Finding next input element using Mechanize?

Question

Using Mechanize, is it possible to find a phrase in the HTML of a page, for example, \"email\", and find the next after that, and fill in that input

Answer 1

First find the element with the phrase text:

el = page.at('*[text()*="some phrase"]')

From there you can get the first following input:

input = el.at('./following::input')

Now, find the ancestor form node of that input:

form_node = input.ancestors('form')[0]

Then use that to get the Mechanize::Form object

form = page.form_with(:form_node => form_node)

And now you can fill out the value

form[input[:name]] = 'foo'