Re: lynx-dev Form Submission

[Leonid Pauzner]

14-Feb-2000 14:41 S. Saravanan wrote:
> Hi Everybody!

> I have a problem to submit the form programmatically in lynx.

> I want to load the HTML file that contains FORMS, fill the values of the Text
> field and Submit the FORM without user interaction (programmatically). How to
> achieve this?

Try doing so manually with trace mode (^T toggle),
then look into Lynx.trace file and search for "POST " string:
you will see some cryptyc data submitted to certain URL.
Now save data and URL and invoke lynx like this:

        lynx URL -post_data data


> Thanks.
> Regards,
> S. Saravanan
> Feb 14, 2000