From: Lex Williams <etaern@...>
Date: 2008-09-08T15:17:42+09:00
Subject: Re: find a button using mechanize

Li , I wouldn't try to find a form by searching after it's button . 
Rather , try to search after the name of the input field associated to 
the button . Here is how I automated 
http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=2352&o=0&l=dir&dm=&q=dictionary :

require "rubygems"
require "mechanize"

mech = WWW::Mechanize.new
mech.user_agent_alias = "Windows IE 6"
mech.get("http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=2352&o=0&l=dir&dm=&q=dictionary")

form = nil

form = mech.page.forms.select {|form| form.has_field?("aj_text1")}.first

if(form == nil)
  abort "could not find form"
end

form.aj_text1 = "abacus"
new_page = mech.submit(form)
puts new_page.body
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