Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Higgins Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: Web-based forms, Auto-Fill / Auto-Activate Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:12:58 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 19:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="Z+UYWCPnTu4kxHsUACWmFQ"; logging-data="29967"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/GNMV9nCRNaf1aXIZ6ErbLAXjQD03k8+A=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110818 Icedove/3.0.11 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:WLC9Za/wqTbb9DQdQw5nQkNZop0= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:1008 On 09/04/2011 05:11 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote: > On 09/03/2011 07:24 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: >> On 09/03/2011 04:46 PM, Peter Raeth wrote: >>> Am looking for an example, book, article, or other documentation that >>> would illustrate how to programmatically fill in a web-based form, >>> submit the form, and collect the results. >>> >>> Thank you very much for any insights you can offer. >> >> If this link does not help with what you are looking for, please be more >> specific. >> > > Here is an HTML parser: > > > With these two components you can go a long way with web-based forms, > provided they are in the form of standard HTML Forms: > > > Custom tags and scripts will add much complexity. > > If your intent is to automate your existing browser, you will need to > see the documentation for your browser's API. > > Another alternative might be shell scripting and available tools: $ telnet www.lotto.invalid 80 $ GET /monday/checkwinningnumber.html?number=1010111 HTTP/1.0 So sorry. Please try again