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todlangweilig
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I working on my dictionary word looker-uper, and ran into an issue. Some words will return one definition then a form where one may select other definitions of the word and the site will display them when clicked on. The problem is i dont know how to get to those pages because the url doesnt change, and im not sure how to simulate the submit function that comes with html in python.
example:
looking up the word 'move'
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...tionary&va=move
i would like to be able to get the source, from the page, when you click "move[2,noun]"
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elfprince13
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you use either the GET or POST headers in the http request that you send.
however you also can specify the form input and its name in pairs like so:
name=value&name2=othervalue.
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Arcane Wizard
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| Which are GET variables.. |
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 06:55:21 am Post subject: |
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| or POST variables.... |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 07:15:27 am Post subject: |
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| POST variables don't show up in the URL. ; ) |
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 07:47:44 am Post subject: |
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he was saying the URL doesn't change :D
and they are still sent using the key-value pairs.
you should try using httplib instead of urllib.
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todlangweilig
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 02:39:56 pm Post subject: |
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I plan on using httplib. If you could help me with it, that'd be great.
to clarify the url thing:
its starts like this
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...tionary&va=move
when you click on the form it changes into this
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
and refreshes the page
I did a little research into HTTP on wikipedia yesterday, i imagine i would use the POST method because its for submitting user data.
If i were to give you guys some of the relevent html code, could u tell me what values i need to give to the server to get page "blah[2,adjective]"?
Code:
<form name="entry" method=post action="/cgi-bin/dictionary"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top"><tr><td>
<input type=hidden name=hdwd value="blah"><input type=hidden name=listword value="blah"><input type=hidden name=book value=Dictionary> <select style="font-family:arial;font-size:9pt;" name=jump size=2 onChange="document.entry.submit(this.form)">
<option>blah[1,noun]
<option>blah[2,adjective]
</select><input type=hidden name=list value="blah[1,noun]=105178;blah[2,adjective]=105195"></td><td valign="top">
<input type=submit value="Go"></td></tr></table>
</form>
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 04:41:56 pm Post subject: |
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all the name attributes are the first part of the pair and the value attribute inside the same tag is the second part.
So:
Code:
<input type="hidden" name=cheese value="no">
becomes
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cheese=no
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todlangweilig
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 04:49:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Would i need to do the name/value thing for all of input tags or just some of them? |
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 05:04:22 pm Post subject: |
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| all of them. |
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todlangweilig
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 05:20:01 pm Post subject: |
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I've got this so far, do these look correct?
hdwd=blah
listword=blah
book=Dictionary
list=blah[1,noun]=105178;blah[2,adjective]=105195
what do i do for the rest though
<form name="entry" method=post action="/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<select style="font-family:arial;font-size:9pt;" name=jump size=2 onChange="document.entry.submit(this.form)">
<input type=submit value="Go"> |
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 07:57:14 pm Post subject: |
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send the HTTP POST information to the /cgi-bin/dictionary on the site you are using
here is an example of what you want in Java.
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DarkStrike
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 08:14:23 pm Post subject: |
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didnt he want it in html? i prefer java too  |
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elfprince13
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2006 08:15:57 pm Post subject: |
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He's doing it in Python, but I dont have an examples in Python and Im too lazy to type one up.
plus, once you can read one high level language you can read any of them.
writing in them is a different matter of course.... |
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