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joe chesak

2010-Jun-13 09:05 UTC

[Mechanize-users] populating & submitting a form with a ''node'' (repost. fixed an important typo)

Hello,

I am trying to populate a username and password, then submit the form. 
I''ll
post the form object from mechanize and then show how I am doing.


=> #<Mechanize::Form
 {name "Form1"}
 {method "POST"}
 {action "default.aspx"}
 {fields
  #<Mechanize::Form::Hidden:0x103ae63a8
   @name="__VIEWSTATE",
   @node    #(Element:0x81d734a4 {
      name = "input",
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x81d70498 { name = "type", value = "hidden"
}),
        #(Attr:0x81d70484 { name = "name", value =
"__VIEWSTATE" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d70470 { name = "id", value =
"__VIEWSTATE" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d7045c {
          name = "value",
          value
"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"
          })]
      }),
   @value
"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">
  #<Mechanize::Form::Text:0x103ae5f48
   @name="_ctl18:txtUsername",
   @node    #(Element:0x81d732d8 {
      name = "input",
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x81d6c244 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtUsername" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d6c230 { name = "type", value = "text"
}),
        #(Attr:0x81d6c21c { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtUsername" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d6c208 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
      }),
   @value="">
  #<Mechanize::Form::Field:0x103ae5b10
   @name="_ctl18:txtPassword",
   @node    #(Element:0x81d730d0 {
      name = "input",
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x81d682ac { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtPassword" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d68298 { name = "type", value =
"password" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d68284 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtPassword" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d68270 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
      }),
   @value="">}
 {radiobuttons}
 {checkboxes
  #<Mechanize::Form::CheckBox:0x103ae5160
   @checked=false,
   @name="_ctl18:cbRememberMe",
   @value=nil>}
 {file_uploads}
 {buttons
  #<Mechanize::Form::Submit:0x103ae57f0
   @name="_ctl18:Button1",
   @node    #(Element:0x81d72ec8 {
      name = "input",
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x81d60d2c { name = "type", value = "submit"
}),
        #(Attr:0x81d60d18 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:Button1" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d60d04 { name = "value", value = "Logg
inn" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d60cf0 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_Button1" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d60cdc { name = "class", value =
"LoginButton" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d60cc8 {
          name = "onmouseover",
          value = "style.color=''#a3a3a3''"
          }),
        #(Attr:0x81d60cb4 {
          name = "onmouseout",
          value = "style.color=''White''"
          })]
      }),
   @value="Logg inn">
  #<Mechanize::Form::ImageButton:0x103ae5458
   @name="_ctl18:ibtnLogin",
   @node    #(Element:0x81d72c98 {
      name = "input",
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x81d5a8dc { name = "type", value = "image"
}),
        #(Attr:0x81d5a8c8 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:ibtnLogin" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d5a8b4 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_ibtnLogin" }),
        #(Attr:0x81d5a8a0 { name = "src", value =
"images/right_arrow.GIF"
}),
        #(Attr:0x81d5a88c { name = "border", value = "0" })]
      }),
   @value=nil,
   @x=nil,
   @y=nil>}>


First, I have trouble setting a values on "_ctl18:txtUsername" and
"_ctl18:txtPassword", maybe because of the strange characters in
there.  So,
the way I am doing this form is like this...

form.fields[1] = "Roy"
form.fields[2] = "Rogers"

...after I do that the portion of the form for the login and password look
like this...

  #(Element:0x81d732d8 {
    name = "input",
    attributes = [
      #(Attr:0x81d6c244 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtUsername" }),
      #(Attr:0x81d6c230 { name = "type", value = "text" }),
      #(Attr:0x81d6c21c { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtUsername" }),
      #(Attr:0x81d6c208 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
    }),
 @value="Roy">
#<Mechanize::Form::Field:0x103ae5b10
 @name="_ctl18:txtPassword",
 @node  #(Element:0x81d730d0 {
    name = "input",
    attributes = [
      #(Attr:0x81d682ac { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtPassword" }),
      #(Attr:0x81d68298 { name = "type", value = "password"
}),
      #(Attr:0x81d68284 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtPassword" }),
      #(Attr:0x81d68270 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
    }),
 @value="Rogers">}

...It seems okay to me. I''m not sure about the ''node''
part but it seems to
be prepopulated.  So I then submit the form...


form.submit

...but submitting this gives me the following error....
>> form.submitNoMethodError: undefined method `node'' for "200628":String
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form/field.rb:29:in
`<=>''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:171:in
`sort''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:171:in
`build_query''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:221:in
`request_data''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize.rb:452:in
`post_form''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize.rb:370:in
`submit''
    from
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:141:in
`submit''
    from (irb):46
    from :0


Am I not assigning the username and password to the correct variables?...
perh


Joe
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joe chesak

2010-Jun-15 12:02 UTC

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[Mechanize-users] populating & submitting a form with a ''node'' (repost. fixed an important typo)

Solved.  Please close this thread.

