Re: Curl with asp pages....

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 01:13 -0500, Andrew Ballard wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:12 PM, ioannes <ioannes@btinternet.com> wrote: > > What are the differences between asp and non-asp pages when you are curling > > them? Apart from ,as referred to in php.net, you need to urlencode the post > > values... Do you also need to urlencode the variable names? And if the > > submit button on the page has javascript:WebForm_PostBackOptions, is that > > going to cause any complexity? I have a working php curling script which > > works on many sites, but this asp page returns error from the server (Error > > Tracking Code: from server). I have seen problems described on the internet > > with asp but apart from urlencode tip and that you need to submit the hidden > > VIEWSTATE etc variables, I have not seen any other tips. I previously got > > just the input page, so getting the error is actually progress, which I got > > once I urlencoded the inputs, but clearly the inputs don't make sense to the > > script somehow and suspect there is some general differences between asp and > > non-asp pages for this purpose. > > John > > > > It sounds like you're talking about ASP.NET rather than just ASP. (ASP > is simple enough that CURL usually shouldn't have any problems.) > ASP.NET added VIEWSTATE, which is a hidden form field that contains an > encoded value representing the entire form. It's a way for the server > to determine that the data posted matches the form that requested it, > as well as handling server-side actions that are triggered by > javascript that ASP.NET embeds in the form. It is very likely that you > will need to read the correct value of this field from the site prior > to sending your data. > > There is a slight difference in how ASP handles multiple form fields > that share the same name (as well as SELECT MULTIPLE lists) such that > ASP does not need (and should not use) square brackets in field names > the way PHP does. > > Andrew > I thought that square brackets were actually part of the HTML spec, not PHP, so the fact that ASP.Net cannot use them is just another example of M$ doing their own thing again... Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk