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overco at me.com

2010-May-31 15:10 UTC

[Mechanize-users] Mechanize SelectList !?!

Hi there,

Firstly, thanks for Mechanize! I?m finding it incredibly useful so far.

The issue I?m stuck on is to do with select lists, I can?t seem to figure out
how they should be accessed and selected.

Here is the HTML:

<form action="" method="POST">
	<table id="date-picker-table">
		<tr>
			<td class="top-aligned" rowspan="2">
				<select id="date-picker-type-selector"
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setDatePickerType(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
					<option value="QUICK" selected>Quick Date
Range:</option>
					<option value="EXACT">Exact Date Range:</option>
					<option value="COMPARE">Compare Date Ranges:</option>
				</select>
			</td>
			<td id="date-picker-quick-selector">
				<select name="interval"
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setSelectedInterval(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
					<option value="today" selected>Today</option>
					<option value="yesterday">Yesterday</option>
					<option value="last7days">Last 7 days</option>
					<option value="lastweek">Last week (Mon-Sun)</option>
					<option value="lastbusinessweek">Last business week
(Mon-Fri)</option>
					<option value="thismonth">This month</option>
					<option value="lastmonth">Last month</option>
					<option value="alltime">All time</option>
				</select>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</form>

I?ve been trying to the use the following pieces of Ruby code to change the
options in the 2nd list:

agent.page.forms[0].set_fields(:interval => "last7days")
page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])

And: 

agent.page.forms[0].interval = ?last7days?
page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])

Both of these fail to work as I?m expecting. Can anyone suggest some tips or
some examples of how to use correctly use select boxes with Mechanize?

Best Regards,
Jonathan






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Justin Brinkerhoff

2010-May-31 17:00 UTC

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[Mechanize-users] Mechanize SelectList !?!

Have you taken a look at the API?

http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/Mechanize/Form/SelectList.html

However, the documentation is not very intuitive.

If you want to select a specific option of a dropdown on a webpage, you have
to use the argument .select.

Let''s say I want to go to JimBeam.com. The landing page has an age
verification form.

I could use Mechanize to do this for me.

So I open up irb, and do the following:
> irb
> require ''rubygems''
> require ''mechanize''
> agent = Mechanize.new
> agent.get("http://www.jimbeam.com/lpa")
> form = agent.page.forms.first
> year = form.field("year") # Year select list.
> month = form.field("month") # Month select list
> day = form.field("day") # Day select list
Ok, now that I have all my variables in place for each of the lists, now I
want to tell it to enter my birthdate. Being my birthdate is 3/6/84, I would
do the following:
> year.option_with(:value => /1984/).select # Changes the selected value
to
1984> month.option_with(:value => /3/).select # Changes selected value to 3
> day.option_with(:value => /6/).select # Changes selected value to 6
Now, I want to submit the form with the new values. So, I''ll do the
standard
form.submit using my form variable.
> form.submit
And there you have it.

So ultimately, you want to find the selectlist to control, then find the
option, and then use the .select method to change the value.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Justin

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:10 AM, <overco at me.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Firstly, thanks for Mechanize! I?m finding it incredibly useful so far.
>
> The issue I?m stuck on is to do with select lists, I can?t seem to figure
> out how they should be accessed and selected.
>
> Here is the HTML:
>
> *<form action="" method="POST">*
> * **<table id="date-picker-table">*
> * **<tr>*
> * **<td class="top-aligned" rowspan="2">*
> * **<select id="date-picker-type-selector"
>
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setDatePickerType(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
> *
> * **<option value="QUICK" selected>Quick Date
Range:</option>*
> * **<option value="EXACT">Exact Date Range:</option>*
> * **<option value="COMPARE">Compare Date
Ranges:</option>*
> * **</select>*
> * **</td>*
> * **<td id="date-picker-quick-selector">*
> * **<select name="interval"
>
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setSelectedInterval(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
> *
> * **<option value="today" selected>Today</option>*
> * **<option value="yesterday">Yesterday</option>*
> * **<option value="last7days">Last 7 days</option>*
> * **<option value="lastweek">Last week
(Mon-Sun)</option>*
> * **<option value="lastbusinessweek">Last business week
(Mon-Fri)</option>
> *
> * **<option value="thismonth">This month</option>*
> * **<option value="lastmonth">Last month</option>*
> * **<option value="alltime">All time</option>*
> * **</select>*
> * **</td>*
> * **</tr>*
> * **</table>*
> *</form>*
>
> I?ve been trying to the use the following pieces of Ruby code to change the
> options in the 2nd list:
>
> *agent.page.forms[0].set_fields(:interval => "last7days")*
>
> *page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])*
>
>
> And:
>
> *agent.page.forms[0].interval = ?last7days?*
>
> *page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])*
>
>
> Both of these fail to work as I?m expecting. Can anyone suggest some tips
> or some examples of how to use correctly use select boxes with Mechanize?
>
> Best Regards,
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mechanize-users mailing list
> Mechanize-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users
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overco at me.com

2010-May-31 19:10 UTC

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[Mechanize-users] Mechanize SelectList !?!

