From: Rochit Sen <lists@...>
Date: 2013-05-07T03:17:24+09:00
Subject: Downloading a CSV using URI - mechanize

Hi All,

Got an issue. I am downloading a csv in a script written in Mechanize. I
am setting some parameters on the webpage and then submit my form. This
directs me to another page where i have the following href link (got it
through firebug):
---
<a href="buglist.cgi?
bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bug_severity=&bug_severity=Bug&bug_severity=Professional%20Services&bug_severity=PS%20Training&bug_severity=PS%20Unbillable%20Time&bug_severity=Project&bug_severity=Product%20Requirement&bug_severity=Design%20Task%20-%20UI&bug_severity=Design%20Task&bug_severity=Dev%20Task&bug_severity=Dev%20Review&bug_severity=Setup%20Configuration&bug_severity=QA%20Requirement&bug_severity=QA%20-%20Manual%20Testing&bug_severity=QA%20-%20Bug%20Verificati...ement%2CQA%20-%20Manual%20Testing%2CQA%20-%20Bug%20Verification%2CQA%20-%20Test%20Spec%20Creation%2FReview%2CQA%20-%20Automated%20Test%20Dev%2CWiki%2CEnhancement%2CIssue%2CHelp%2CDependency%2CProduct%20Doc%2CProduct%20Doc%20Review%2CPlanning%20%26%20Mgmt%2CTraining%2CDemo%2CDemo%20Development%2CSample%20Ecosystems%2CHosted%20Service%20Deployment%2CSGIG%20Development%2CCustomer%20Support%2CHiring%2CGoals%2CLeave%2CSick%20Leave%2CVacation%2CHoliday%2COther&value-1-1-0=RESOLVED%2CCLOSED&v
 alue0-0-0=&ctype=csv">CSV</a>
---
In my script to simulate click on this CSV href link, i take out the URI
and download the file. The code for this is below:
---
#Submitting the page with button Chnange Columns
page=pageAgent.submit(checkboxForm,checkboxForm.buttons.first)
#Retrieving the  csv link href
csv_href=pageAgent.page.link_with(:text => 'CSV').uri
pageAgent.download("#{csv_href}",'c:/magma/1.csv')}
---

Issue: The downloaded CSV file is missing some data which should be
there. When i download the file directly from webpage i get correct
results in csv file. So i was wondering, could it be an issue that i
download the file using URI? As i noticed that the URI is lot bigger as
compared to the href link generated on the page after the search
parameters are set. Also if someone can tell me how can i download a
file using the href itself using mechanize.

Help much appreciated.

I have also attached a txt file that has the URI and the href both for
reference. Didnt wanted this post to be long to read unnecessarily. :)

Attachments:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/8397/URI_Href.txt


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