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

Does the POST operation in HTTP::Request::Common support radio buttons? I have seen examples in the POD about posting things to normal text entry fields (like putting my name and birth date into a form), but I have not been able to find an example that would use POST to click a radio button. What is the best way to do this with LWP?

Thanks,

--Mike
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Re: radio buttons and HTTP::Request::Common
by TheoPetersen (Priest) on Oct 19, 2001 at 21:29 UTC
    LWP doesn't actually need to know what kind of input widget a browser would display for a form. You fill in a radio input the same as you would a text input, by giving LWP the name of the input and the value.

    Yes, this means you can send values from a script that you wouldn't get from a user filling out the form. That's why your code on the Web server checks its inputs carefully :)