Re^2: Trying to use WWW::Mechanize for aspx websites

Hidden controls are simply not shown on the page, but their labels and values are sent to the server when the form is submitted. So you just use them as if they were not hidden:

<input name="foo" type="hidden" />
<input name="bar" type="text" />
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They are both treated the same when the server receives their values: http://server.com/path/to/form?foo=1&bar=1

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Re^3: Trying to use WWW::Mechanize for aspx websites by Preceptor (Deacon) on Jun 12, 2013 at 20:08 UTC
I don't know how much it's necessary to worry about 'hidden' variables - unless you're wanting to manipulate them at any rate. WWW::Mechanize is quite good about letting you ... well, 'do the same was you would on the page'. Unfortunately, the problem here is that that page quoted is javascript. WWW::Mechanize doesn't 'do' javascript. (Although as it mentions - sometimes a form will work despite having ugly javascript obfuscating it) FAQ	[reply]
Re^4: Trying to use WWW::Mechanize for aspx websites by PerlSufi (Friar) on Jun 12, 2013 at 21:12 UTC
Yes to Preceptor's words ;) If you knew more what you were looking for in the site, I could help. I have had a lot of crawling experience recently and wrote a basic tutorial on www::mechanize for perlmonks a couple weeks ago	[reply]
Re^3: Trying to use WWW::Mechanize for aspx websites by bluesplay106 (Novice) on Jun 13, 2013 at 15:05 UTC
So I found this and I have no idea what kind of value they want : /title></head> <body> <form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="default.aspx" id=" +aspnetForm"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_scriptmngr_HiddenField" i +d="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_scriptmngr_HiddenField" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="__LASTFOCUS" id="__LASTFOCUS" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" id="__EVENTTARGET" value="" +/> <input type="hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" id="__EVENTARGUMENT" value +="" /> <input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDw +ULLTIxM" /> </div> [download]	[reply] [d/l]