There are two variables in the hierarchy with the same name and I was
assigning a value to the higher one, which was overwriting valuable
information, such as ''node''.

Joe

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:05 AM, joe chesak <mechanize at chesak.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to populate a username and password, then submit the form.
> I''ll post the form object from mechanize and then show how I am
doing.
>
>
> => #<Mechanize::Form
>  {name "Form1"}
>  {method "POST"}
>  {action "default.aspx"}
>  {fields
>   #<Mechanize::Form::Hidden:0x103ae63a8
>    @name="__VIEWSTATE",
>    @node>     #(Element:0x81d734a4 {
>       name = "input",
>       attributes = [
>         #(Attr:0x81d70498 { name = "type", value =
"hidden" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d70484 { name = "name", value =
"__VIEWSTATE" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d70470 { name = "id", value =
"__VIEWSTATE" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d7045c {
>           name = "value",
>           value >
"/wEPDwUKLTk5MDMzOTQ2OA9kFgICAQ9kFgoCAQ8WAh4Fd2lkdGgFBTc2OXB4FgJmD2QWAmYPZBYCAgEPDxYCHgtOYXZpZ2F0ZVVybAUMZGVmYXVsdC5hc3B4ZGQCAw8WAh8ABQU3NjlweGQCBQ8WAh8ABQU3NjlweBYCZg9kFgICAg9kFgICAw9kFgICBw9kFhICAQ8PFgIeBFRleHQFCjEzLjA2LjIwMTBkZAIFDw8WAh8CBQg5MzfCoDEzOWRkAgkPDxYCHwIFCDM4NsKgNjk1ZGQCDg8PFgIeB1Zpc2libGVoZGQCEA8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAhMPDxYCHwNoZGQCFQ8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAhgPDxYCHwNoZGQCGg8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAgcPFgIfAAUFNzY5cHhkAgkPFgIfAAUFNzY5cHhkGAEFHl9fQ29udHJvbHNSZXF1aXJlUG9zdEJhY2tLZXlfXxYCBRBfY3RsMTg6aWJ0bkxvZ2luBRNfY3RsMTg6Y2JSZW1lbWJlck1l0mXXF4LaeFCK0sHzC+ps+KkutyE="
>           })]
>       }),
>    @value>
>
"/wEPDwUKLTk5MDMzOTQ2OA9kFgICAQ9kFgoCAQ8WAh4Fd2lkdGgFBTc2OXB4FgJmD2QWAmYPZBYCAgEPDxYCHgtOYXZpZ2F0ZVVybAUMZGVmYXVsdC5hc3B4ZGQCAw8WAh8ABQU3NjlweGQCBQ8WAh8ABQU3NjlweBYCZg9kFgICAg9kFgICAw9kFgICBw9kFhICAQ8PFgIeBFRleHQFCjEzLjA2LjIwMTBkZAIFDw8WAh8CBQg5MzfCoDEzOWRkAgkPDxYCHwIFCDM4NsKgNjk1ZGQCDg8PFgIeB1Zpc2libGVoZGQCEA8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAhMPDxYCHwNoZGQCFQ8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAhgPDxYCHwNoZGQCGg8PFgIfAgUBMGRkAgcPFgIfAAUFNzY5cHhkAgkPFgIfAAUFNzY5cHhkGAEFHl9fQ29udHJvbHNSZXF1aXJlUG9zdEJhY2tLZXlfXxYCBRBfY3RsMTg6aWJ0bkxvZ2luBRNfY3RsMTg6Y2JSZW1lbWJlck1l0mXXF4LaeFCK0sHzC+ps+KkutyE=">
>   #<Mechanize::Form::Text:0x103ae5f48
>    @name="_ctl18:txtUsername",
>    @node>     #(Element:0x81d732d8 {
>       name = "input",
>       attributes = [
>         #(Attr:0x81d6c244 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtUsername" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d6c230 { name = "type", value =
"text" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d6c21c { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtUsername" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d6c208 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
>       }),
>    @value="">
>   #<Mechanize::Form::Field:0x103ae5b10
>    @name="_ctl18:txtPassword",
>    @node>     #(Element:0x81d730d0 {
>       name = "input",
>       attributes = [
>         #(Attr:0x81d682ac { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtPassword" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d68298 { name = "type", value =
"password" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d68284 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtPassword" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d68270 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
>       }),
>    @value="">}
>  {radiobuttons}
>  {checkboxes
>   #<Mechanize::Form::CheckBox:0x103ae5160
>    @checked=false,
>    @name="_ctl18:cbRememberMe",
>    @value=nil>}
>  {file_uploads}
>  {buttons
>   #<Mechanize::Form::Submit:0x103ae57f0
>    @name="_ctl18:Button1",
>    @node>     #(Element:0x81d72ec8 {
>       name = "input",
>       attributes = [
>         #(Attr:0x81d60d2c { name = "type", value =
