AW: [Zope] Source from form result.

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Wed, 2 May 2001 20:18:30 +0200 (CEST)


Marc Fischer writes:
 > The page I want to extract (you are right ... its on an external server)
 > does not work with passing the variables in the url. I mean ...
 > 
 > http://server?x=a&y=b does not work.
 > 
 > I need to do it with a form like:
 > 
 > <form action="http://server" method=POST>
 > <input type=hidden name="x" value="a">
 > <input type=hidden name="y" value="b">
 > <input type=submit>
 > </form>
 > 
 > That's my big big problem. Btw, ... its legal :-)))
Apparently, your server wants to get a "POST" request.

You will not get "POST" requests with simple "<a href...>" elements.
These elements generate "GET" requests only.

You may succeed with JavaScript, but I am not familiar
enough to tell this for sure.


Dieter