Dinamically setting form action

Posted on 2006-10-16 10:38:15-07 by marcolz

Hi, I need to dinamically change the action of a form. Any hints? Thanks. Marco

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Posted on 2006-10-16 17:08:45-07 by gdakram in response to 3264

Re: Dinamically setting form action

If I am understanding you correctly that is -
1. Copy the html content into a variable
2. Do regex substitution to change your form action inside that variable
3. Update the mechanize object with that variable

For example -

$content = $mech->save_content(); $content =~ s/(form.+?action=").+?(")/$1<YOUR DESIRED ACTION>$2/i; $mech->update_html($content);

Hope that helps!

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Posted on 2006-10-17 11:30:19-07 by marcolz in response to 3266

Re: Dinamically setting form action

Hi, great help! I didn't know about update_html(). Let me try improve your hint: - "save_content()" method doesn't get the content, to achieve that you're supposed to use "content()". - I found a strange behaviour: it looks like Mechanize doesn't like ';jsessionid' into FORM action URIs. Thanks! Marco

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Posted on 2006-10-17 15:15:28-07 by gdakram in response to 3272

Re: Dinamically setting form action

Glad it worked out for you. Sorry about the save_content() glitch. Guess I have been using that method a little too much nowadays to debug my code :). Anyways, I haven't had any problem with session based server interactions using Mechanize, I would be interested in taking a look at it. It would be nice to learn some new workarounds.

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