Re: automate multi form submission

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

Paul J. Keenan [paul@funkiest.demon.co.uk] wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 04:17:16PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 	I am setting up a system where I can automatically submit all
> > 	the info to a FORM for registering a new domain name using perl
> > 	scripts.
> > 
> > 	I use the following in my perl script and it works with most of the forms:
> > 
> > 	echo "domain=hello.world.org.au&action=submit" | lynx -dump -post_data "aunic.telstra.net/cgi-bin/td.pl"
> > 
> > 	But this will fail when there needs multi part FORM submission
> > 	which is happened when applying for .net.au domains, the form is
> > 	available at:
> > 
> > 	https://registry.connect.com.au/cgi-bin/na_create.cgi
> > 
> > 	Can anyone please help me with automating the submission of this
> > 	FROM??
> > 
> > 	Thanks.
> > 
> > Shao.
> 
> Install libwww-perl and take a look at the man page for
> HTTP::Request::Common.  It can do all you require, and a lot more
> efficiently than starting up a shell and lynx.

	I did. I had a look at both CGI.pm, LWP, and HTTP. But I don't
	think any of them supports MULTI FORM submission.

	Please have a look at:
	https://registry.connect.com.au/cgi-bin/na_create.cgi

	Thanks.

Shao.

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