Oh, and here's two more links: Martin Johannesson has written a script to do the http posting for you: http://www.reboltech.com/library/html/http-post.html
And you might find some of these scripts useful: http://www.oops-as.no/rix?q=HTTP+post&ct=rebol HY Dixit Gisle Dankel (15.10 30.01.2004): >Hi fellow rebols, > >I'm writing a script to collect data from various web pages and send the results in >an email. >Most web pages are ok but a few cause some problems. > >Here's an example: > >www.tradesports.com > >This page allows you to place bets on various topics. >I want to extract this kind of information, but the links trigger javascript >functions so there appears to be no direct URLs to the resulting pages. >I figure I need to open an HTTP port and post whatever the javascript function sends >myself. > >Here's an example of a javascript function call in a link: > ><a href="#" onClick="javascript:trade(88190);return false;">Trade This Now!</a> > >And here's the trade function: > >function trade(conID) >{ > > document.POSTGSX.request_operation.value = "trade"; > document.POSTGSX.request_type.value = "action"; > document.POSTGSX.selConID.value = conID; > document.POSTGSX.location.value = "TradeCentre"; > document.POSTGSX.submit(); >} > >I don't know much about javascript and HTTP post. > From what I can gather I need to send the same information to the server as the > submit() function above, but I have absolutely no idea of what information is sent > or how to send it. Also, how do I receive the result? Can I open an http port to > achieve this? > >Any help greatly appreciated! >Cheers, >Gisle > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. Prętera censeo Carthaginem esse delendam -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