"submit" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60d18 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:Button1" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60d04 { name = "value", value = "Logg
inn" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60cf0 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_Button1" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60cdc { name = "class", value =
"LoginButton" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60cc8 {
>           name = "onmouseover",
>           value = "style.color=''#a3a3a3''"
>           }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d60cb4 {
>           name = "onmouseout",
>           value = "style.color=''White''"
>           })]
>       }),
>    @value="Logg inn">
>   #<Mechanize::Form::ImageButton:0x103ae5458
>    @name="_ctl18:ibtnLogin",
>    @node>     #(Element:0x81d72c98 {
>       name = "input",
>       attributes = [
>         #(Attr:0x81d5a8dc { name = "type", value =
"image" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d5a8c8 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:ibtnLogin" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d5a8b4 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_ibtnLogin" }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d5a8a0 { name = "src", value =
"images/right_arrow.GIF"
> }),
>         #(Attr:0x81d5a88c { name = "border", value =
"0" })]
>       }),
>    @value=nil,
>    @x=nil,
>    @y=nil>}>
>
>
> First, I have trouble setting a values on "_ctl18:txtUsername"
and
> "_ctl18:txtPassword", maybe because of the strange characters in
there.  So,
> the way I am doing this form is like this...
>
> form.fields[1] = "Roy"
> form.fields[2] = "Rogers"
>
> ...after I do that the portion of the form for the login and password look
> like this...
>
>   #(Element:0x81d732d8 {
>     name = "input",
>     attributes = [
>       #(Attr:0x81d6c244 { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtUsername" }),
>       #(Attr:0x81d6c230 { name = "type", value = "text"
}),
>       #(Attr:0x81d6c21c { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtUsername" }),
>       #(Attr:0x81d6c208 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
>     }),
>  @value="Roy">
> #<Mechanize::Form::Field:0x103ae5b10
>  @name="_ctl18:txtPassword",
>  @node>   #(Element:0x81d730d0 {
>     name = "input",
>     attributes = [
>       #(Attr:0x81d682ac { name = "name", value =
"_ctl18:txtPassword" }),
>       #(Attr:0x81d68298 { name = "type", value =
"password" }),
>       #(Attr:0x81d68284 { name = "id", value =
"_ctl18_txtPassword" }),
>       #(Attr:0x81d68270 { name = "class", value =
"Textbox_red" })]
>     }),
>  @value="Rogers">}
>
> ...It seems okay to me. I''m not sure about the
''node'' part but it seems to
> be prepopulated.  So I then submit the form...
>
>
> form.submit
>
> ...but submitting this gives me the following error....
>
> >> form.submit
> NoMethodError: undefined method `node'' for
"200628":String
>     from
>
/Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form/field.rb:29:in
> `<=>''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:171:in
> `sort''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:171:in
> `build_query''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:221:in
> `request_data''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize.rb:452:in
> `post_form''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize.rb:370:in
> `submit''
>     from
> /Users/joe/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mechanize-1.0.0/lib/mechanize/form.rb:141:in
> `submit''
>     from (irb):46
>     from :0
>
>
> Am I not assigning the username and password to the correct variables?...
> perh
>
>
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[Mechanize-users] populating & submitting a form with a ''node'' (repost. fixed an important typo)

[Mechanize-users] populating & submitting a form with a ''node'' (repost. fixed an important typo)