SUBMISSION OF FORM

[Nashtrump1]

Hi There.

I am aware of how to submit a form using Perl by filling in the fields using Win32::IE::Mechanize module.

$ie->submit_form(
form_name => $form_name,
fields => {
username => 'yourname',
password => 'dummy',
},
button => $btn_name,
);

But i am trying to change data on a webpage and parse that data but the form is activated using an <OPTION> field.

Any idea how i do that?

Thanks

Nash

 

[PaulTEG]

build a get request with the data you want in it, and submit to the server using LWP would be how I'd go about that

Any particular reason you're using the Win32::IE::Mechanize module, are there IE specifics about the site

the

http://WWW::Mechanize

module on

http://search.cpan.org

would be a good place to start if IE isn't a prerequisite



Paul
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Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)

 

[Nashtrump1]

Im using IE because the site is using Javascript to generate the pages...

When the form is submitted a javascript function calls a sub to generate something.

Here is the code direct from the page.

<form name="bonavfrm" id="bonavfrm" action="/betting/index.asp" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="sl" id="sl" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="gi" id="gi" value="0" />
<select class="WCHhider" name="sltc" id="sltc" onchange="BN_Go(this)">
<option value="200252.2" selected="selected" >NFL Pre-Season Matches</option>
<option value="202728.2">CFL Coupon</option>
<option value="202729.2">B.C Lions @ Montreal Alouettes</option>
<option value="181347.2">Superbowl XLI</option>
<option value="199812.2">NFL Conferences</option>
<option value="199823.2">NFL Specials</option>
<option value="200587.2">NFL Regular Season Wins</option>
<option value="195431.2">CFL Grey Cup</option>
<option value="199730.2">NFL Divisions</option>
<option value="149826.2">Next Events Off</option>
</select>
<select class="WCHhider" name="slmtc" id="slmtc" onchange="BN_Go(this)">
<option value="cpnmtc1.1" selected="selected" >Game Lines</option>
</select>
<select class="WCHhider" name="sle" id="sle" onchange="BN_Go(this)">
<option value="502065.2">Tennessee Titans @ Green Bay Packers</option>
<option value="502066.2">Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Jets</option>
<option value="502067.2">Cincinnati Bengals @ Indianapolis Colts</option>
<option value="502068.2">San Diego Chargers @ San Francisco 49ers</option>
<option value="-1" selected="selected" > - All - </option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Go!" id="BNGo" name="BNGo" />
</form>

I tried to use mechanize to submit and retrieve forms but it didnt work!!