On Mon, 2019-03-25 at 18:22 -0500, Oscar Bastidas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to programmatically fill out a multi-page web form that
> contains up-loading a file, subsequent text boxes, radio buttons,
> etc...
> and the final "submit button" is actually an icon instead of an
> actual
> submit button with traditional name-value pair fields in the HTML
> code:
>
> ...
> <script>
> var form = $('pdb');
>
> function proceed() {
> form.submit();
> }
> </script>
> *<div id=input_nav>*
> *<table class="nav_entry" onclick="proceed();" align=right>*
> * <tr>*
> * <td align="right">Next Step:<br/>Select Model/Chain</td>*
> * <td width="51" align="left"><img src="images/basic/next.png
> <http://charmm-gui.org/images/basic/next.png>"></td>*
> * </tr>*
> *</table>*
> *</div>*
> </div></div>
> </div>
>
> ...
>
> Once the above icon is clicked, I am taken to another page with more
> text
> boxes, drop-down menus, etc... until finally reaching the last page
> (about
> 4 pages later) where I finally have to download a file prepared
> according
> to the form fill-out.
>
> My question is: how do I use HttpClient to click the above button to
> proceed to the next page? I have tried looking through many forums
> on the
> internet, but none address my specific situation and I am stuck. One
> StackOverflow conversation claimed that HttpClient can pull this off,
> but
> no actual code was ever provided (so I am optimistic this can be
> done).
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
The easiest way would be to capture HTTP traffic generated with a
browser and reproduce the same HTTP message exchanges with HttpClient.
Oleg
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