posting a form (was New to Applescript)
posting a form (was New to Applescript)
- Subject: posting a form (was New to Applescript)
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:20:37 EST
Andrew,
Welcome aboard!
Forget about scripting IE or Navigator to post a form. Discover the joy of
URL Access Scripting. Here's a snippet:
set currentURL to "
http://www.domain.com/form.acgi";
set destination to "MacHD:formpostresult"
set fieldVal to "12345"
tell application "URL Access Scripting"
try
download currentURL to file destination replacing yes form data
("fieldname=" & fieldVal) with progress
on error errmsg
display dialog errmsg
end try
end tell
This lets you control the data you post, eg. by extracting it from a text
file or database, and to capture the result (received as html) to a text file
and process it further, eg. to send an email, populate a database, or build a
summary html page. The possibilities are endless.
Jeff Baumann
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www.linkedresources.com
Comparing MHz between the G4 and Pentium is like comparing the popular vote
between Bush and Gore; it's interesting, but it isn't what matters.
In a message dated 2/4/01 12:11:25 AM, you wrote:
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Message: 6
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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 20:44:22 -0700
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Subject: New to Applescript
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From: Andrew Johnson <email@hidden>
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To: Apple Applescript developer mailing list
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<email@hidden>
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Hi I am new to Applescript, I am looking for a good browser scripting
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resource as I want to script IE or Netscape to routinely post a form. Thanks
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Andrew Johnson