Mechanize users - Jan 2008 - Converting Watir script to Mechanize

I have a Watir script that I would like to convert to a Mechanize
script. The watir code looks like this

require ''watir''
include Watir

def test
  ie = IE.new
  ie.goto(''http://cpref.gsm.com/inter.asp?r=8084'')

  ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Potassium'')
  ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
  ie.link(:text, /Potassium/).click
  ie.image(:src,
''http://cpref.gsm.com/images/plus_yellow.gif'').click

  ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Xopenex'')
  ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
  ie.link(:text, /Xopenex/).click
  ie.image(:src,
''http://cpref.gsm.com/images/plus_yellow.gif'').click

  ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Lasix'')
  ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
  ie.link(:text, /Lasix/).click

  ie.link(:url,
''javascript:document.selectForm.submit()'').click
end


I started working on the Mechanize script but it is throw the following error:
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.11/lib/mechanize/form.rb:302:in
`method_missing'': undefined method `inter_string='' for
#<WWW::Mechanize::Form:0x33653c8> (NoMethodError)

Here the script I''m testing

require ''mechanize''
agent = WWW::Mechanize.new
page = agent.get(''http://cpref.gsm.com/inter.asp?r=8084'')
search_form = page.forms.with.name("interdrugs").first
search_form.inter_string = "Potassium"
search_form.submit
puts page.body

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Luis

Hi Luis,

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:14:24AM -0600, Luis Lebron
wrote:
> I have a Watir script that I would like to convert to a Mechanize
> script. The watir code looks like this
> 
> require ''watir''
> include Watir
> 
> def test
>   ie = IE.new
>   ie.goto(''http://cpref.gsm.com/inter.asp?r=8084'')
> 
>   ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Potassium'')
>   ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
>   ie.link(:text, /Potassium/).click
>   ie.image(:src,
''http://cpref.gsm.com/images/plus_yellow.gif'').click
> 
>   ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Xopenex'')
>   ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
>   ie.link(:text, /Xopenex/).click
>   ie.image(:src,
''http://cpref.gsm.com/images/plus_yellow.gif'').click
> 
>   ie.text_field(:name,
''inter_string'').set(''Lasix'')
>   ie.button(:id, ''image1'').click
>   ie.link(:text, /Lasix/).click
> 
>   ie.link(:url,
''javascript:document.selectForm.submit()'').click
> end
> 
> 
> I started working on the Mechanize script but it is throw the following
error:
>
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.6.11/lib/mechanize/form.rb:302:in
> `method_missing'': undefined method `inter_string='' for
> #<WWW::Mechanize::Form:0x33653c8> (NoMethodError)
> 
> Here the script I''m testing
> 
> require ''mechanize''
> agent = WWW::Mechanize.new
> page = agent.get(''http://cpref.gsm.com/inter.asp?r=8084'')
> search_form = page.forms.with.name("interdrugs").first
> search_form.inter_string = "Potassium"
> search_form.submit
> puts page.body
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The problem is most likely a bug in hpricot.  Hpricot has problems
parsing forms in tables, so those methods may not get added to the form
object.

If you know that that form field is supposed to be on the form object,
just treat the form object like a hash, and it will add the field if its
missing.

For example:

  search_form[''inter_string''] = "Potassium"

Hope that helps.

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/