Thanks for forwarding. I didn?t receive your message earlier, I don?t think the
list is working for me.

I understand, what your suggesting below and have tried to implement it,
however, still no joy.

Does Mechanize have trouble with AJAX forms? I think the one I?m trying to
manipulate might be AJAX because it doesn?t refresh or redirect the page.

On 31 May 2010, at 14:35, Justin Brinkerhoff wrote:
> Not sure if you got my reply or not earlier, due to your later email asking
if we are getting your messages on the list.
> 
> So here is my forwarded response in the event you didn''t get it.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justin Brinkerhoff <justinbrinkerhoff at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mechanize-users] Mechanize SelectList !?!
> To: Ruby Mechanize Users List <mechanize-users at rubyforge.org>
> 
> 
> Have you taken a look at the API?
> 
> http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/Mechanize/Form/SelectList.html
> 
> However, the documentation is not very intuitive. 
> 
> If you want to select a specific option of a dropdown on a webpage, you
have to use the argument .select.
> 
> Let''s say I want to go to JimBeam.com. The landing page has an age
verification form.
> 
> I could use Mechanize to do this for me. 
> 
> So I open up irb, and do the following:
> 
> > irb
> > require ''rubygems''
> > require ''mechanize''
> > agent = Mechanize.new
> > agent.get("http://www.jimbeam.com/lpa")
> > form = agent.page.forms.first
> > year = form.field("year") # Year select list. 
> > month = form.field("month") # Month select list
> > day = form.field("day") # Day select list
> 
> Ok, now that I have all my variables in place for each of the lists, now I
want to tell it to enter my birthdate. Being my birthdate is 3/6/84, I would do
the following:
> 
> > year.option_with(:value => /1984/).select # Changes the selected
value to 1984
> > month.option_with(:value => /3/).select # Changes selected value to
3
> > day.option_with(:value => /6/).select # Changes selected value to 6
> 
> Now, I want to submit the form with the new values. So, I''ll do
the standard form.submit using my form variable.
> 
> > form.submit
> 
> And there you have it. 
> 
> So ultimately, you want to find the selectlist to control, then find the
option, and then use the .select method to change the value.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Justin
> 
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:10 AM, <overco at me.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Firstly, thanks for Mechanize! I?m finding it incredibly useful so far.
> 
> The issue I?m stuck on is to do with select lists, I can?t seem to figure
out how they should be accessed and selected.
> 
> Here is the HTML:
> 
> <form action="" method="POST">
> 	<table id="date-picker-table">
> 		<tr>
> 			<td class="top-aligned" rowspan="2">
> 				<select id="date-picker-type-selector"
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setDatePickerType(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
> 					<option value="QUICK" selected>Quick Date
Range:</option>
> 					<option value="EXACT">Exact Date Range:</option>
> 					<option value="COMPARE">Compare Date
Ranges:</option>
> 				</select>
> 			</td>
> 			<td id="date-picker-quick-selector">
> 				<select name="interval"
onchange="_AWD_PerformanceModule_setSelectedInterval(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
> 					<option value="today" selected>Today</option>
> 					<option value="yesterday">Yesterday</option>
> 					<option value="last7days">Last 7 days</option>
> 					<option value="lastweek">Last week
(Mon-Sun)</option>
> 					<option value="lastbusinessweek">Last business week
(Mon-Fri)</option>
> 					<option value="thismonth">This month</option>
> 					<option value="lastmonth">Last month</option>
> 					<option value="alltime">All time</option>
> 				</select>
> 			</td>
> 		</tr>
> 	</table>
> </form>
> 
> I?ve been trying to the use the following pieces of Ruby code to change the
options in the 2nd list:
> 
> agent.page.forms[0].set_fields(:interval => "last7days")
> page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])
> 
> And: 
> 
> agent.page.forms[0].interval = ?last7days?
> page = agent.submit(agent.page.forms[0])
> 
> Both of these fail to work as I?m expecting. Can anyone suggest some tips
or some examples of how to use correctly use select boxes with Mechanize?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mechanize-users mailing list
> Mechanize-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users
> 
> 

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