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FormPost - Submit forms using POST

This page describes a number of batch command files which submits form data using the "POST" form submission method. retrieve web pages. For each example the command file, teh form data submitted, the response page and the report can be viewed. The command files have been stored as text files to prevent accidental execution. The examples range from how to execute a simple form submission extending to fairly complex multiple form submissions.

In these examples in the main the following environment variables are modified.

• myurl - the URL of the page to be retrieved
• myfrm - the form data
• mypag - the response page
• myrep - the report
• mycnt - the submission count
• mydly - the time delay between submission

VisibleWeb is subject to a programme of continous improvement which means the details of some of the files and reports may not be exactly the same as those listed below.

FormPost-j01 - single form submission

This command file submits a single form using the post method.

formpost-j01-bat.txt	command file
formpost-01.txt	form data
formpost-01.html	response page
formpost-01.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j02 - single form submission random data

This command file submits a single form using the post method and generates random data for some of the fields.

formpost-j02-bat.txt	command file
formpost-02.txt	form data
formpost-02.html	response page
formpost-02.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j11 - multiple form submission

This command file submits a single form using the post method three times with a delay of two seconds between submissions.

formpost-j11-bat.txt	command file
formpost-11.txt	form data
formpost-11.html	response page
formpost-11.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j21 - multiple form submission

This command file submits three forms using the post method three times with a delay of two seconds between submissions.

formpost-j21-bat.txt	command file
formpost-21u.txt	referred to URL file
formpost-21.txt	form data
formpost-21.html	response page
formpost-21.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j22 - single form submission

This command file submits one form three times using the post method retrieves the result to three different pages.

formpost-j22-bat.txt	command file
formpost-22p.txt	referred to page file
formpost-22.txt	form data
formpost-22-1.html	response page 1
formpost-22-2.html	response page 2
formpost-22-3.html	response page 3
formpost-22.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j23 - multiple form submission

This command file submits three forms three times using the post method with the same form data and retrieves the result to three different pages.

formpost-j23-bat.txt	command file
formpost-23u.txt	referred to URL file
formpost-23p.txt	referred to page file
formpost-23.txt	form data
formpost-23-1.html	response page 1
formpost-23-2.html	response page 2
formpost-23-3.html	response page 3
formpost-23.xml	report formatted as XML

FormPost-j24 - multiple form submission

This command file submits three form three times using the post method three sets of form data and retrieves the result to three different pages.

formpost-j24-bat.txt	command file
formpost-24u.txt	referred to URL file
formpost-24f.txt	referred to form file
formpost-24p.txt	referred to page file
formpost-24-1.txt	form data 1
formpost-24-2.txt	form data 2
formpost-24-3.txt	form data 3
formpost-24-1.html	response page 1
formpost-24-2.html	response page 2
formpost-24-3.html	response page 3
formpost-24.xml	report formatted as XML