Re: wget --post-data issue

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:57:42 -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 01:03:06PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:10:12 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:

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>> > 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

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Yes, I know. 

I also use curl for my UPS monitoring scripts to send me SMS alerts.

But I have nothing against wget and the user specifically asked for it.

Greetings,

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Camaleón