Here's the scenario.. I need to write an automated tool for testing CGI forms. This tool needs to test all fields on the form, stuff like inputting bogus data, overflowing text input boxes, etc. I need to be able open up an arbitrary .cgi file from a remote web server, parse out the variables from the form, and generate a post to the form using a test database to assign data to the fields in the form.(actually, lots of posts) I've managed to pull the .cgi from the server, and wrote a routine to post the form data back. But, I'm having trouble parsing out the form fields. I need to obtain as much information as possible about the form such as field length, all options for drop boxes, etc. but I can't seem to write an intelligent enough parser. If someone knows of an existing program to do something like this, or could get me going in the right direction, it would be great!

In reply to Parsing CGI form data by Arsenal

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