Submit form with robots inside

doubledecker has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks

I want to write a script that can submit a form like below..

http://www.willowvalleyretirement.com/landingbrochure/

When I checked the source code, I didn't find any form with (text|list) boxes and a submit button. How can I submit a form automatically and validate it.

Also, I noticed 'robots' in the source code which I never heard of. Is it something to do by hiding the form elements

I appreciate if anyone can provide any pointers

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Re: Submit form with robots inside by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 13, 2014 at 10:35 UTC
The site seems to use JavaScript heavily. It probably generates all its form controls. You might be able to communicate with the page through WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, but first make sure it is not illegal. Some sites provide API for automated communication (probably not this type of pages, though). لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re: Submit form with robots inside by kcott (Archbishop) on Feb 14, 2014 at 04:52 UTC
G'day doubledecker, "Also, I noticed 'robots' in the source code which I never heard of." Providing a single word with no context is very vague. Was it in markup like this from W3C? If so, then http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html probably has the information you want (or provides links to it). -- Ken	[reply]