Shannon wrote:
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> Hi, all -- this is a weird question that does not really have to do with
> javascript, but I used to spend a lot of time here, and am hoping someone
> might be able to help...
>
> I am trying to automate some information retrieval on a subscription web
> service I belong to, and have had much luck with similar sites using the
> XMLHTTP com to automatically POST the form data. However, in this case, I
> can't find the
> submission handler. The line in the form (which can be found at
>
www.imrmls.com) looks like this:
>
> <form action="/servlet/Login" target="_top" method="POST"
> enctype="x-www-form-encoded" onSubmit='return goodform()'>
>
> the goodform() function is a simple client-side character validator, and
> does not change or alter the form's ACTION property in any way.
>
> I have never seen a relative ference in a form's action property -- didn't
> know it could be done. AND, the XMLHTTP POST method will not allow a
> folder reference -- it has to be a specific file.[/color]
I fail to see the problem: surely if you post to servlet/Login, it will be
processed?
But is it easy to translate that relative reference to an absolute one:
just set
http://the_url_from_the_html_file_wi.../servlet/Login as the
url.
And there is no "filename" or "folder" on the webserver. What happens is
that /servlet/Login is mapped to a servlet that could be any "file" (a java
class actually), and this is webserver configuration specific.
This is how jsp/servlet webservers are configured, it is not like php or asp
where you post to a specific .php|.asp file.
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>
> Any ideas on how I could find the specific filename for the form
> submission handler? I have triedalmost every variation
> of a name I can tink of -- all to no avail. I have also looked at other
> forms on the server, and all refer to a
> subfolder under the "servlet" folder, but with no specific file name. For
> example, the searcvh page form would have an "Action" property of
> "/servlet/Search"
>
> I have asked the site developer, but they get sketchy about stuff like
> this, because theoretically, I could allow anyone
> to access their entire site with just so much as a click of the mouse on
> my server. I don't want to do that, but it would save enormous amounts of
> time if we didn't have to do all of this manually.
>
> Thanks so much to anyone who can help. To conservative members, I
> apologize for a nearly off-topic question, but as a long-ago active member
> of this group, I know that the nature of the question deals closely with
> what many JS programmers deal with daily.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Shannon[/color]
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mvg,
Christophe Vanfleteren
