I try to submit a form by Mechanize, however, I am not sure how to add necessary form valuables which are done by some Javascript. Since Mechanize does not support Javascript yet, and so I try to add the variables manually.
The form source:
<form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="list.aspx" language="javascript" onkeypress="javascript:return WebForm_FireDefaultButton(event, '_ctl0_ContentPlaceHolder1_cmdSearch')" id="aspnetForm">
<input type="
hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" id="__EVENTTARGET" value="" />
<input type="
hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" id="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" />
<input type="
hidden" name="__LASTFOCUS" id="__LASTFOCUS" value="" />
<input type="
hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/..." />
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var theForm = document.forms['aspnetForm'];
if (!theForm) {
theForm = document.aspnetForm;
}
function __doPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument) {
if (!theForm.onsubmit || (theForm.onsubmit() != false)) {
theForm.__EVENTTARGET.value = eventTarget;
theForm.__EVENTARGUMENT.value = eventArgument;
theForm.submit();
}
}
// -->
</script>
<script language="javascript">
<!--
var _linkpostbackhit = 0;
function _linkedClicked(id, key, str, a, b) {
if (!b || !_linkpostbackhit) {
if (!a) {
__doPostBack(key, id);
_linkpostbackhit = 1;
} else {
if (window.confirm(str)) {
__doPostBack(key, id);
_linkpostbackhit = 1;
}
}
}
return void(0);
}
// -->
</script>
...
<a href="JavaScript:_linkedClicked('123456','_ctl0:ContentPlaceHolder1:Link', '',0,1);">123456</a>
...
</form>
I tried to add the 2 variables:
page.forms.first['__EVENTTARGET'] = '_ctl0:ContentPlaceHolder1:Link'
page.forms.first['__EVENTARUGMENT'] = '123456'
and submit the form:
page.forms.first.click_button(page.forms.first.buttons.first)
The result returned only (re)show the current list of links as if I have not clicked on any of the links.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
