Mechanize users - Jul 2007 - Jruby + Rhino = Javascript support?

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:15:49AM -0400, Mat Schaffer
wrote:
> Hey Aaron, I''m just thinking out loud here, but have you
considered
> the possibility of using the Rhino [1] library to implement  
> javascript support in mechanize?  It''d create a jruby dependency
for
> that feature, but still.  Just thought I''d bring it up while I was
> thinking about it.
Yes, definitely.  I''ve been thinking (and working) on a javascript
solution for a while.  I haven''t played around with Rhino though...
Basically what I''ve been working on is a way to convert Javascript to
ruby.  Then I can just eval the converted JS.

You can check out what I''ve done so far here:

  http://rubyforge.org/projects/rkelly/

I''ve also got a copy of mechanize on my laptop with RKelly integrated,
and it works with simple javascript (including setting form values!).
Unfortunately I''ve been really busy lately so I haven''t been
able to pay
attention to RKelly as much as I''d like.  Also here is a short example
of what it can do so far:

  http://tenderlovemaking.com/2007/05/22/more-ecma-awesomeness/

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

Hey Aaron, I''m just thinking out loud here, but have you considered  
the possibility of using the Rhino [1] library to implement  
javascript support in mechanize?  It''d create a jruby dependency for  
that feature, but still.  Just thought I''d bring it up while I was  
thinking about it.
-Mat

[1] http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/

This makes me wonder if its possible to call javascript functions.  For 
example, I have a web page that when you type data, it retrieves the 
data for the next field with javascript.  I was wondering if I could 
just "submit" this request directly.

Currently how does one do these sorts of things, or is rkelly the kind 
of thing that could make that happen?

Mike B.

Quoting Aaron Patterson <aaron at tenderlovemaking.com>:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:15:49AM -0400, Mat Schaffer wrote:
>> Hey Aaron, I''m just thinking out loud here, but have you
considered
>> the possibility of using the Rhino [1] library to implement
>> javascript support in mechanize?  It''d create a jruby
dependency for
>> that feature, but still.  Just thought I''d bring it up while I
was
>> thinking about it.
>
> Yes, definitely.  I''ve been thinking (and working) on a javascript
> solution for a while.  I haven''t played around with Rhino
though...
> Basically what I''ve been working on is a way to convert Javascript
to
> ruby.  Then I can just eval the converted JS.
>
> You can check out what I''ve done so far here:
>
>  http://rubyforge.org/projects/rkelly/
>
> I''ve also got a copy of mechanize on my laptop with RKelly
integrated,
> and it works with simple javascript (including setting form values!).
> Unfortunately I''ve been really busy lately so I haven''t
been able to pay
> attention to RKelly as much as I''d like.  Also here is a short
example
> of what it can do so far:
>
>  http://tenderlovemaking.com/2007/05/22/more-ecma-awesomeness/
>
> --
> Aaron Patterson
> http://tenderlovemaking.com/
> _______________________________________________
> Mechanize-users mailing list
> Mechanize-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users
>


----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

On Jul 24, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Aaron Patterson wrote:
> Yes, definitely.  I''ve been thinking (and working) on a javascript
> solution for a while.  I haven''t played around with Rhino
though...
> Basically what I''ve been working on is a way to convert Javascript
to
> ruby.  Then I can just eval the converted JS.
>
> You can check out what I''ve done so far here:
>
>   http://rubyforge.org/projects/rkelly/
As cool as this is, I can''t get past the fact that you named a ruby  
project rkelly.

I''ll have to think about this more once the mental shock settles :-P
-Mat