From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2008-03-22T06:11:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Mechanize confusion

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Rob Biedenharn <Rob@agileconsultingllc.com>
wrote:

> On Mar 21, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Aaron Patterson wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 03:06:00AM +0900, Glen Holcomb wrote:
> >> I will admit I've never used Mechanize before and if I am asking
> >> painfully
> >> obvious feel free to push me out in traffic, however...
> >>
> >> I have an odd issue.  I have grabbed a form off of CDW's site and
> >> am trying
> >> to fill out the proper info.  The form shows the select list I want
> >> "_ct19"
> >> but when I try to manipulate it mechanize acts like it doesn't exist
> >>
> >> Here is the form:
> >>
> >> #<WWW::Mechanize::Form
> >> {name "HubPage"}
> >> {method "POST"}
> >> {action "default.aspx?hubpage=%2fhardware%2fprinters.html"}
> >> {fields
> >>  #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Field:0x33f0054
> >>   @name="__VIEWSTATE",
> >>   @value=
> >>
> >> "/
> >> wEPDwUJODExNjM3MjQ1D2QWBAIBDxYCHgRUZXh0BRY8ZGl2IGlkPSdjLWNvbnRhaW5lcic
> >> +ZAI
> >>
> DD2QWCgIBDw8WAh4HVmlzaWJsZWdkZAICDw8WAh8BZ2RkAgUPDxYCHwFnZBYCAgEPZBYCAgEPZBYCZg9
> >>
> kFgJmD2QWCGYPZBYCZg8QZGQWAWZkAgEPZBYCZg8QZGQWAGQCAg9kFgJmDxBkZBYAZAIDD2QWAmYPDxY
> >> CHwFoZGQCBg8PFgIfAWdkZAIHDw8WAh8BZ2RkZIrvUv5EI5fPxvnmGvx9951XbRWm">
> >>  #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0
> >>   @name="_ctl9",
> >>   @options=
> >>    [#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Option:0x33844e4
> >>      @select_list=#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0 ...>,
> >>      @selected=true,
> >>      @text="Select Brand",
> >>      @value="">,
> >>     #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Option:0x3383ef4
> >>      @select_list=#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0 ...>,
> >>      @selected=false,
> >>      @text="Brady Industries",
> >>      @value="7633">,
> >>     #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Option:0x33835f8
> >>      @select_list=#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0 ...>,
> >>      @selected=false,
> >>      @text="Brother International",
> >>      @value="5074">,
> >>                                              .
> >>                                              .
> >>                                              .               Options
> >> redacted for sanity's sake.
> >>                                              .
> >>                                              .
> >>     #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Option:0x2d60d9c
> >>      @select_list=#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0 ...>,
> >>      @selected=false,
> >>      @text="Xerox Printers",
> >>      @value="6177">,
> >>     #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::Option:0x2d608ec
> >>      @select_list=#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x3390af0 ...>,
> >>      @selected=false,
> >>      @text="Zebra Technologies",
> >>      @value="6186">],
> >>   @value=[]>
> >>  #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x2d5f76c
> >>   @name="_ctl12",
> >>   @options=[],
> >>   @value=[]>
> >>  #<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x2d5ddcc
> >>   @name="_ctl15",
> >>   @options=[],
> >>   @value=[]>}
> >> {radiobuttons}
> >> {checkboxes}
> >> {file_uploads}
> >> {buttons}>
> >> => nil
> >> irb(main):050:0>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When I try to get details on either _ct19 or _VIEWSTATE I get an
> >> empty array
> >> back:
> >>
> >> toner_form.fields.name('_ct19')
> >> => []
> >>
> >> toner_form.fields.name('_VIEWSTATE')
> >> => []
> >>
> >> However with _ctl12 and _ctl15 everything appears to be happy:
> >>
> >> toner_form.fields.name('_ctl15')
> >> => [#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x2d5ddcc @value=[],
> >> @options=[],
> >> @name="_ctl15">]
> >>
> >> toner_form.fields.name('_ctl12')
> >> => [#<WWW::Mechanize::Form::SelectList:0x2d5f76c @value=[],
> >> @options=[],
> >> @name="_ctl12">]
> >>
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any idea how I can get to the select field I need?
> >
> > It looks like you have a typo.
> >
> >  toner_form.fields.name('_VIEWSTATE')
> >
> > should probably be:
> >
> >  toner_form.fields.name('__VIEWSTATE')
> >
> > Note the two underscores.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Patterson
> > http://tenderlovemaking.com/
>
> And its _ctl9 not _ct19.  (or '_CTL9'.downcase not '_ct'+ 19.to_s)
>
> -Rob
>
> Rob Biedenharn          http://agileconsultingllc.com
> Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com
>
>
>
>
Thanks for being gentle guys.  Might be time for a new monitor or glasses.

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