I've the following HTML code:
<html>
<form action="index.php" method="post">
Enter Input:
<input type="text" class="textbox" name="usn" id="usn" required />
<input class="buttongo" type="submit" value="Go" />
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="getResult"/>
</form>
</html>
I want to write a python script, which executes the above HTML, passing a value parameter to the first input statement to the above HTML. That is,
<html>
<form action="index.php" method="post">
Enter Input:
<input type="text" class="textbox" name="usn" id="usn" value="FromPython" />
<input class="buttongo" type="submit" value="Go" />
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="getResult"/>
</form>
</html>
Further, is there a way in which I can directly send the value to index.php and get the response?
(P.S.: I want to loop the value from 0 to 100 and save the response generated in a file)
asked Jan 15, 2015 at 13:23
Akash Singh
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please post what you have tried so far.Banana– Banana2015年01月15日 13:26:10 +00:00Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 13:26
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Think of using %s in your code or try considering .format() functionZdaR– ZdaR2015年01月15日 13:33:18 +00:00Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 13:33
2 Answers 2
Why don't you send the request using python ? You can send the requests inside a loop and pass the parameters you want.
Making requests with the requests module
sample code :
import requests
for i in range(101):
payload = {'usn': i}
response = requests.post("index.php", data=payload)
# do something with response
answered Jan 15, 2015 at 13:34
zxzak
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Banana
its better to include the relevant code in your answer, if that website you linked goes down, your answer becomes useless.
Akash Singh
Thanks @zxzak. Can you just explain a bit more how do I play with the
response generated? can I use it as a string? I tried print(response), but that doesn't work.Akash Singh
I got it, used
response.text.Use urllib module, documentation at: https://docs.python.org/2/library/urllib.html
As described in the link, this module provides a high-level interface for fetching data across the World Wide Web.
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