grayrest wrote: > grayrest wrote: > >> The Keyword search (http://www.mozillanews.org/index.php3?article=55 >> for those not in the know) is great, but I would really like to be >> able to send the info via POST due to >> http://cgi.gatech.edu/cgi-bin/directory/lookup not accepting GET >> variables. I did see the followup to that mozillanews article saying >> that POST works for him, but I think that's due to the server running >> a recent CGI.pm that can take both, but it does not work at the gatech >> address (http://cgi.gatech.edu/cgi-bin/directory/lookup/whois?name=%s >> fails). Is there any way to do this? >> >> grayrest >> > > Finally got it. For those that care: > > function doForm(url,valary){ > if(document.getElementById && document.createElement){ > var form = document.createElement("form"); > document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(form); > form.setAttribute("action", url); > form.setAttribute("method", "POST"); > for(var i=0; i < valary.length; i++){ > var temp=document.createElement("input"); > form.appendChild(temp); > temp.setAttribute("type", "hidden"); > temp.setAttribute("name", valary[i][0]); > temp.value = valary[i][1]; > } > } > form.submit(); > } > function doParse(url){ > var pairs = url.substring(url.indexOf('?')+1).split("&"); > url = url.substring(0,url.indexOf('?')); > var valary; > for (var i=0;i<pairs.length;i++){ > var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('='); > if (pos >= 0){ > var name = pairs[i].substring(0,pos); > var value = pairs[i].substring(pos+1); > if(valary) > valary[valary.length]=[name, value]; > else > valary = [[name, value]]; > } > } > return doForm(url,valary); > } > doParse("http://cgi.gatech.edu/cgi-bin/directory/lookup/whois?name=%s";); > > As a bookmarklet: > > javascript: function doForm(url,valary){ if(document.getElementById && > document.createElement){ var form = document.createElement("form"); > document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(form); > form.setAttribute("action", url); form.setAttribute("method", "POST"); > for(var i=0; i < valary.length; i++){ var > temp=document.createElement("input"); form.appendChild(temp); > temp.setAttribute("type", "hidden"); temp.setAttribute("name", > valary[i][0]); temp.value = valary[i][1]; } } form.submit(); } function > doParse(url){ var pairs = url.substring(url.indexOf('?')+1).split("&"); > url = url.substring(0,url.indexOf('?')); var valary; for (var > i=0;i<pairs.length;i++){ var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('='); if (pos >= 0){ > var name = pairs[i].substring(0,pos); var value = > pairs[i].substring(pos+1); if(valary) valary[valary.length]=[name, > value]; else valary = [[name, value]]; } } return doForm(url,valary); } > doParse("http://cgi.gatech.edu/cgi-bin/directory/lookup/whois?name=%s";); > > to use, change the end URL to be whatever you like, you can place as > many variables on it as you want, the script should handle it.
Wow. That's some sweet coding. I wonder...will bookmarklets prompt people to write one-liners like they do in Perl?
