > > > > > My other option would be to use the Regex Extractor on the GET string > > > where the field Regular Expression is: > > > > > > (?:.*?)\?(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)& > > > > > > Template would be: $1$$2$$3$$4$ and so on > > > > > > and have a HTTP Request (set to POST) where I insert our maximum Number > > > of name-value pairs via MYREF_g1, MYREF_g2, MYREF_g3, etc. into the "Send > > > Parameters with the Request" fields. > > > > This is much what I suggested earlier in another thread, except that I > > would use set the match number to -1, and use the variables: > > > > MYREF_1_g1 MYREF_1_g2 > > MYREF_2_g1 MYREF_2_g2 > > etc > > as the Name & Value > > > Will I have to set anything in the the Template field of the Regex Extractor?
No. > I also don't seem to find an appropriate regular expression (for my example > above) to match the name or the value in the GET string more than once. The basic pattern is name=value The difficulty is knowing where the name and particularly the value end. The name is probably only alphanumeric. The value may be more varied, if not you could try (\w)+=(\w+) > Will I have to use the foreach controller for this? No > > thanks, > > > Tom > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
