Re: wget --post-data issue

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:10:12 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> I have a form which have 2 input field "Roll number" and "comments" ;
> using formfind command I get the following
> 
> ```````````````````
> --- FORM report. Uses POST to URL "index.php" 
> Input: NAME="go" VALUE="1" (HIDDEN)
> Input: NAME="roll_no" VALUE="10" (TEXT) 
> Textarea: NAME="message"
> Button: "Submit" (SUBMIT)
> --- end of FORM
> --- FORM report. Uses GET to URL "<form name=copy>" 
> Button: "Copy to clipboard" (BUTTON)
> Textarea: NAME="txt"
> --- end of FORM
> 
> ````````````````````
> 
> The roll number always have 10 as default, and there is a text-area to
> input comment. How can I use wget with --post-data option to send the
> values ? And how can I use wget for [ Button: "Submit" ] ?

Based on the manual of wget, I would try:

wget --post-data 'go=1&roll_no=10&message=your_message_here' http://www.thesite.com/index.php

Just be careful if you need to write special characters in the textarea.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón