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.
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