Mechanize users - Dec 2011 - creating a Mechanize::Form from scratch...

I need to POST a form that doesn''t originate from a GET[*].  I know
what belongs in the form.  It''s not clear to me how to create a
Mechanize::Form from scratch -- the only way I can see to do it is GET
a page that has a form on it, strip its contents and repopulate it.
But is there an easier (or less surprising) way to do this?

- ff

[*] If you must know, the site I''m working with uses javascript to
construct and post forms, so Mechanize doesn''t have an obvious form to
work with.

On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Robert Poor wrote:
> I need to POST a form that doesn''t originate from a GET[*].  I
know
> what belongs in the form.  It''s not clear to me how to create a
> Mechanize::Form from scratch -- the only way I can see to do it is GET
> a page that has a form on it, strip its contents and repopulate it.
> But is there an easier (or less surprising) way to do this?
You can place an HTML form in a file and load it from a file:// URL which has an
action that points to the http:// URL to submit to.