Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
alex23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 6, 8:56 am, scripteaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible then to have a form with no name and if so, how can i access this form Hey scripteaze, I'm not sure about mechanize, but you might have more success using another one of the author's modules, ClientForm: http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ from urllib2 import urlopen from ClientForm import ParseResponse response = urlopen(http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ example.html) forms = ParseResponse(response, backwards_compat=False) form = forms[0] As it returns a list of forms, you don't need to have a name to access it. mechanize forms are ClientForm forms. Quoting from mechanize.Browser.select_form().__doc__: Another way to select a form is to assign to the .form attribute. The form assigned should be one of the objects returned by the .forms() method. forms = list(br.forms()) br.form = pick_a_form(forms, br.global_form()) The global form (couldn't think of a better term) consists of all form controls not contained in any FORM element. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
On Nov 7, 1:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John J. Lee) wrote: alex23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 6, 8:56 am, scripteaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible then to have a form with no name and if so, how can i access this form Hey scripteaze, I'm not sure about mechanize, but you might have more success using another one of the author's modules, ClientForm:http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ from urllib2 import urlopen from ClientForm import ParseResponse response = urlopen(http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ example.html) forms = ParseResponse(response, backwards_compat=False) form = forms[0] As it returns a list of forms, you don't need to have a name to access it. mechanize forms are ClientForm forms. Quoting from mechanize.Browser.select_form().__doc__: Another way to select a form is to assign to the .form attribute. The form assigned should be one of the objects returned by the .forms() method. forms = list(br.forms()) br.form = pick_a_form(forms, br.global_form()) The global form (couldn't think of a better term) consists of all form controls not contained in any FORM element. John- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thank you guys for replying, im sure that one of these methods will suffice, after this project, im definatly going to do more in lui of web apps for learning..Thanks again -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
On Nov 5, 6:05 pm, scripteaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Well, i wasnt sure if you could have a form without a form name, i was just thinking that it had one but maybe hidden and that i could retrieve it I see you've got the answer you wanted already, but just for completeness: the following is a sufficiently(*) valid form in html form input type=text name=q input type=submit /form which will have a textbox, and a submit button with localized text saying Submit Query. If you type something into the textbox and hit the button, a GET request is sent to the same page with ?q=something appended to the url. You can do the same with POSTed forms: form method=post input type=hidden name=cmd value=rm -rf / input type=submit value=Erase? /form in this case only a button with the text Erase? is visible. I'm not expressing an opinion on whether this is good form wink or not... -- bjorn (*) the HTML spec says that the action attribute is required, so theoretically you must include it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
scripteaze wrote: Im using mechanize method for retrieving the form so that i may log into it. I need to find a way to get the form name. Its not listed anywhere in the html source.The reason i need to do this is because im tryin not to use the for loop below. Someone told me that the form name should be listed in the 'print form' portion of the codes output. I dont believe the form name is listed there also. Any ideas/help would be great. Thank you in advance for your time. for form in self._br.forms(): print form self._br.select_form(nr=0) self._br['username'] = Crawler.usrname self._br['password'] = line.strip() response=self._br.submit() if 'incorrect' in response.read(): print 'password incorrect =', line.strip() How do you expect the form to be named if there is no name given in the HTML source? Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
On Nov 5, 8:52 am, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scripteaze wrote: Im using mechanize method for retrieving the form so that i may log into it. I need to find a way to get the form name. Its not listed anywhere in the html source.The reason i need to do this is because im tryin not to use the for loop below. Someone told me that the form name should be listed in the 'print form' portion of the codes output. I dont believe the form name is listed there also. Any ideas/help would be great. Thank you in advance for your time. for form in self._br.forms(): print form self._br.select_form(nr=0) self._br['username'] = Crawler.usrname self._br['password'] = line.strip() response=self._br.submit() if 'incorrect' in response.read(): print 'password incorrect =', line.strip() How do you expect the form to be named if there is no name given in the HTML source? Diez- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, i wasnt sure if you could have a form without a form name, i was just thinking that it had one but maybe hidden and that i could retrieve it -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
Well, i wasnt sure if you could have a form without a form name, i was just thinking that it had one but maybe hidden and that i could retrieve it How hidden? HTML source is ... THE source. there is nothing hidden in there. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
b Well, i wasnt sure if you could have a form without a form name, i was just thinking that it had one but maybe hidden and that i could retrieve it How hidden? HTML source is ... THE source. there is nothing hidden in there. Is it possible then to have a form with no name and if so, how can i access this form -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
On Nov 6, 8:56 am, scripteaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible then to have a form with no name and if so, how can i access this form Hey scripteaze, I'm not sure about mechanize, but you might have more success using another one of the author's modules, ClientForm: http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ from urllib2 import urlopen from ClientForm import ParseResponse response = urlopen(http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ example.html) forms = ParseResponse(response, backwards_compat=False) form = forms[0] As it returns a list of forms, you don't need to have a name to access it. Hope this helps. -alex23 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How can i find the form name without nr=0
On Nov 5, 6:33 pm, alex23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6, 8:56 am, scripteaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible then to have a form with no name and if so, how can i access this form Hey scripteaze, I'm not sure about mechanize, but you might have more success using another one of the author's modules, ClientForm:http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ from urllib2 import urlopen from ClientForm import ParseResponse response = urlopen(http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ example.html) forms = ParseResponse(response, backwards_compat=False) form = forms[0] As it returns a list of forms, you don't need to have a name to access it. Hope this helps. -alex23 Thank you very much for your reply. Ill check it out. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
