Bug #11638 for WWW-Mechanize: Mechanize Documentation Request

Wed Feb 23 12:38:05 2005 root [...] honour.ca - Ticket created

From:	"Honour.ca Directorate" <root [...] honour.ca>
To:	<bug-WWW-Mechanize [...] rt.cpan.org>
Subject:	Mechanize Documentation Request
Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:20:36 -0500

Hi, This is a low priority request to add to the existing WWW::Mechanize documentation found on: http://search.cpan.org/~petdance/WWW-Mechanize-1.11_02/lib/WWW/Mechanize.pm This is probably a very obvious statement, but for persons new to perl, screen scraping or automation tools, it may be of value to point out that when submitting forms, all fields should be included - regardless of whether they are visible or not, and filled in appropriately - Otherwise the form submital may not work, but will also not return an error - a potentially confusing situation. To summerize, please include, somewhere in the forms section of the WWW:Mechanize documentation a note stating that one must be sure to submit *all* fields of a form, including hidden values, in order to assure success in form submital. Best regards, Altrus

Wed Feb 23 12:40:00 2005 andy [...] petdance.com - Correspondence added

Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:37:20 -0600
From:	Andy Lester <andy [...] petdance.com>
To:	"Honour.ca Directorate via RT" <bug-WWW-Mechanize [...] rt.cpan.org>
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Subject:	Re: [cpan #11638] Mechanize Documentation Request
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:38:06PM -0500, Honour.ca Directorate via RT (bug-WWW-Mechanize@rt.cpan.org) wrote: Show quoted text

> To summerize, please include, somewhere in the forms section of > the WWW:Mechanize documentation a note stating that one must be sure > to submit *all* fields of a form, including hidden values, in order to > assure success in form submital.

Sounds like you've pretty much got it figured out. Please go ahead and send me a paragraph, in POD format, that I can drop in, and I'll do it. Thanks, xoxo, Andy -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance

Wed Feb 23 13:14:37 2005 mark [...] summersault.com - Correspondence added

Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:06:26 -0500
From:	Mark Stosberg <mark [...] summersault.com>
To:	Andy Lester via RT <bug-WWW-Mechanize [...] rt.cpan.org>
Subject:	Re: [cpan #11638] Mechanize Documentation Request - which fields to submit?
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:40:00PM -0500, Andy Lester via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:38:06PM -0500, Honour.ca Directorate via RT (bug-WWW-Mechanize@rt.cpan.org) wrote:

> > To summerize, please include, somewhere in the forms section of > > the WWW:Mechanize documentation a note stating that one must be sure > > to submit *all* fields of a form, including hidden values, in order to > > assure success in form submital.

In my experience, Mechanize works just like using a real browser: I only need to submit the fields that I want to change the values of. That's a conflicting statement. Perhaps the more accurate clarification is: You have to submit all of the fields that the application requires, some of which may be hidden. How the application responds when all the fields it needs are not present is application dependent. It is usually sufficient to submit just the fields you want to change the values of. However, to be safe, you may which to submit every known field. Does that sound like the truth to you both? Mark

Fri Mar 02 14:57:09 2007 MARKSTOS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Wed Feb 23 13:14:37 2005, mark@summersault.com wrote: Show quoted text

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:40:00PM -0500, Andy Lester via RT wrote:

> > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:38:06PM -0500, Honour.ca Directorate via

> RT (bug-WWW-Mechanize@rt.cpan.org) wrote:

> > > To summerize, please include, somewhere in the forms section

> of

> > > the WWW:Mechanize documentation a note stating that one must be

> sure

> > > to submit *all* fields of a form, including hidden values, in

> order to

> > > assure success in form submital.

> > In my experience, Mechanize works just like using a real browser: I > only > need to submit the fields that I want to change the values of. That's > a > conflicting statement. > > Perhaps the more accurate clarification is: > > You have to submit all of the fields that the application requires, > some of which may be hidden. How the application responds when all > the > fields it needs are not present is application dependent. It is > usually > sufficient to submit just the fields you want to change the values > of. > However, to be safe, you may which to submit every known field. > > Does that sound like the truth to you both? > > Mark >

Andy, This documentation proposal is ready to included, or commented upon further. Mark

Fri Mar 02 14:57:11 2007 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue May 01 23:41:11 2007 PETDANCE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

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Mark, go ahead and put the docs changes in. Thanks, Andy

Tue May 08 09:51:42 2007 mark [...] summersault.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #11638] Mechanize Documentation Request
Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 09:50:40 -0400
To:	bug-WWW-Mechanize [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Mark Stosberg <mark [...] summersault.com>

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 23:41 -0400, Andy Lester via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11638 > > > Mark, go ahead and put the docs changes in.

As far as I recall, I never got commit access back after the migration from CVS to SVN. My username for CPAN stuff is 'markstos'. Mark

Tue Oct 30 01:07:00 2007 PETDANCE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

New issues DB is at http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/issues/list

Tue Oct 30 01:07:02 2007 PETDANCE [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

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