Python - Requests/RoboBrowser - ASPX POST JavaScript

Question

I am porting a bash script that uses curl and POSTs the payloads in the code to the URL\'s and works. The basic issue is that, with robobrowser, I\'m running into trouble po

Answer 1

Solved

After much googling, re-posting for help on reddit and then randomly stumbling this RoboBrowser issue that showed me how to properly use the 'fields.add_field()' method; the problem is solved.

e.g.

b_e_arg = robobrowser.forms.fields.Input('\<input name="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" \/\>')

b_e_target = robobrowser.forms.fields.Input('\<input name="__EVENTTARGET" value="PhoneListsControl$MasterDataControl$masterList$_ctl0$SelectButton" \/\>')

In [30]: form_find_b.add_field(b_e_target)
In [31]: form_find_b.add_field(b_e_arg)

Once the form was updated with these values, the form submit to "PhoneLists.aspx" works as expected.

In [33]: m.submit_form(form_find_b)

In [34]: m.url
Out[34]: u'http://example/PhoneLists.aspx'

In [35]: m.parsed.findAll('div', id='PhoneListsControl_phoneListMembersText')
Out[35]: [<div class="displayText" id="PhoneListsControl_phoneListMembersText">  Work  </div>]

In [36]: m.parsed.findAll('input', id='PhoneListsControl_phoneListDetail__ctl2_number')
Out[36]: [<input id="PhoneListsControl_phoneListDetail__ctl2_number" maxlength="50" name="PhoneListsControl:phoneListDetail:_ctl2:number" onkeyup="enableApplyButton('PhoneListsControl_')" type="text" value="95551234567"/>]

I hope anyone else that has to scrape ASPX sites finds this useful. Happy hacking to all!