Re: wget --post-data issue
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 01:03:06PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> 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
You could do the same with curl
curl -d "go=1&roll_no=10&message=your message here" http://site.url/file
For some reason, I favor curl for stuff like this.
I use it a lot, for posting to my WP install, tumblr, posterous,
statusnet, etc., etc. (scripts on site in my sig for all the above).
./tony
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